Jordan: I Was Against All White People
- Thread starter SheagleHawk
- Start date
1977Hawkeye
Well-Known Member
Jordan may have gotten over his racist feelings from when he was younger.. This has nothing to do with him TODAY. But it goes to show that it isn't just the white man who can be a racist. People of all races have bias. Or maybe I should say, people of all races CAN have bias. Not that they all DO.
Eda is right though - this is a non-story. At least to me.
Eda is right though - this is a non-story. At least to me.
Last edited:
SheagleHawk
Well-Known Member
I wasn't trying to suggest that these comments were recent. Only found the article on CNN and thought it was interesting.
OUTofTOWNHAWK
Well-Known Member
errbody is racist at some level.
JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
Disagree. Predjudiced? Probably
HawkeyeMike23
Banned
Funny, Jordan had no problem letting John Paxson carry him to the title in '93.
ATLHawkeye
Well-Known Member
Completely agree with Jon. Racism and prejudice are two completely different things. Prejudice isn't always a bad thing... racism is.
News flash - black teen growing up in the south isn't in love with white people. WHAT A SHOCKER!
As far as "racism" goes, it depends on your definition - if you define that loosely as making assumptions about someone based on their race, yeah we're definitely all guilty. If you define "racism" more specifically as changing your behavior towards someone based on their race, then I don't think everyone is guilty of that. Most people I know try really hard not to do the latter.
As far as "racism" goes, it depends on your definition - if you define that loosely as making assumptions about someone based on their race, yeah we're definitely all guilty. If you define "racism" more specifically as changing your behavior towards someone based on their race, then I don't think everyone is guilty of that. Most people I know try really hard not to do the latter.
AHawk1
Well-Known Member
Come on IronMike this is HawkeyeNation. Bobby Hansen 1992.
HawkeyeMike23
Banned
Sorry, I don't always wear black and gold goggles. 1992 was the year of Will Perdue, he set the tone for their whole playoff run with a 16 point 10 board 4 block performance against Miami in the first game of the playoffs.
imported_ankle23
Well-Known Member
he qualified by saying 'at some level'. i have a hard time disagreeing with that. if you look at someone and see skin color and make a judgment of any kind, that is one level. that is hard not to do.
1977Hawkeye
Well-Known Member
Well, here's an online definition of "racism". The definitions below seem to hint at it, but I personally feel that racism is as much a mindset as it is what you do or don't do. If you dislike (or hate) someone solely because of their skin color, to me, that makes you a racist even if you don't necessarily ACT upon it. Some people may call that prejudice and not racism.. I tend to disagree.
To me, racism is a subset of prejudice. Prejudice may be based on race, gender, religion, or whatever. Prejudice comes in all shapes and sizes. Racism is a form of prejudice, but prejudice isn't necessarily racism. Just my 2 cents.
I also feel that racism is wrong regardless of what color you are. I'm aware of our country's history of racism towards blacks, but if you ask me, it doesn't make it any more right for a black person to hate white people than it does the other way around. It's wrong no matter how you slice it. No one should get a free pass.
rac·ism
[rey-siz-uh
noun
1.a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2.a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3.hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
Last edited:
