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Jackson Says New Code is Racially Motivated
ComcastSportsnet ^ | Wednesday, October 19, 2005 | AP Wire

Posted on 10/20/2005 6:41:50 AM PDT by WmCraven_Wk

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana guard Stephen Jackson believes the NBA's new ban on bling-bling is racially motivated, but says he will abide by the rules.

The NBA has announced that a dress code will go into effect at the start of the season. Players will be required to wear business-casual attire when involved in team or league business. They can't wear visible chains, pendants or medallions over their clothes.

Jackson, who is black, said the NBA's new rule about jewelry targets young black males because chains are associated with hip-hop culture, and he said the league is afraid of becoming "too hip-hop.'' In protest, he wore four chains to the Pacers' exhibition game against San Antonio on Tuesday night.

Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce agreed that the new rule targeted young, black players.

"When I saw the part about chains, hip hop and throwback jerseys, I think that's part of our culture,'' Pierce said. "The NBA is young black males.''

Philadelphia's Allen Iverson also was critical of the new rule, which the NBA made teams aware of in a memo Monday.

"I feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes,'' he said. "It's just tough, man, knowing that all of a sudden you have to have a dress code out of nowhere. I don't think that's still going to help the image of the league at all.''

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: bikersaremean; code; dress; nba; professional; racial; sports
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To: Firefigher NC
I've seen other people act scared though at black folks intent on dressing like gang bangers.

So to you on this thread, we've gone from being "niggers" to "gang bangers."

What else, while you're on a roll?


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41 posted on 10/20/2005 7:27:36 AM PDT by rdb3 (Have you ever stopped to think, but forgot to start again?)
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To: blaquebyrd

where = wear


42 posted on 10/20/2005 7:27:54 AM PDT by blaquebyrd
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To: WmCraven_Wk

In a nutshell:

a) Yes it is racially motivated.

b) Get used to it. The days of having your abberant behavior excused because of your race are over.

c) Employees of most other corporate entities must adhere to a dress code, what makes you so special?

d) Asking you to wear a suit is not the same as slapping you in irons and forcing you to pick cotton in the southern sun for 20 hours a day.

e) If you don't like it, I'm sure there are plenty of other professional basketball leagues on the planet offering competitive salaries (/sarcasm).


43 posted on 10/20/2005 7:31:00 AM PDT by Wombat101 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to Sh*t since 632 AD...)
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To: WmCraven_Wk

If you are black and don't get what you want, scream "racism" and watch people scatter like cockroaches for fear of being labeled a racist ( which is akin to being a child molester).


44 posted on 10/20/2005 7:31:37 AM PDT by Buffettfan (http://www.swiftvets.com)
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To: hubbubhubbub

It's well on its way and the players don't even see it.


45 posted on 10/20/2005 7:32:05 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: blaquebyrd
One interesting characteristic of the NHL is that hockey players are generally the most fan-friendly of any major sport. Off the ice, most of these guys tend to be very laid-back, quiet, and even downright humble (especially if they come from small rural towns in Canada or the Upper Midwest).

I think that has a lot to do with the perception of NHL players in comparison to NBA players. You simply don't have as many off-the-field incidents in the news involving NHL players.

46 posted on 10/20/2005 7:33:46 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: WmCraven_Wk
Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce agreed that the new rule targeted young, black players.

No. It just targeted Mr. T wannabe's. What it is with some people. They don't get there way, have to conform to some rules, and everything becomes discrimination.

47 posted on 10/20/2005 7:36:21 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Time to remove the Gays from the hierarchy!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I sort of wish they would keep them wearing their hip-hoppity clothes.....the NBA is going down the tubes and that will just hasten it more.....

there is just too much entertainment out there for people to be throwing good hard earned money into something they can't identify with...

48 posted on 10/20/2005 7:41:31 AM PDT by cherry
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To: blaquebyrd
Where's all the outrage at the thug mentality in the NHL?

You're joking, right?

The thuggery of the '70s was beat back in the NHL at the beginning of the Gretzky era. Now, they have distorted the penalty structure for fighting('instigator' rule etc) in vain attempts to make The Game fight-free. It's a mistake, of course.

