No, Detroit is not less diverse. You are probably just looking at the city statics, which is overwhelmingly black, but you have to look at metro and city.
Benji Burke
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I qualified my statements appropriately.
Also, what the hell was the context of these quotes?
Benji was asked why Trey was looking less like black Jesus and more like black Brian David Mitchell. His response was to bag on Brazilian Moses.
akirac73
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Not sure how unbiased this article is (Deseret News)...SLC is the 3rd Least Diverse NBA city (metropolitan area).
1. Minneapolis
2. Portland
3. Salt Lake City
https://www.deseretnews.com/top/111...eas-are-the-least-diverse-in-the-country.html
1. Minneapolis
2. Portland
3. Salt Lake City
https://www.deseretnews.com/top/111...eas-are-the-least-diverse-in-the-country.html
fallenchicken
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Utah is really ****ing weird but I highly ****ing doubt the Jazz org ever said anything to him or any player about their tattoos. Certainly not in this era. Nobody ****ing cares. He couldn't play on the nba level he was too slow and too small and didn't have any above-average skill to keep him on the floor that's why he doesn't play on any team.
framer
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One of the most interesting things I found about Utah are the people who hate the Mormon Church and the "culture" of Utah, but love all of the benefits that culture brings. Utah emphasizes education, youth, community compassion, experiences less crime, is more affiliated with the outdoors, and generally gets its infrastructure right. It is also a great place to do business because of all of the above plus the ability to find someone to speak about any language you need from the general populace. Non-Mormons from all over move to Utah for these benefits. Most recognize that the prevailing culture is the reason that these advantages exist, and yet have no need to become Mormon or badmouth Mormons.
Obviously, this is in the aggregate. You may have a Mormon neighbor who is the worst person on Earth. It is understandable if that shapes your overall view. I do get the feeling that many of the people who complain the loudest would complain no matter what culture or overall situation they are placed in because happiness is rarely ever an external factor.
I mean in Tucson, I see articles and hear talk about how Tucson needs to do more things like Salt Lake City. Many of those things aren't ever going to be available here because of culture. Another percentage want to be Portland. That ain't happening either because Portland has their own culture that can't be transplanted into Tucson. And if you tried to take the culture of Tucson and wire in bits from those other cities, we would stop being what is great in THIS city.
Obviously, this is in the aggregate. You may have a Mormon neighbor who is the worst person on Earth. It is understandable if that shapes your overall view. I do get the feeling that many of the people who complain the loudest would complain no matter what culture or overall situation they are placed in because happiness is rarely ever an external factor.
I mean in Tucson, I see articles and hear talk about how Tucson needs to do more things like Salt Lake City. Many of those things aren't ever going to be available here because of culture. Another percentage want to be Portland. That ain't happening either because Portland has their own culture that can't be transplanted into Tucson. And if you tried to take the culture of Tucson and wire in bits from those other cities, we would stop being what is great in THIS city.
framer
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Oh yeah, The Utah Jazz gave Trey Burke more of an opportunity than he would have received anywhere else in the NBA. I doubt any other team believes in their players, historically, than the Jazz do. That is in the DNA from the ownership on down. Some players appreciate that, others can go to Hell. . .
I'll have to remember this whenever I remember what the church has done to facilitate codified racism and homophobia. I'll have to remember that even though correlation does not prove causation, that Utah routinely scrapes along the bottom of nationwide rankings in spending per pupil, that Utah has some of the worst pollution in the 1st world and the state is powerless to do anything but then spends taxpayer money to crusade against pornography as a "health crisis", that the church has either directly committed or has facilitated the torture of gays in an attempt to cure their homosexuality, rationalize/celebrate the eradication of Native Americans because of their (once) lamanite status, refer to and codify their position that 'negroes are of lesser spiritual worth, and then have the audacity to say that they have direct communication with god while also saying that they get things wrong when it's convenient for them because the PR got too hot.
I'll have to remember that when my girlfriend is scared to meet my family because of the deeply racist legacy of the church and the sociopolitical leanings of its members that leave the underprivileged with relatively little to fall back on besides - you guessed it - The Church.
This post is shot from the hip, just like yours. This is just the tip of the iceberg. I haven't even touched on women's issues or the rank history of its foundations.
fallenchicken
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It's just too bad that the jazz don't have any players with tattoos. We would be so good if we just changed this policy.