Posted on 12/14/2012 5:12:44 PM PST by chessplayer
ESPN has admitted that commentator Rob Parker crossed the line when he questioned whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is not really black because he has a white fiancee. But Parker doesn’t seem to think he did anything wrong.
After making those comments on Thursday morning, Parker was inundated with criticism on Twitter, and in his responses on Thursday afternoon, he generally acted as though he was the one who was owed an apology for anyone daring to question what he’d said. Parker called his critics, among other things, “uneducated” and “silly.”
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So, saying he wasn’t black enough because he might not lean left enough didn’t bother ESPN at all?
Hey Bobby. Go fall in with your black stereotype crowd and leave Griffin alone.
Critics are uneducated and silly? No. Just civilized.
That civilized thingy is hard for tribals to understand.
....the race baiter didn't figure on being call out on it
This is a big thing with racist Black liberals. They LOVE the slogan that since they vote socialist, they are smarter than everyone who does not. “Republicans stooopid. We be smart.”
None of the threads have indicated what he said. What did he say?
If forced to choose between “uneducated and silly” or “straight-up racist”, I will side with “uneducated and silly” every time. Parker’s comments were more egregious than those of Jimmy the Greek. While Jimmy’s crime was to suggest that all blacks are the same, Parker’s crime is to complain that they are not because one happened to step off the plantation. If ESPN does not terminate Parker’s contract, then they will lose the last of what little credibility they have remaining.
What, of course there’s nothing wrong with chiding a fellow slave for not staying on the black soul plantation!
/DEEPEST SARCASM
So, does he think Obama’s father wasn’t really black because he married a white girl?
Or does this kind of judgment only apply to Christians?
Little Bobby has a problem with Griffin because he has a white fiancee and MAY be a wascally Wepubwican. He couldn’t offer any proof about RGIII’s voter registration but he still has a problem with Griffin not living up to the black stereotype.
The problem is obvious. We just ain’t down with him for the struggle. Geez. It’s not more complicated than that.
Hey there BOBBY Parker, wanna see uneducated,ignorant and SILLY AS HELL?
FIND THE CLOSEST MIRROR and look into it, fool.
He’s too dumb to know what I just said. Count on it.
I wonder if Obama is black enough for him- he is ACTUALLY the product of the marriage of a black man to a white woman, and that must be even worse
but he’s a democrap so it’s probably OK
Billy Paul- “Am I Black Enough for You?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaaY3slVuus&playnext=1&list=PLC8D3E3A52B20387A&feature=results_main
RG3’s new entrance theme song?
Why would he think he’s done anything wrong? The sad truth is that in this country Blacks are taught from kindergarden through college that it’s OK for them to be racist.
In a way I actually feel sorry for him. He’s been caught by changing standards exactly the same way so many White folks have been caught over the years. Remember when they first decided that nooses were racist? That one caught me. I laughed out loud and thought it was an idea that wouldn’t last a week. Now it’s pretty much an established fact, and woe to anyone who questions it.
bump
I have to admit that one caught me by surprise also. It wasn't until the Jenna (sp?) incident that I found out nooses had been trademarked as implying something racist. I always thought it applied to rustlers and general bad guys. I've often said 'string 'em up', and it never applied to race.
Actually he isn't the product of the marriage.
basically...he’s not black enough, not down for the cause, PLUS he’s marrying a WHITE WOMAN.....dammmmmmmm, it’s the magic negro all over again
The history of the noose.
You can probably beat me out cause I’m doing this from memory (bad decision at my age), but I think (IMHEO) the “lynching” period started in the late 19th century, when the Ratz regained power in DC, and lasted until about 1929.
Approximately 1,300 blacks got hung. What is far less known is that about 1,100 WHITES got lynched too. (Thank you KKK, militia arm of the RATZ party.)
It seems like all the whites were Republicans. Oh, golly geeze shux, the blacks that got hung were Republicans too!
My, my. The Ratz weren’t lynching blacks for being black. They lynched blacks for being: REPUBLICAN!
So in Ratz Think, it wasn’t “racist” per se, but just business as usual.
Too bad blacks bought the RATZ BS (Lyndon Baines {got those n!gg**s balls in my pocket for the next 150 years} Johnson)hook line and SINKER.
Yes black folk, Lyndon Baines said just that. Matter of public record.
These guys on ESPN may not yet carry billy clubs but as a protected class, by all accounts, they have Black Panther mouths and act as the black arm of the union type Marxist party line, no matter where they are.
Since the election, they are feeling their oats, full of themselves, reeking with arrogance. I’ve grown to despise ESPN.
Rob Parker fails to realise that many black men have white Fiancee’s. Many of his favorite black movie stars and sports figures who can afford one get a white girl friend.
There are many white groupies hanging around the doors of sports colliseums and stadiums for black players to choose from.
BTW, Griffin wouldn't be the first very well known black athlete to identify as a Republican. So were superstars Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Wilt Chamberlain (all now deceased). And the lesser known but very talented black college football quarterback at Oklahoma from yesteryear, J. C. Watts, was a Republican congressman for quite some time and still comes on political shows - notably Sean Hannity - to discuss current events.
As for Rob Parker, will ESPN fire him for saying stuff that wasn't exactly PC? Doubt it. Compare this situation to the one where Rush Limbaugh's brief tenure on ESPN ended when he commented that many in the sports media overrated Donavan McNabb's prowess as a player because they wanted a black quarterback to look better than he actually was.
It is not really about race. It is about ideology. If a black person is not a socialist/radical black theology type, then they are not “really black”.
