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Kobe Bryant's 'light-skinned' remark hints at NBA's peculiar racial politics
The Guardian ^ | Wednesday 6 January 2016 | Dave Schilling

Posted on 01/06/2016 9:52:10 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

This week, soon-to-be-retired Laker legend Kobe Bryant admonished second-year guard Jordan Clarkson for “going to the hole like a light-skinned dude”. Clarkson told the LA Daily News that in the moment prior to posterizing Suns big man Alex Len, he thought, “I have to go to the hole like a dark-skinned dude. As soon as the lane opened up, that’s all I could remember.” It’s interesting that Bryant would toss such a racially charged statement at a young player considering his childhood was spent in Europe and he never quite fit in with his peers when he returned to the States. Nevertheless, it happened, and Kobe’s words reinforced a very potent notion in basketball circles – dark guys play the game harder and light-skinned guys are soft.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: california; gangrape; jordanclarkson; kobebryant; lakers; losangeles; losangeleslakers; metoo; rapist; timesup

1 posted on 01/06/2016 9:52:10 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

So let racism be Bryant’s. It’s not like it couldn’t have been read anyway.


2 posted on 01/06/2016 10:00:52 PM PST by onedoug
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To: MinorityRepublican
Old SNL Kit:

"Julian Bond:
That's an interesting point. My theory is that it's based on the fact that light-skinned blacks are smarter than dark-skinned blacks.
Garrett Morris:
[ not sure he heard that right ] Say what?"

( The Joke being that Garret Morris is much darker than Julian Bond)
3 posted on 01/06/2016 10:10:16 PM PST by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If the dark-skinned dudes had to play by the rules of 1950, they would have fouled out of the game by the end of the first half. “Commando” basketball “ is indeed more exciting, but once charging was not allowed.


4 posted on 01/06/2016 10:19:18 PM PST by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: MinorityRepublican
All I could think was hey there were an awful lot of great White skinned dudes playing this game before racist like you came along Kobe.
5 posted on 01/06/2016 10:23:02 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
This is bullsh...analysis of playing styles. Blacks dunk more than whites because they jump higher and move quicker than white players...on average. Nothing to do with who plays harder. White players who can dunk will do so.

I saw a college game last night where a player from Duke, Marshall Plumlee, scored 8 baskets. Every basket of his but one was a hard, two-handed dunk. Duke has another white player, Grayson Allen, who is known for his jumping and dunking. He actually won a dunk contest against mostly black athletes.

Whites actually have to play harder and smarter to compete against black athletes who in sports like basketball have a physical advantage. They, whites, don't move as quick or jump as high. But the ones that can dunk, will dunk when given the opportunity.

7 posted on 01/07/2016 2:25:49 AM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Myth busted.



8 posted on 01/07/2016 2:32:37 AM PST by Bratch
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To: MinorityRepublican
Steph Curry, the reigning NBA MVP, NBA World Champion, and NBA scoring champion, is not exactly dark...


9 posted on 01/07/2016 2:36:38 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Teacher317
Steph Curry, the reigning NBA MVP, NBA World Champion, and NBA scoring champion, is not exactly dark...

And the reigning MVP plays "soft"...because he plays "quick" and "smart".

10 posted on 01/07/2016 2:50:17 AM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: MinorityRepublican

My theory = in college basketball tourney time bet on teams with white boys especially when a team like Kentucky last year was suppose to win it all
Sometimes the talent wins but usually the white boys play harder and win


11 posted on 01/07/2016 3:20:20 AM PST by winodog
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To: MinorityRepublican

go tell that to Curry and Thompson and all the other light skinned people playing nba.....there was never anybody as fearless as Bird...never....


12 posted on 01/07/2016 10:53:06 AM PST by cherry
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To: MinorityRepublican

Anyone wants to understand race shade forget the NBA

go to the Caribbean especially the Dominican Republic

It happens anywhere race mixes or overlaps worldwide

The more primitive race being pissed off and seeking validation

The more dominant race being defensive or apologetic

But folks are pressured to breed up

In the US too

But making mulatto babies illegitimately with trashy fat apron white girls ain’t breeding up in my view

The world has gone to Hell


13 posted on 01/07/2016 11:01:12 AM PST by wardaddy (Save western civilization and save the world....lose it & it's a dark ages unknown to human history)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The light-skinned guys have to be more careful; the bruises show up a lot more when they collide with the defense.

And with guys like me, every little bump bruises and stays a week!


14 posted on 01/07/2016 11:27:53 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: kik5150

First thing that came to mind.


15 posted on 01/07/2016 11:28:45 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: wardaddy

I find that it tends to be the lighter-skinned blacks that are the most racist and bring up the race card more often. As if they want to compensate for not being considered to be “Black Enough.”


16 posted on 01/07/2016 11:30:56 AM PST by dfwgator
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