But it pisses me off and it's sports related and it will probably get locked. Why is it ok to be racist as long as it's towards white people?View attachment 3645View attachment 3646
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You didn't know? You can only be racist towards another person if you are white. Other races can not be racist.
Is this one of those things that is supposed to "check my privilege"? It's a huge fail if so. I think that's hilarious. And the lack of backlash from it only pisses off the instigators more. I think it would be more funny to use cracker though.
Agree. This whole country has gone overboard on being hypersensitive to team names. But that is the one name I can actually understand people being pissed about.
I think it is hilarious and it is supposed to get a reaction. I personally don't wear tshirts to get reactions so I'll just keep wearing my Maroon is all that matters tee.
I don't really care, but I think OP point was if schilling did it and it said African Americans he would be ostracized. Bomani, who is good on radio by the way, is largely celebrated. Thats not white privilege. It's actually the opposite. A strive for equal treatment.
The only thing that's upsetting is that the name of the team is Indians, not Caucasians. If it was Caucasians I wouldn't mind.
To me, there's nothing offensive about team names like Braves, Indians, etc. It's used in a positive manner ... Indians were always the "brave" ones when fighting the cowboys.
The only team name I think that would be offensive to Indians, or anybody else, is Redskins. That's always been a pejorative term, not a term of honor like Braves. It really should be changed, and I don't know why there's so much reluctance on the part of the Washington team and fans to change it. If there was a team named Caucasians, I wouldn't mind but I think it would mean only white folks would be on the team and therefore wouldn't last long.
To me, there's nothing offensive about team names like Braves, Indians, etc. It's used in a positive manner ... Indians were always the "brave" ones when fighting the cowboys.
The only team name I think that would be offensive to Indians, or anybody else, is Redskins. That's always been a pejorative term, not a term of honor like Braves. It really should be changed, and I don't know why there's so much reluctance on the part of the Washington team and fans to change it. If there was a team named Caucasians, I wouldn't mind but I think it would mean only white folks would be on the team and therefore wouldn't last long.
I'm in this boat. I find it funny.
Which, I suppose, is not the intended reaction, but also solidifies my stance that none of this matters.
Which, I suppose, is not the intended reaction, but also solidifies my stance that none of this matters.
Big time disagree there. I think he is awful. He tries to act like some hardcore, bad *** and tries waaaaaay too hard to talk and sound "hood". It actually has made me laugh at times when he goes overboard. He grew up to parents that were college professors, so it isn't like he grew up in the hood and living in government subsidized housing. He is very well educated, but I can't take him serious when he puts up this tough guy persona. Come to think of it, he reminds me a lot of Vanilla Ice...
I have no idea why anyone would get upset over that shirt. It didnt get any emotional reaction from me. Nothing. I am dead inside to this shirt. If a team were named the Caucasians, itd be stupid.
I am not even offended by the Fighting Irish even though I am almost completely of Irish heritage, so this Caucasians thing certainly shouldnt offend me. Yup, its a white dude with a money symbol. Its funny in a way and dumb in a way.
Seems Bomani's point has been lost on me. This doesnt help prove his point, it seems to have distracted from his point.
I am all for getting rid of the Redskins logo. Good by me. And if the Cleveland Indians were to change their mascot so it wasnt so cartoonish, I would be perfectly fine with that. Sounds like a good idea, actually. But once again, why am I ok with the Fighting Irish? I have sympathy for not offending and oppressing ethnic groups, but I apparently dont care about myself? Thatd be odd...
Completely ridiculous indeed. If an entire population wants to continue to hold themselves to some low standard because of a supposed oppression then they will always be self-enslaved to the government who continues to tell them through word and policy that they simply cannot take care of themselves.
I look white, but my heritage is pretty mixed but substantially Irish (who by the way were enslaved by Europeans as well and even upon arrival to America were considered such a low class people that "Irish Need Not Apply" signs were prevalent in store fronts). I also have a substantial amount of Cherokee Indian (Trail of Tears anyone?). Nobody has ever been more screwed by the US government than the native americans.
I suppose that my great grandparents, grandparents and parents could've spent their life lamenting their heritage and the fact that their ancestors had once been slaves and the fact that there was a time that they couldn't get jobs, or afford higher education, and the fact that their entire ancestral land was ripped out from under them as they were exterminated and/or forced West. However, they just worked hard to make their own lives better and quite honestly I benefited in having not ever been told that I was subpar or that some other race had the ability to hold me down, but here I sit just stupidly taking advantage of the public schools system and public university system and trying to better my life.
I look white, but my heritage is pretty mixed but substantially Irish (who by the way were enslaved by Europeans as well and even upon arrival to America were considered such a low class people that "Irish Need Not Apply" signs were prevalent in store fronts). I also have a substantial amount of Cherokee Indian (Trail of Tears anyone?). Nobody has ever been more screwed by the US government than the native americans.
I suppose that my great grandparents, grandparents and parents could've spent their life lamenting their heritage and the fact that their ancestors had once been slaves and the fact that there was a time that they couldn't get jobs, or afford higher education, and the fact that their entire ancestral land was ripped out from under them as they were exterminated and/or forced West. However, they just worked hard to make their own lives better and quite honestly I benefited in having not ever been told that I was subpar or that some other race had the ability to hold me down, but here I sit just stupidly taking advantage of the public schools system and public university system and trying to better my life.
Didn't the term have a different connotation back in the day? I honestly don't know, but assume it did.
Cracker was always used as a pejorative against Rural, Southern whites. However, in Georgia and Florida it can be a term of endearment.
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