Comments on: Live From The Maui Invitational: Day One

By: Phillips

Phillips — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:35:50 +0000

Well, I was a “white player” for a long time at a highly competitive level. That makes it OK for me to say such things. And no, you’re not allowed to argue against that. Because I said so.

By: Dave Tindell

Dave Tindell — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:32:19 +0000

Hey, I’m all for having fun and basketball is a fun game, for the players and the spectators. But let’s be honest, you know as well as I do that a writer can say all sorts of things about a white player that would get him run out of town if he said them about a black player.

By: Phillips

Phillips — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:56 +0000

Dave,
Come on dude. What I meant is that from a distance Nankivil doesn’t look as explosive as he is, OK? Also, it was kind of a joke. Seriously, just relax a little. We’re trying to have fun around here.

By: Dave Tindell

Dave Tindell — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:53:17 +0000

The point is, a comment on a black player’s intelligence would not be tolerated because it stereotypes black athletes as less-intelligent than whites. But it’s okay to make similar remarks about a white athlete in relation to his “athleticism”—the implication being whites generally can’t leap as high or run as fast or move as quickly as blacks. We are always being told that racial profiling is wrong—except, apparently, when it involves white people.

By: BakersPapi

BakersPapi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:30:59 +0000

get over yourself Dave…