Jazz ban 2nd fan for calling Westbrook "boy"

[vegas]

For everyone's info, here's a helpful column explaining why the word "boy" is racially charged when used by a white person about a black man:

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/15/understanding-why-you-dont-call-a-black-man-a-boy/

Thanks, had no clue, without reading this, this 2nd ban was feeling pretty manufactured. All of this negative attention is bumming me out.

 

[Zombie]

Do you think kapernick knew he was doing something racist against black people when he did the whole kneeling thing? Someone should tell him.

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I do not understand what it is you are even trying to say here.

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

I'm glad we've taken a hard stance and banned a couple people. At the same time, I wonder if the perception of Utah fans (racists) is exacerbated by the fact that Utah has so many white people. What the original guy supposedly said "Get on your knees...." didn't seem to me to be race related (from my perspective, but from Westbrooks it apparently was). If a fan said the same thing in New York, would a player be so quick to play the "racist" card?

I was at a baseball game in St. Louis, and a fan yelled to a Alfonso Soriano, who was eating sunflower seeds "Yeah, you like nuts in your mouth?" Soriano just laughed. It was heckling, not race hating.

 

[NUMBERICA]

“Get on your knees like you used to” could be racist or homophobic. The things that make it fair to call that racist are:

1 - “like you USED to” doesn’t really make any sense in a homophobic context. As a reference to slavery/white supremacy it certainly does.
2 - The dude is a ****ing racist.

 

[fishonjazz]

I do not understand what it is you are even trying to say here.

Well kneeling can represent submission to white slavemasters. So I don't know if kneeling is a good look for a black man representing other black men.
You know like "get on your knees like your used to"
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[Sandman822]

“Get on your knees like you used to” could be racist or homophobic. The things that make it fair to call that racist are:

1 - “like you USED to” doesn’t really make any sense in a homophobic context. As a reference to slavery/white supremacy it certainly does.
2 - The dude is a ****ing racist.

The first point cannot be overstated enough, I feel like most people who were initially empathetic to Shane completely ignored the "like you're used to" part. That's why I was confused as to how people thought it was a "dick sucking" joke.

This 2nd fan who got perma'd was clearly racist, even as an Australian I know that "boy" in the way it was used in the video is derogatory to african americans in America going back to slavery days (e.g. classic redneck stereotype), and it's made worse because you can clearly see Westbrook ask the fan to stop and then he said it again literally seconds after the request while clapping.

 

[Zombie]

Well kneeling can represent submission to white slavemasters. So I don't know if kneeling is a good look for a black man representing other black men.
You know like "get on your knees like your used to"
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C'mon man. Context matters.

 

[vegas]

C'mon man. Context matters.

You know Fish by now. He is just posting out of frustration here that there's no way for him to really get what's ok and when it's ok. Dude is feeling stereotyped himself.

 

[zyzz]

This whole thing has been crazy and really bad.

Listening to David Locke today it is very apparent that the NBA views Utah as racist white people.

I honestly never realized this was an issue.
I have never heard a racist comment at a public event let alone a jazz game. Or at least I didn’t think it was.

Unfortunately we are going to be scrutinized because we are mostly white. We don’t choose are skin color, but it is what it is.

We need to play it safe and just don’t heckle opposing players or fans at all. Like Gail said let’s just Cheer for the Jazz instead.

People outside of Utah view Utah as weird. Not "they're all just racist," but strange or peculiar. Mormonism is a strong reason for it. People out of the state view it as a cult and regressive. There are some other NBA markets that are whiter than Utah (I think Portland and maybe Milwaukee), but people outside of Utah see it as a weird state run by a religious organization that is seen as a cult. I'm not sayin it's right, but it's the reality. I've been to Utah a few times and found the people and the state very nice, but yeah this is the perception of Utah from people outside of the state. Because of this, when there is an incident at a Jazz game, it blows up because it confirms peoples's biases about the state.

 

[stormkoopacv03]

He didnt say "you suck" he used a racial slur against a player.

No, I'm saying if a fan now says, you suck to an opposing player and security hears will they get removed from the game or banned too?

 

[Miggs]

Everyone is just skating past the notion that Westbrook is the biggest, whiniest bitch in the league. Seriously, what is this? His third incident this year? One was with a little kid.

Sorry, but the guy’s got a few screws loose and needs to get over ****. Do we forget the playoffs last year? Fans say **** to get under your skin. To me there’s a line that shouldn’t be crossed, yes. “Boy” certainly crosses that line imo. The first dude’s comments, I don’t know. It’s not so black and white, no pun intended. But the dude is hypersensitive and ridiculous and it’s not fair to dismiss that.

 

[carolinajazz]

I don’t know what is and isn’t racist anymore. This whole thing has been crazy. I guess just don’t talk to them is the safe thing to do.

Don't talk to "them"? Racist.....big time!