So Bill Clinton can be the “first black president”, but Clarence Thomas, Condoleeza Rice, and Thomas Sowell, are not truely “black”.
When did they start calling the “bitches”, “fiancee”.
I tweeted him and asked him “Since my bro-in-law is black and my sister white, does that make him a cornball brother?” Still no response.
“Little Bobby has a problem with Griffin because he has a white fiancee and MAY be a wascally Wepubwican. He couldn’t offer any proof about RGIII’s voter registration but he still has a problem with Griffin not living up to the black stereotype”
He has no problem with the white woman as that is definitely a status symbol of the black athlete. And anyone that denies that fact is a racist. I know because I am a man of color. My color is white.
If a white boy made such stupid racist comments he would have been bounced out of there immediately and permanently. Of course if Parker had been a white boy he never would have gotten the job in the first place.
Mr. Parker is talking out of both sides of his mouth. He’s stereotyping his “brothers”, but don’t anyone else stereotype his “brothers”. My guess is Mr. Parker would be taunting the Player as “acting white”.
Yeah I guess we uneducated types can’t be so lucky to be “affirmative action’d” through life, Rob
Try earning your next job on merit. (ie., digging ditches)
Odungo uses the word “silly” a lot
If one wants to know what the absolute bottom IQ billets on tv, just listen to ESPN.
I was on an access road pulling into a McDonald’s drive- through last night when I heard Mark Levin talking about this on his show. It was the first I’d heard of it. I was disgusted as I turned into the parking lot, then I looked up to see a Subway billboard featuring Robert Griffin. Robert is from my little hometown and so I confess to being ridiculously interested in his football career (going back to his high school days), and more than a little protective of him and his image.
I can tell you this: he is the real deal. He really is the nice guy you see in interviews. And he is black, too. He is blacker than Obama; I wonder if this idiot at ESPN questions Obama’s blackness. What exactly makes Robert not black enough? Let’s see...he graduated from high school a semester early and immediately enrolled at Baylor. Graduated near the top of his H.S. class and early from Baylor, as well. Hmmm...sounds like good stuff so far. Do those academic highlights mean he is not a real brother? Is it the fact that his fiancee is white? Gee, we’ve never seen a black guy with a white girl before. /s Is it the fact that Robert is articulate? Um, Rob Parker, himself, is employed by ESPN, so he must be pretty articulate, too. Does that make HIM less “down with the cause?” And, well, Robert has no arrest record. Does that make him different from other “true” African American athletes? Does it mean that “Johnny Football” is more of a brother than RG3 will ever be? At least THAT Heisman winner has an impressive rap sheet!! /s I’ve seen old photos around here of Robert with George W. Bush; I guess that makes him a Republican to Rob Parker. Then again, I’ve seen video of Robert meeting Obama in person. Guess that doesn’t register with Parker. I know the church the Griffins attended here; believe me, there is little to no chance they are Republicans, lol. But they are wise enough not to slobber all over ANY politician of any party...too much chance of offending fans of one stripe or another. Wish all celebrities were so politically savvy!
Rob Parker can shut his pie hole. We hear complaints that there aren’t enough black quarterbacks in the NFL. Then when we get them we complain that they aren’t black enough. Disgusting.
And RG III gave a hellluva Heisman speech too I think. Oh, and that was after he hugged his family and some white girl in the audience :)
Don’t ya hate it when someone who happens to have the same as you acts like a buffoon on the national stage?
The first time I hear Rush Limbaugh say my name....it’s not actually me.
Guess I should be grateful.......
One minute of listening to Rob Parker reveals what being ignorant and uneducated is all about. It would be a relief to dismiss him as silly, but the sad fact is that he is stupid, and there are millions like him.
He did, indeed!! That was totally surreal to watch for me. You may remember that so many of the commentators kept saying things like, “As great as he is on the field, he seems to be an even better person off the field.” THAT is so true!
uneducated, silly? One thing for sure, they are mostly employed, which he isn’t at this time
He’s upset that RGIII understood “Judge a man, not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.” Little bobby needs to get his next job (he’s lost this one) by some other means than affirmative action
I want to say that Tiger Woods is also a republican, having grown up in Orange County, CA. Which is why he refused to accept Obama’s invite to the White House.
Shut up and play the damn game !
When Tiger Woods went on Oprah and sai he didn't consider himself a total Black Man
Rob collected everything he had that reminded him of Tiger Woods and took it to the Goodwill.
What a Racist
What does Griffin owe to Parker?
Of course he's not a "total black man" simply because his father is black and his mother is Asian. So what he was saying is simply the genetic truth that everyone already knew.
Did you notice that as long he was winning consistently as a golfer, the sports MSM kind of treated him the great black superstar, despite his half Asian ancestry and his white wife. Only when his marriage started falling apart - due to his affairs with other white women - and his golf game suffered at about the same time did he fall out of favor with the Rob Parkers of the world.
What’s the big deal? I thought everyone knew that the definition of “blackness” was defined by the leftist media, based on how they act.
For instance, Justice Clarence Thomas? Not Black, and a bad role model for Black youth. Because he doesn’t think “right.”
Jaime Fox? Plenty Black, and a great role model for Black “youts,” because he declared Obama his Lord and Savior.
Mark
So, saying he wasn’t black enough because he might not lean left enough didn’t bother ESPN at all?
He’s still working for them and hasn’t been fired. I guess they don’t want Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson releasing their wrath on them.
but he still has a problem with Griffin not living up to the black stereotype.
A stereotype created by white liberals.
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