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Ron Darling uses slur in reference to Masahiro Tanaka on TBS broadcast of Yankees/Red Sox Game 2
NY Daily News via MSN ^ | Oct. 6, 2018 | Daily News Sports staff

Posted on 10/07/2018 4:55:01 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Ron Darling may be in hot water after a boneheaded comment during the TBS broadcast of Game 2 of the American League Division Series Saturday night.

With Masahiro Tanaka on the mound in the fourth inning, Darling referenced the right-hander losing his command and used a racial slur.

“Chink in the armor for Tanaka here,” Darling said. “It’s the first inning he has lost a little of his control.”

Darling did not appear to realize that he had used the slur in reference to Tanaka, who is Asian.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: asians; language; mlb; slur
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Never mind that "Chink" is a slur for someone of Chinese ethnicity and that Tanaka is Japanese.

Never mind that the announcer (Ron Darling) himself is of half Chinese-Hawaiian ancestry.

Never mind that "chink in the armor" is common phrase that has nothing to do with ethnicity.

He must be burned at the liberal PC stake.

1 posted on 10/07/2018 4:55:01 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Chink in the armor is a very common phrase. I never even thought of it as a slur.


2 posted on 10/07/2018 4:57:30 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Mr. Mojo

One must be niggardly with comments that can be misconstrued by idiots.


3 posted on 10/07/2018 4:58:02 AM PDT by thesharkboy (Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
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To: Mr. Mojo

No apology is necessary Mr. Darling. It would be empty and nothing but a sacrifice at the altar of PC as there is no foul here.


4 posted on 10/07/2018 4:58:22 AM PDT by Religion and Politics (It is time for more than one denomination of "Political Correctness".)
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Crazy article. Not that kind of chink.


5 posted on 10/07/2018 4:58:27 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

ESPN fired someone for using the same phrase back in 2012.


6 posted on 10/07/2018 4:58:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: shelterguy

I didn’t either until 2012. Apparently this poor dude didn’t get the memo.


7 posted on 10/07/2018 4:59:50 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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Not even never was racial or ethnic,sorry libs not this time:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chink


8 posted on 10/07/2018 4:59:59 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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Tanaka is a Jap not a Chink. Leftists are ridiculous.


9 posted on 10/07/2018 5:00:33 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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“I’m using a spade in my garden.”

Oh! Nooooooooooooo!

The homeowners association is gonna throw me out!


10 posted on 10/07/2018 5:01:09 AM PDT by JohnEBoy
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dittos....plus it is the writer who is the bigot, not Darling.
11 posted on 10/07/2018 5:02:40 AM PDT by chiller (Race is irrelevant in these United States; just shades of skin color)
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To: JohnEBoy

Wow the HOA lets you dig, your lucky


12 posted on 10/07/2018 5:03:13 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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I think the Red Sox would disagree that Tanaka lost control in the first.


13 posted on 10/07/2018 5:04:06 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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Now just one cotton pickin minute. We need to stop monkeying around with the English language.


14 posted on 10/07/2018 5:04:39 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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Don’t know what Darling was thinking...

He must have been out of his cotton pickin’ mind


15 posted on 10/07/2018 5:04:43 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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Don’t know what Darling was thinking...

He must have been out of his cotton pickin’ mind


16 posted on 10/07/2018 5:04:49 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Bell Bouy II

I’m not the one digging … haha.


17 posted on 10/07/2018 5:06:08 AM PDT by JohnEBoy
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These complainers are useful idiots.

I remember a few decades back, a black guy I knew at work was complaining about the term “blackball” (meaning innuendo meant to harm one’s chances). I figured he was just misinformed about the origin of the phrase.

Now I realize he was intentionally misinformed by those with an agenda.


18 posted on 10/07/2018 5:06:09 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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If one detects racism in that comment it is racism in the listener’s mind. The outrage should be directed to the listener whose mind is so corrupt as to instantly seize on a racist interpretation of the word chink.


19 posted on 10/07/2018 5:08:14 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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He’s a Yale graduate I believe - as well as one handsome ballplayer.

We are letting the Stupid rule us.


20 posted on 10/07/2018 5:08:21 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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