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10-05-2005, 10:09 AM
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Is this racism?
There's this sports AM radio station that has these two guys on in the afternoon for the drive home or whatever.
They have lately been on this kick where they call different barbershops in the US and ask them about their sports team. Last week they called a barber shop in South Central LA and asked them about UCLA, the Angels, Dodgers, etc. During the call, one of the hosts asked the lady who answered the phone how many white people there were living in South Central. She responded with "not a lot". He then asked why, did they have a problem with white people or what? She said no, they didn't, and was pretty uncomfortable. The guy then asked if she liked white people, or had any issues with white people, etc. Really uncomfortable radio. They do [censored] like this all the time. A few days ago, it was "those crazy negroes" and "black dudes are crazy" during another segment. Is this racism? 
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10-05-2005, 10:12 AM
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Re: Is this racism?
Apparently they think this kind of thing makes for good radio. There's a local sportswriter and radio guy here, Dan LeBatard) that tries to drag racism into everything. If there are any two people of different races involved in something then it's 100% guaranteed he'll be on the air that afternoon trying to stir people up abour racism.
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#5
10-05-2005, 10:16 AM
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Re: Is this racism?
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but do you feel it's racist? [/ QUOTE ] Not really, but I don't really care about the definition of the word. To me it's just annoying.
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10-05-2005, 12:30 PM
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Re: Is this racism?
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but do you feel it's racist? [/ QUOTE ] It's a question, and a legit one. Anybody that doesn't think there is a difference between the typical behaviors or a black person and a white person, the athletic abilities of a typical black person vs white person, the brain of a female vs a male, or the typical behaviors of a gay person and a straight person, or even the typical behavior of an american and japanese is delusional. It's not racism it's reality. Now if you make laws or punish people due to a stereotype, that's racism.
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#8
10-05-2005, 10:58 AM
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Re: Is this racism?
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Lebatard's views on race tend to be pretty on point from what I've read. [/ QUOTE ] No. Even the other people on his own radio station bitch about him. He goes off on some racial tangent about every other day. Anytime there's a fight between two players, a player and a coach, a player and an official, anyone of two races, he goes off regardless of whether he even knows anything about the situation. He's a complete jackass. The media needs to stop stirring up this crap.
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#9
10-05-2005, 11:02 AM
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Re: Is this racism?
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[ QUOTE ] Lebatard's views on race tend to be pretty on point from what I've read. [/ QUOTE ] No. Even the other people on his own radio station bitch about him. He goes off on some racial tangent about every other day. Anytime there's a fight between two players, a player and a coach, a player and an official, anyone of two races, he goes off regardless of whether he even knows anything about the situation. He's a complete jackass. The media needs to stop stirring up this crap. [/ QUOTE ] The resonse I have to this question just delves into an argument that's a little too sophisticated for OOT in general and you specifically. All I'll say is that race matters, and it and the biases that are attached to it have a much greater affect that people who don't have to deal with them probably realize.
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#10
10-05-2005, 11:04 AM
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Re: Is this racism?
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All I'll say is that race matters, and it and the biases that are attached to it have a much greater affect that people who don't have to deal with them probably realize. [/ QUOTE ] I'm not disagreeing with this. However, this doesn't mean the media should go out of its way to antagonize people by creating tension where there isn't any. There are enough real racial issues without this crap.
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