Posted on 02/03/2016 4:38:59 PM PST by Zhang Fei
The Sacramento Kings basketball team had to cancel giving away Lunar New Year shirts celebrating the Year of the Monkey on Monday after a player noted the shirts could be deemed offensive during Black History month.
Bucks TV analyst Marques Johnson says he was called into a conversation player DeMarcus Cousins was having with the Kings operations team over the controversial shirt.
'I walk into the building and DeMarcus Cousins calls me over to an animated discussion he's having with Kings operations people. He [asks] me, "Olskool, what you think about this T-shirt? Told him a little insensitive on first day of Black History Month." They pulled the shirts,' said Johnson on his Facebook page.
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I remember the Grape Ape.
PC just cancelled the Chinese New Year! Sorry—its not racist but the PC police will do all they can to make Black folks feel special and good. 1,000 of years be junked.
The monkey is lavender. Interesting. ;-)
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