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09-09-2014, 12:39 PM
Taking a step back look at the statement in it's entirety, in context and access this as a non-partial mediator
...“he has a little African in him. Not in a bad way, but he’s like a guy who would have a nice store out front but sell you counterfeit stuff out the back.” Ferry completed the racial slur by describing the player (and impliedly, all persons of African descent) as a two-faced liar and cheat.
This is the equivalent to calling someone a 'snake oil salesman', far as I know that's never a good thing. Words like 'disingenous' come to mind. It implies he is a charlatan or a fraud
IF there is an alternate interpretation, please enlighten me
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09-09-2014, 02:37 PM
Being called "African" is a compliment in sports. It refers to toughness.
Here's a quote by former UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland, when referring to two African players, including current NBA player Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who played on his team: (espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/3046386/ucla-wants-more-ties-cameroon)
"They eat snakes, from pythons to boas and have even eaten elephants and giraffes. You've got to be tough to do that since elephant has a tough skin."
Of course that was in 2007. In our present climate the coach would've been fired for wanting tough African players.
In American sports, being "African" is tough while being "Euro" is weak. Dirk Nowitski was referred to as the "German Strudel" or "Fraulein" before winning a championship a few years ago.
In boxing, anytime a top black fighter goes up against an unheard of Euro, the Euro is referred to as a Swedish Pastry, French Pastry (or whatever Euro country he's from). How many boxers have been nicknamed the "Danish Pastry?" In the last ten years alone I can think of Mikkel Kessler, Brian Nielsen and Franc Botha. Basically any prominent Danish boxer has been referred to as a pastry.
I hope that investigation conducted on Atlanta's business affairs also reveals the frequency in which a player wasn't drafted or signed because he was a weak Euro.
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NBA's Atlanta Hawks For Sale After Revelation of Owner's Racist E-Mail
09-10-2014, 01:20 AM
This is political correctness taken to an extreme.