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Jazz ban 2nd fan for calling Westbrook "boy"

I like Thriller's reading list. I would also add "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nahisi Coates. I have tried to include a lot more POC authors in my reading, and while I will never understand what it is like to be black or a minority in this country, at least I am trying to be aware.

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NPC D4617 said:
I dont get why anyone talks crap to players anyways. I have never felt the need to yell anything at them. I do feel like its disrespectful. I dont get the dehumanizing the players. Maybe some minor stuff like you suck is fine. Or something harmlessly funny. I think you have issues or something and need to get a life if you get off by getting into it with the players. Its weird and embarrassing. You are embarrassing us all.

Having said all that. I fall on the other side of things when it comes to social justice.

I get why Gail did what she did in a way, but on the other hand it was kind of disrespectful to all the people who didnt do anything wrong. There was no need to lecture the entire arena. It made us all look racist.

I cant stand this hypersensitive culture and PC policing. That **** is just super weird too. To me it doesnt line up logically in a lot of cases. How does fighting racism make any sense by being racist and painting white people as racist. How does it make any sense to say that only white people can be racist? White people can be trashed and generalized all day. Im sitting here baffled, thinking wtf did I do? I just was zapped into this world with a history that I had nothing to do with. I try to be respectful to all human beings. But because of history I should just be cuck and walk around with white guilt? No ****ing thanks. Alot of other people feel the same way too, and pushing these ideas constantly is only making things worse imo.

All bad behavior should be condemned regardless of color or creed, and each case should be looked at as an isolated incident. Trying to fix history by stepping on innocent people is a horrible idea.
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Great post.
 
If people think that Gail Miller painted all (white) fans in the arena as racists, then you’ve got major issues. Seek medical attention. Like seriously
 
Utesnjazz said:
Yeah.

Like I said I am not sure what is and isn’t racist anymore.
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That’s a personal problem. Read a damn book or take a social studies course. But whining about culture being too sensitive because you’re ignorant isn’t the right answer.
 
The Thriller said:
Just curious, those claiming to have NOT KNOWN that using the word, “boy” as a white person to a black person wasn’t racist, could you please:

A. Tell me where you’re from (city and state). Just curious because I wonder how many urban areas in Utah are ignorant of this? Or if it’s isolated to the rural areas where the population is homogeneous?
B. Tell me what books you’ve read about slavery and social justice.

Because, I’ll be honest, I didn’t think it was possible to live in America in 2019 and not know that calling a black person a “boy” was racist. The connection of whites demeaning blacks as “boys” has a long and extensive history going from slavery to Jim Crow to even President Obama. I can’t remember who it was but early in his career a white congressman referee to Obama as “boy” and it caused outrage among the African American community.

For those looking for some good reads:

* 12 Years a Slave (incredible nonfiction story. Far better than the movie and the movie was outstanding)
* To Kill a Mockingbird (classic)
* Black Like Me (written in the 1950s by a white journalist who made his skin dark and experienced life in the Deep South as a black man)
* White Rage (gives you a completely different perspective on Kaepernick and BLM)
* The New Jim Crow (change your views on the war on drugs)
* Just Mercy (my favorite, change your views on capital punishment)
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What if i said “atta boy burks! Great dunk bro!”
Offensive or not? I did call him boy in this scenario


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This whole climate is sad. Hostility is just growing in this country. Racism is growing. My theory is that racism isn't always the reason. I think racism is becoming the byproduct.

So many minorities are mired in an endless loop of poverty. So many people in this country aren't progressing. They are simply barely surviving. The real issues in this country is entitlement vs retribution and resulting rising anger within communities stricken with poverty in an advanced civilization.

There is no way to fix the wrongs of slavery or civil rights injustices. Just can't happen. But then you see situations like this college admissions scandal where a bunch of rich white people buy things that shouldn't be for sale. That type stuff just infuriates an entire economic class to which so many minorities belong.

Situations like Fergusen are a clear example of where we could be on a bigger level. That city didn't burn because of that cop/suspect interaction. It burned because there is a population who is pissed. There are so many who are unhappy and our world is telling us daily that it's okay to blame somebody else for the issues in your life.

Some groups of people just live on a knife's edge daily. Some idiots who spew racist hate because they think minorities should just shut up and move on. Some misguided people who look for anything they can paint as racist hate because they think that is a way to fix atrocities of the past. Every story about haves vs have nots just stokes a fire of animosity. A fire that will not go away.

All I feel I can do is live and raise my kids to treat every single person with the exact same amount of dignity and respect regardless of skin color or religion. I fear for the world they will raise their kids in because I feel things are getting worse.


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