Racist? Didn't he charge into the stands in Detroit to whoop up on some white people?
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To: RacerF150
Didn't he charge into the stands in Detroit to whoop up on some white people?
Yeah, he was right behind Artest. I still have that on my Tivo.
2 posted on
10/19/2005 7:00:13 AM PDT by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: RacerF150
Jackson, though, said he wouldn't openly defy the rule if it means he keeps "giving money back" in fines. Principle only goes so far, you know. He's got a family to feed and a mortgage to pay.
3 posted on
10/19/2005 7:01:48 AM PDT by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: RacerF150
I'm so sorry you get paid only mere millions of dollars and you have to put up with such repression. I'm going straight to my bosses and complaining because they won't let me wear diamond-studded chains around my neck over my tie.
4 posted on
10/19/2005 7:03:28 AM PDT by
dinoparty
To: RacerF150
Isn't that how it works?
Sort of like that whole thing about needing to be able to read in order it vote?
Or more specifically firing people if they smoke ciggs. If someone does a study and figures out that more "enter any race, color, or creed (except white Christan males of course" smoke than others it's discrimination.
I'm not saying it makes sense :) I'm just asking if that's how it works.
5 posted on
10/19/2005 7:05:38 AM PDT by
tfecw
(It's for the children)
To: RacerF150
There is no accounting for (bad) taste.
6 posted on
10/19/2005 7:06:49 AM PDT by
oyez
To: RacerF150
There is no accounting for (bad) taste.
7 posted on
10/19/2005 7:06:54 AM PDT by
oyez
To: RacerF150
8 posted on
10/19/2005 7:07:04 AM PDT by
Kenton
(Tagline for rent)
To: RacerF150
He's right that the "no chains" rule is specifically targeted at young black males.
Then again, it wouldn't make much sense for the NBA to have a dress code that addressed fashion trends of old asian ladies.
9 posted on
10/19/2005 7:07:07 AM PDT by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: RacerF150
Hey foo! Chains is OK!
12 posted on
10/19/2005 7:09:28 AM PDT by
isthisnickcool
(Don't get stuck on stupid - Lt. General Honore)
To: RacerF150
As I understand it there is a morality clause written into the standard NASCAR drivers contract. The drivers seem to recognize that taking part in pro sports is a privilege not a right.
13 posted on
10/19/2005 7:12:17 AM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: RacerF150
Jackson voiced no opposition to the bulk of the "business casual" demands in the NBA's new dress code, but he described the jewelry ban as "attacking young black males." "I think it's a racist statement because a lot of the guys who are wearing chains are my age and are black," said Jackson, 27.
Uh, aren't ALL NBA rules disproportionately aimed at young black males? It's not like there are a lot of elderly Filipino ladies on most pro basketball teams.
14 posted on
10/19/2005 7:13:08 AM PDT by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: RacerF150
Today's NBA players just don't get it. The league is rightfully trying to get rid of the hip-hop/thug image that is alienating fans, and return to playing real basketball.
The NBA is now what the NHL used to be. A bottom-feeding league that's going to dissipate into irrelevancy.
To: RacerF150
Too bad the impeccable fashion taste of Michael Jordan didn't catch on.
To: RacerF150
I guess Jackson wears chains to symbolize how his people came to America in chains.
Or is he a member of a chain gang?
To: RacerF150
SHUT UP AND PLAY BASKETBALL, IDIOT...that is what you're being paid to do! If you want to wear your chains and fancy clothes, change vocations and become a pimp!
21 posted on
10/19/2005 7:18:27 AM PDT by
meandog
(FUDU)
To: RacerF150
"San Antonio's Tim Duncan, far less vocal but also a critic of the new policy, did not play in Tuesday's game and sat on the bench wearing an untucked shirt and baggy jeans -- attire that could result in a fine if seen during a regular-season game."
The NBA is paying the price for allowing the once great game of pro basketball to morph into thugball.
23 posted on
10/19/2005 7:20:28 AM PDT by
Rebelbase
(""As far as I can tell, she (Miers) is every bit as conservative as George Bush." --NCsteve (FR))
To: RacerF150
Racist?
When the word "racist" is used, it means attacking someone in regards to their race, the way they were born. I was unaware that "young black men" were born with gold chains over their clothes. This must be terribly uncomfortable for their mothers.
Mark
25 posted on
10/19/2005 7:28:45 AM PDT by
MarkL
(I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
To: RacerF150
Using modern Leftist logic, chains are a symbol of slavery. One can then assume that the NBA is just being politically correct by removing such symbols.
To: RacerF150
30 posted on
10/19/2005 8:33:04 AM PDT by
Ben Mugged
(Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. - Thomas Mann)
To: RacerF150
What an idiot. If black people think their entire cultural identity is defined by a chain around the neck, baggy pants and an over sized shirt then the black people as a whole are in deep doo doo. As long as the black people hold idiots like this up as an example for their culture then black problems will never be solved. (Such as the complete destruction of the black family unit)
Black men like Jackson who simply have a bone to pick with Whitey need racism in order to feel the gratifying and doping feeling of opposition and contradiction for anything deemed WHITE.
33 posted on
10/19/2005 8:39:24 AM PDT by
SQUID
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