I wish there were some sort of semblance of balance b/w the various ethnicities w/ regards to race as a subject for a piece, b/c as it is, it's really rather ... petty.
why. espn.com
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I wish there were some sort of semblance of balance b/w the various ethnicities w/ regards to race as a subject for a piece, b/c as it is, it's really rather ... petty. | ||
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On June 04 2008 11:27 fight_or_flight wrote: Where do you get time to read articles about race on espn haji? at lab. and they're really writing a lot of them over the last 6 months or so. I basically read every mlb section article that comes out, and most of the nba ones as well. | ||
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article contents are like... blacks get a bad beat. They dont get a 2nd chance. They are doubted right off. Shit is unfair, yadayada. | ||
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On June 04 2008 12:20 Jibba wrote: Eh? I think they're pretty balanced in terms of race. Maybe Scoop and Jamelle happen to do a lot of Page 2 stuff, but the main writers are white and black. I think you missed what the guy is saying. He means that whenever he sees an espn.com article that talks about a race-related issue in sports, the author is generally black (which unfortunately is true). The biggest offender is Jason Whitlock, although he doesn't work for ESPN anymore. Whenever he subs in for Rome, the radio show becomes three nightmarish hours of debating a racial issue, usually one that Whitlock has blown out of proportion. Here's an amusing example: Let me tell you how bad things are for Leftwich in Jacksonville. It's my opinion that coach Jack Del Rio intentionally keeps three black quarterbacks (David Garrard and Quinn Gray) just to keep some of the pressure off Leftwich, who isn't embraced by Dirty South football fans. | ||
HeavOnEarth
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On June 04 2008 12:16 fight_or_flight wrote: I hate that so much. Reminds me of the feminists who are irate over hillary not winning. Read this...its amazing: http://www.nownys.org/pr_2008/pr_011108.html "yeah its so amazing" ! pretty typical of women; they're really got a sensitive + Show Spoiler + ass :O | ||
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On June 04 2008 12:54 city42 wrote: I think you missed what the guy is saying. He means that whenever he sees an espn.com article that talks about a race-related issue in sports, the author is generally black (which unfortunately is true). The biggest offender is Jason Whitlock, although he doesn't work for ESPN anymore. Whenever he subs in for Rome, the radio show becomes three nightmarish hours of debating a racial issue, usually one that Whitlock has blown out of proportion. Here's an amusing example: Oh, I did misread it. D: Whitlock is a giant racist, but most of the time he's pissing on black people. I'd imagine the KKK enjoys most of his articles. | ||
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On June 04 2008 13:40 cava wrote: Black people probably write more about racial issues because more black people are held back due to racism whereas white people generally are not. Its easy ro pretend racism doesn't exist when you are white. Since when are black people held back in sports? The majority of the NFL and NBA are black players... When it gets to hockey, and baseball I don't think that's true anymore. | ||
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