The occasional spontaneous scrap is part and parcel of hockey, as played by men.

I don't know enough about jewelry and sneakers to comment on NBA demonstrations of manhood.

49 posted on 10/20/2005 7:41:32 AM PDT by headsonpikes (The Liberal Party of Canada are not b*stards - b*stards have mothers!)
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To: headsonpikes

"The occasional spontaneous scrap is part and parcel of hockey, as played by men.

I don't know enough about jewelry and sneakers to comment on NBA demonstrations of manhood."

ROLFL!!!


50 posted on 10/20/2005 7:44:55 AM PDT by WmCraven_Wk
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To: Alberta's Child
"You simply don't have as many off-the-field incidents in the news involving NHL players.

No but on the ice these guys have to be the worst role models in professional sports. We are outraged over the NBA dress code but where's the outrage when a hockey player drives his stick into the top of his opponents head from the back. Where's the wringing of hands about role models when in hockey a player attacks his opponent from the back driving his head into the ice until the molested players lifeless body slides across the ice leaving a bloody trail. You talk about fan-friendly, didn't a couple of NHL thugs go up in the stands last year attacking fans with their sticks? Hockey is no more than the WWF with skates the only difference being that the blood is real.

51 posted on 10/20/2005 7:46:06 AM PDT by blaquebyrd
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To: JamesA

Reply to post #5
Stupid might be too strong. Read about the "Bell Curve" and you will see why these eleven year old children act like eleven year old children.


52 posted on 10/20/2005 7:46:55 AM PDT by Lewite (Praise YAHWEH and Proclaim His Wonderful Name, His Son Yahshua Messiah is coming soon!)
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To: WmCraven_Wk

ROLFL!!! = ROTFL!!!

$@#*& fat fingers


53 posted on 10/20/2005 7:48:33 AM PDT by WmCraven_Wk
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To: WmCraven_Wk

With all the important things going on in the World, who has time for this whining?


54 posted on 10/20/2005 7:55:34 AM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: headsonpikes
"The occasional spontaneous scrap is part and parcel of hockey, as played by men."

Oh I get it now, it's manly to slash your opponents throat on the ice. It's a good "manly" thing for kids to see "men" clutching their throat as blood spurts between their fingers. But if that same kid see's a man wearing a jersey and a chain he should run away because he just witnessed a "thug" and he should be scared of him. Get over your fear of clothes.

55 posted on 10/20/2005 7:59:21 AM PDT by blaquebyrd
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To: rdb3

"So to you on this thread, we've gone from being "niggers" to "gang bangers."

What else, while you're on a roll?"

Well did you hear the one about....(just kidding). I'm refering to the people who seem adamant on dressing and acting like thugs in public, the people who hang out in groups at the mall looking like they just came out of a rap video or drive-by shooting, then bitch when people show disdain for them because of their "gangsta" culture. Yeah they can wear whatever the hell they want on their spare time, but that doesn't mean they won't be judged any more positively than people who wear normal clothing.


56 posted on 10/20/2005 7:59:53 AM PDT by Firefigher NC (Volunteer firefighters- standing tall, serving proud in the tradition of Ben Franklin.)
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To: Firefigher NC
Mmmm, hmmmm. Sure.


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57 posted on 10/20/2005 8:03:38 AM PDT by rdb3 (Have you ever stopped to think, but forgot to start again?)
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To: JimDingle

"I feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes"

Sure, buy him a polyester suit from Wal-Mart. Hell, I'll kick in for that.


58 posted on 10/20/2005 8:06:48 AM PDT by dsc
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To: WmCraven_Wk
I'd prefer that they focus on calling travelling and carries...

...old rules that target young black males whose "skills" are associated with hip-hop culture.

59 posted on 10/20/2005 8:06:49 AM PDT by kaboom
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To: blaquebyrd
No but on the ice these guys have to be the worst role models in professional sports

What next... NASCAR drivers too many wrecks, where's the outrage... GOLFERS hitting their balls into the fans, where's the outrage.

You're motives are as obvious as the NBA's....
60 posted on 10/20/2005 8:07:09 AM PDT by darbymcgill
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