[Smogger]

Shaq's words do not amount to racism but those who point out that something similar could not be said to a black man are also correct. There is a double standard. The huge furor which greeted Trent Lott's remarks is a good example.

Describe something similar that could be said to a black man since blacks in the US speak ENGLISH. Shaq was parodying Chinese because presumably he doesn't no a word of Chinese.

Something similar would be if I didn't speak Spanish (which I don't) and I tried to speak it to a native Spanish speaker (which I have) and it came out like: Como se llama tu taco por que quesadillia?

To which they would reply by laughing their ass off at me. Which is all that should have happend here.

[Hiro Protaginast]

I love how you compare apples and oranges trying to explain this away. If you are talking to a Spainish person and trying to convey something in Spainish and mangling the words, then no, that's not racist. But Shaq wasn't talking to Ming. He was making fun of the way Asian people talk. If you can't see the difference, then you might be a dumb black boy. Now, does that last statement upset you? It should because it is a racist thing to say. Just trying to show you the double standard that you employ by calling people weak assed white boys.