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Michael Jordan: As a teen I was ‘racist … against all white people’
News.com.au ^
| May 6, 2014
Posted on 05/06/2014 8:47:18 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Basketball legend Michael Jordan says that he considered himself a racist when he was a teenager and was against all white people.
The confession comes from a new book, Michael Jordan: The Life, by Ronald Lazenby.
Jordan said the Ku Klux Klan was dominant in North Carolina where he grew up in the mid-1970s, buying uniforms for sports teams and bibles for schools.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: donaldsterling; jordan; michaeljordan; nba; racism; racist
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So I threw a soda at her, Can she file a lawsuit?
To: ConservativeStatement
“...like almost every other black person in America” he continued.
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posted on
05/06/2014 8:48:14 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: ConservativeStatement
At least he admits it — and doesn’t behind the phony sophistry of “racists are only those who are in power” nonsense.
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posted on
05/06/2014 8:48:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Jordan said the Ku Klux Klan was dominant in North Carolina where he grew up in the mid-1970s, buying uniforms for sports teams and bibles for schools.I didn't realized the Klan stooped that low.
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posted on
05/06/2014 8:52:26 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: PAR35
Must have been the "kinder, gentler" Klan.
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posted on
05/06/2014 8:54:14 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: ConservativeStatement
In a league where the majority of players are African American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level Well, alrighty then Mr. Jordan. Your team is discriminating and the league is discriminating. It's not at all representative of America.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/06/2014 9:00:20 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: ConservativeStatement
I don’t know, but Jordan is it just me or has Jordan really lost it? Came out of retirement and made a bad joke out of the Washington Wizards, would have been smarter to just stick to coaching them. If he could just relax, he might actually have a chance of being a little better remembered.
To: ConservativeStatement
"Jordan got remarried last year. His second wife, Yvette Prieto, a Cuban-American model, gave birth to identical twin girls in February."
![](http://i.imgur.com/a9n2adk.jpg)
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posted on
05/06/2014 9:10:03 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(How much longer will the media be able to prop up this administration?)
To: ConservativeStatement
But he doesn’t mention the racism against Whitey McCracker-Honkey within the black community
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posted on
05/06/2014 9:21:18 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: dfwgator
“Where da white women at?”
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posted on
05/06/2014 9:25:49 PM PDT
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(I am the Tea Party bully who took Mitch McConnell's milk money.)
To: Morpheus2009
Why would you want to silence a man for what is clearly an honest statement?
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posted on
05/06/2014 9:29:38 PM PDT
by
reasonisfaith
("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
To: reasonisfaith
No free speech for you.
Banned from NBA.
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posted on
05/06/2014 9:32:02 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I was really rebelling. I considered myself a racist at the time. Basically, I was against all white people.
Paging Adam Silver.
To: ConservativeStatement
He doesn’t appear to be suffering too bad.
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posted on
05/06/2014 9:40:57 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Look this is honest statement. .hes not coping out with the excuse a minority can not be a racist...give him credit..he is bucking the party line.
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posted on
05/06/2014 9:47:09 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Will there be racist audio tapes of Michael Jordan, NBA owner?
To: ConservativeStatement
Interesting. Aren’t we fortunate that MJ wasn’t banned from the NBA due to his (previously) racist views? I wager Donald Sterling will not get a similar pass.
To: KingofZion
Interesting. Arent we fortunate that MJ wasnt banned from the NBA due to his (previously) racist views? I wager Donald Sterling will not get a similar pass. You don't understand. Michael Jordan wasn't "previously racist." What he said was "he considered himself a racist when he was a teenager."
"Considering yourself a racist" is NOT the same as having BEEN a racist.
What he has learned is that he was mistaken as a teenager - he was NOT a racist, because he is black. And black people cannot be racists, by definition, because they are oppressed, by definition, and therefore are justified in their hatred of whites, by definition.
And if this sounds strange or illogical or unfair or insane to you - then it's because you are white, inherently racist, and by definition cannot understand it because of your permanant, inbred, racism.
No, I'm not exaggerating. I'm quoting chapter and verse from what college students (and now high school and younger students) are taught in their "sensitivity" classes - under extreme duress and social threats.
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posted on
05/06/2014 10:34:04 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: dfwgator
Arguably the best movie ever.
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posted on
05/06/2014 11:01:41 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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