Telling other people what to bring to a potluck is awkward generally. If he wanted to eat fried chicken, bring fried chicken.
Jazz ban 2nd fan for calling Westbrook "boy"
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Telling other people what to bring to a potluck is awkward generally. If he wanted to eat fried chicken, bring fried chicken.
If the guy next to you is yelling racist stuff, and you are not saying anything, the guy next to you is making you look bad. If you don't like it, don't show up for Jazz games. The crowd is treated as, and often acts like, a single entity, and what others do and you don't object to reflects on you.
So, you don't mind when people refer to you as a knuckle-walking low-browed self-blinding bonobo? I mean, if you object, just let me know, because I would not want to call you that if it was offensive to you. Of course, since you are not going to get all hypersensitive and PC on me, you won't bother to object, right?
Anyone can be prejudiced (and pretty much everyone is), and anyone can be bigoted. Racism involves the social power structure, and you can only be racist when supporting that power structure. So, black people are racist when they show bigotry to other black people (for example, Jesse Lee Peterson), but since the power structures favor white people the most, white people can not be the victims of racism (although they can be the victims of prejudice and bigotry).
If you were really respectful of all people, you wouldn't need to be guilted into fighting racism, you would be doing it out of you respect for all people.
I'm sure it is making things worse for you. It's making things better for me.
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You could teach them to use their own power to fight for people who have less power. That would be something more.
Don't confuse "wouldn't get offended" with "wouldn't show me he was offended".
You mean, before 1920? 1952?
Point out to me that last time this happened.
Why not, "... he's my man!"?
probably won't mean the same when I say it since I am Asian. but yeah good to know
NAOS
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I see that @fishonjazz has more than double the number of posts of the next highest poster this week. That's obviously due, in part, to his high-quality work in this thread. smh.
Or you could...just be respectful to others. Seems to work for me
Smfh. Quit tryin to start useless ****
Jazzta
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It’s not fair to expect everyone to know everything that can be perceived as racist. Live and learn. No need to be arrogant.
LoPo
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I got my kids taken care of but I appreciate the sentiment.
The world isn't about power. The world is about respect. People either have it or they don't. People either feel like they have it or they don't. People either respect other individuals or they don't. Respect yourself #1. Then respect all others worthy of respect. That is the foundation.
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I don't think the steps that the Jazz have taken recently are a bad thing but the t-shirts worn by the players tonight made me feel like the Jazz are trying too hard and it felt over the top.
NAOS
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getting him to stfu would hardly be useless. If anybody is taking his particular brand of "middle of the road" to heart, then that aint good. In short, he should stfu.
I agree. White people should never talk again.
carolinajazz
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What I couldn't believe was the music I was hearing during the pregame and timeout occasions that was suppose to be "family" oriented and basically relaxing! They had some hip-hop slop dummy rapping F this and F that! Totally disgusting and gross! But using the word "Boy" gets you suspended, possibly for life?
Zombie
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Man, if you can't talk to black people without getting into questionable territory that's on you. Millions of white people are able to do just that every day.
Whatever you say
NAOS
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