SIAP - Just a disgusting piece of journalism. Hit piece in the SF Chronicle.

[LifeOnaPlate]

My main takeaway is that the government has to tax these people way more so the moral responsibility doesnt lay on them to commit huge amounts of money to charity. They should be forced to pay higher taxes which in turn go more towards social programs and infrastructure rather than wars.

I agree with this, which is one reason I think the article about Ryan isn't helpful or interesting. It's a lazy hitpiece.

 

[Stars Fan]

[QUOTE/] Smith is pandering and doing it for business reasons.[/QUOTE]

That...or maybe, just maybe, he's trying to make a positive difference in a community that has been historically marginalized.

Sent from my CPH1907 using JazzFanz mobile app

 

[UB]

"For every Jazz win during the 2020-21 season, the Utah Jazz are providing a full, four-year scholarship to an underrepresented student of color enrolling as a freshman for the 2021-22 school year."

Literally that is almost exactly what he's doing. Quoted from NBA.com. Are you insinuating I'm racist? Name 1 part of my statement that was racist. Typical, can't discuss the facts so you throw out the R word.

Oh you're one of them...okay. What is your problem with black and brown kids getting access to these scholarships? Being poor sucks, but if you're black or brown, you've got this **** to deal with, too. Let me know if you need help with identifying the context of this pic, pal.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

America is so ****ed if this many people are willing to grovel the balls of billionaires

 

[NAOS]

Unfortunately, it’s 0% surprising that so many people are either (a) rushing to defend Ryan in a quasi-tribal way, or (b) defending the article for the wrong reasons or on the wrong points.

I also wasn’t surprised that it was initially presented as a piece of “journalism”..... which it ISN’T. When will we attain to the level of digital literacy that lets us see the difference between reporting pieces and opinion pieces? Pls soon emmk.

 

[Midair35]

Oh you're one of them...okay. What is your problem with black and brown kids getting access to these scholarships? Being poor sucks, but if you're black or brown, you've got this **** to deal with, too. Let me know if you need help with identifying the context of this pic, pal.

View attachment 10592

Fighting against racism begins with inclusion not exclusion.. Grouping and judging someone by the color of their skin, no matter what direction is racist and only breeds more hate. Why is this so hard to understand?

 

[NAOS]

I’m now so sorry to have participated in this thread.... especially because now that I didn’t univocally dismiss the writer, I might be somehow grouped with dudes such as midair. **** this.

 

[UB]

Fighting against racism begins with inclusion not exclusion.. Grouping and judging someone by the color of their skin, no matter what direction is racist and only breeds more hate. Why is this so hard to understand?

How do you, personally, fight racism? I’m genuinely interested.

 

[MTS]

Fighting against racism begins with inclusion not exclusion.. Grouping and judging someone by the color of their skin, no matter what direction is racist and only breeds more hate. Why is this so hard to understand?

I don't see why this is true when the "grouping" you're referring to is for the purpose of helping an objectively underpriviledged race while doing zero harm to anybody else.

 

[MCarter]

There is some truth in the article. Ryan Smith would buy Patrisse Cullors a new home if it would help the Jazz image, wait he kind of already did. Ryan Smith would exclude kids based on the color of their skin in his scholarship program if it helped his image, again he already did. Be honest, what part of the article upsets you? I think the article is poorly written and a hit job, but it carries truth. Smith is pandering and doing it for business reasons.

I’d disagree. I think you’re suggesting that if someone supports a good cause/movement that has negatives (virtually everything does) than they must undoubtedly endorse the negatives of those organizations. BLM has many many faults, but it also has some fundamental goods. There was a cool insight by Locke onto Ryan’s family helping racial causes in the 50s/70s and taking lots of heat for it. I think his position comes from both familial experience and a genuine desire to do good.
In regards to his exclusion of kids for scholarship funds based on their skin color, I understand what you’re saying. I think you’ve got to look at it as he’s trying to help one group, but that doesn’t equate to him damaging another group. If I help any one individual person, I’m not simultaneously hurting other people ya know? To say Smith is pandering is an assumption. Frankly the dudes political involvement seems to cover both parties which we should all be able to appreciate since neither is perfect. Smith seems like a good dude, runs a great company (my bro is a long time employee), serves his community, serves a lot in his church, and genuinely appears by all actions and accounts to be trying to leave the world a better place than he found it. You can question how he measures or accomplishes that based off of your political ideology, but you can’t question that this is a man whose put a lot of effort into achieving what he thinks is the proper way to improve the world.

 

[One Brow]

Fighting against racism begins with inclusion not exclusion.. Grouping and judging someone by the color of their skin, no matter what direction is racist and only breeds more hate. Why is this so hard to understand?

We all know *you* are not racist.

Sure, you are repeating racist talking points. You are quoting MLK in the same fashion racists do. I haven't seen you complaining about scholarships for people of Polish/Greek/etc. descent, just for those directed at black kids.

So, since *you* are not racist, maybe it's worth your while to ask yourself why you sound so much like one?

 

[Getting Traded]

I’d disagree. I think you’re suggesting that if someone supports a good cause/movement that has negatives (virtually everything does) than they must undoubtedly endorse the negatives of those organizations. BLM has many many faults, but it also has some fundamental goods. There was a cool insight by Locke onto Ryan’s family helping racial causes in the 50s/70s and taking lots of heat for it. I think his position comes from both familial experience and a genuine desire to do good.
In regards to his exclusion of kids for scholarship funds based on their skin color, I understand what you’re saying. I think you’ve got to look at it as he’s trying to help one group, but that doesn’t equate to him damaging another group. If I help any one individual person, I’m not simultaneously hurting other people ya know? To say Smith is pandering is an assumption. Frankly the dudes political involvement seems to cover both parties which we should all be able to appreciate since neither is perfect. Smith seems like a good dude, runs a great company (my bro is a long time employee), serves his community, serves a lot in his church, and genuinely appears by all actions and accounts to be trying to leave the world a better place than he found it. You can question how he measures or accomplishes that based off of your political ideology, but you can’t question that this is a man whose put a lot of effort into achieving what he thinks is the proper way to improve the world.

So, what exactly does his company do? The hit piece attacks and make assumptions but it doesn't really tell us what the company does. And how did he make a billion dollars doing it?