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Ray · 01-08-2008, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by gunnut

It's racism if the caller is white.

The late, great Chick Hearn, long time voice of the LA Lakers once accidentally called a play using the word "monkey" and pissed off a bunch of busybodies.

The play went something like this. An opposing player took the ball and dunked on the Lakers. After dunking the ball, for whatever the reason, he decided to hang on the rim for a few seconds. He was swinging with his legs bent under him. Chick remarked "whoa he's hanging there like a monkey."

That did it! A bunch of people said he made a racial remark and was insensitive to a black player (naturally) and blah blah blah.

Was it mean? No. Was it meant to demean the player? No. Would this have been an issue had the player been white? No. Would this have been an issue had Chick been black? No.

He was merely calling a play and described the action of the player the best he could in order to paint a picture for the radio listeners.

Some people are hypersensitive these days. They have a victim's mentality. They blame everything on "the man" in order to excuse themselves from working hard.

If you can do your job and do it well, no one cares what your skin color is.

There is nothing usual or extraordinarily unfair that most of the racist attributes stick to the whites.

For centuries, the non whites have been subjected to the racial abuse and now that the non whites are equal, these slurs stick and the white having had the licence to have racially abused with impunity over the centuries is taking its toll. The sensitivity of the non white to the racial arrogance of the past makes their skin extra thin! It is a different matter if they should be that sensitive.

That apart, it is incorrect of black, brown, white, yellow ochre, green or whatever be your colour, to use racially derogatory terms.