It's only racist if you are white.

[dutch508]

From the Irony Department post of the day, DUmpmonkie oberliner wants to know if a black guy can be a racist ****.

oberliner (28,543 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026461878

Any thoughts on a black college basketball star calling a white player the n-word on national tv?
Clearly if it had been the other way around, the reaction would have been more intense (understandably so).

But what do folks make of Andrew Harrison directing that slur towards Frank Kaminsky (who is white)?

I am referencing this incident:

http://news.yahoo.com/harrison-seems-heard-mumbling-obscenity-slur-121131215.html

What does our favorate retard think?

Buzz Clik (31,092 posts)
4. The video doesn't show the Harrison comment, on discussion about it.

It's not a thing. Kaminsky isn't black and calling him a slur connected with being black doesn't carry the same weight.

You want a good take on this? Get Michael Wilbon's thoughts.

Buzz Clik (31,092 posts)
90. I finally found the context of the quote. Harrison said it anger. So... don't need Wilbon for this.

Harrison was dead wrong and showed a lack of class. 

So... Buzzy votes twice? Just like for Reagan?

cwydro (16,847 posts)
27. So...what if you call a straight guy a f-gg-t?

That's ok because he's not gay?

 

bravenak (11,053 posts)
32. Not the same thing at all. If a gay guy called a straight guy one, I'd look, but I don't think it would have much impact. Gays have not been oppressing straight men for centuries, jailing them for having sex, torturing them, even castrating them and other extreme forms of abuse. 

ChisolmTrailDem (5,415 posts)
9. The difference is that the new freely-used variation replaces the "-er" with "-a". This variation

seems to now be commonly used as a general pronoun by younger people. My 5 step-kids (Causcasion/Latino) grew up in a predominantly black area and they all use this form of the word towards each other and toward their black contemporaries. They're all in their 20s now (minus one who committed suicide) and don't use it as much, but they still use it as if it's nothing at all.

 

Dreamer Tatum (9,996 posts)
7. It's Kaminsky's fault for displeasing Harrison. He had it coming, and worse. nt

Journeyman (10,819 posts)
13. Many on the Kentucky team showed little class when they refused to congratulate Wisconsin . . .

Quite a number of them walked off the court without so much as a glance backward. I understand their frustrations and disappointment, but that doesn't excuse their behavior, or go far explaining it, either.

Harrison's comment was only another in a series of classless acts by Kentucky that night. But like the walk-away and the other snubs, it's something between the players. As a fan, I enjoyed the game, and despite some questionable calls that went both ways, the better team won. And this morning, we see they were the better team in so many different ways.

bravenak (11,053 posts)
18. Give me a break!

if black supremacy were an issue in America, then maybe I would care. 

[txradioguy]

The contortions Primitives have to go through to excuse racism and racist comments from a member of one of their favorite protected classes. *shakes head*....they should join the Circus.

[miskie]

The contortions Primitives have to go through to excuse racism and racist comments from a member of one of their favorite protected classes. *shakes head*....they should join the Circus.

Happens all the time. If a white person somehow disparages a minority, its racism. Reverse that and it isn't. When it comes to an American male disparaging women, gays, etc.. Massive media driven backlash breaks out. If the disparagement originates in another country -such as a hardline Islamist one- Its their culture, and we shouldn't interfere.. Unless that country is Israel, then we should.

In many people's minds, being part of a certain class either grants one additional rights, or strips rights away - without considering the merit of the individual as earned by his/her actions.

[Carl]

Since DUmbasses endlessly claim that leftists/marxists are far and wide the majority in this country wouldn`t that by default make us conservatives the oppressed? 

[franksolich]

Since DUmbasses endlessly claim that leftists/marxists are far and wide the majority in this country wouldn`t that by default make us conservatives the oppressed? 

We are.

Every April 15th.

[obumazombie]

Lib anger is only marshaled in the advancement of their agenda.

[DumbAss Tanker]

It's more of a 'Wait, whuuuuuut?' than anything else.  The Black player certainly has to have a lot of people wondering if he's blind, stupid, or both today. 

[Zathras]

We are.

Every April 15th.

Actually it's every other Friday when I get paid for the hard work I do and seeing how much is confiscated by government to pay for shit I don't want.