Michael Jordan admits to racism.

[momeNt]

Jordan now only harbors resentment towards Jews. I don't know if he is anti-Semitic, but he was very pissed about not being allowed to join all Jewish country clubs. I think it's more anger at those clubs being exclusive and not a dislike of Jews generally.

 

[Bird222]

Google "the hate that hate produced" and maybe you guys will get a better understanding.

 

[SheHateMe]

I'd probably hate white people too if I grew up around people like Geosurface and his friends. Luckily, I didn't.

 

[Zaap]

I think the klan is hiding under the beds of some people here.

 

[Matt1970]

There's a significant difference between a white person being racist against blacks and a black person being racist against whites, and that difference is our shared history. Whites have had power in this country since it was founded and blacks largely have not; even today, the leadership in this country is disproportionately white and racial minorities are disproportionately in poverty. Being a member of the race with all the power and looking down your nose at minorities is not the same as being the member of a minority and being pissed off at how the white people in power treat you. It's inherently different.

I think what happened to Paula Deen was an overreaction; she made mistakes and she apologized for them. But you can't compare the actions of a wealthy white woman using racial slurs in the antebellum south to a poor black kid in North Carolina who hated white people because they used those same slurs against him. It's nice to be in favor of equality, but arguing that all racism is the same is ignoring the centuries of inequality that preceded it.

Incase you haven't noticed, the leader of this country is black.

 

[HOSED]

this title fooled me I thought this was about the exploitation of foreign workers for Nike that Jordan tacitly has approved of. He grabbed the millions and AFA I know has not done a darn thing about the plight of the workers. Plus all of the minions here and abroad who have purchased the flimsy sneakers he endorsed. (I guess that is reverse racism).

 

[werepossum]

The Klan were so prominent in the town where Jordan lived they sponsored Little League teams.

Also do you know lynchings were still going on in the 70s and 80s in the South?

The Tuskeegee Institute records the last lynching in 1968 if memory serves. One MIGHT find one or two isolated instances after that, but then one could also find many horrendous black-on-white murders during that same time frame. To the extent that the Klan had its resurgence after World War II it had pretty much shot its wad by 1970, not to mention being thoroughly infiltrated by law enforcement. Starting in the fifties, most Klan murders were shootings or bombings anyway, as the Republican-led federal civil rights laws gave the federal government tools to impose federal murder sentences, thereby defeating Southern jury nullification. Lynchings were practical when the Klan could be assured that an all-white jury would not convict whites of murdering blacks, but once that went away AND they could never know who might be an informant lynchings became very, very rare and more secretive murders such as bombings and shootings took over.

I'd also be very, very surprised if the Klan truly sponsored a baseball team in 70s North Carolina. The Klan was always a secret organization, especially (for obvious reasons) when it was simultaneously committing murders. One of its would-be legit spin-offs such as the Concerned Citizen Committees maybe, or a local businessman known to be associated with the Klan. I know there was a brief period in the sixties when the Klan attempted to go semi-legit. I can remember my father talking about his father taking him to a "civic organization" meeting attempting to recruit whites and how my grandfather recognized it as a Klan front by the people in it. (In a small town, people knew who was in the Klan. Just can't sneak around in a small town.)

For those who want a little humorous Klan reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hayes_Pond

 

[jerk-chicken]

another race baiting thread... *sigh*

 

[Rakehellion]

Its kinda messed up that Paula Deen was figuratively burned at the stake, but Jordan will suffer no consequence.

It's like how Rob Ford got so much hell for smoking crack, but George W. did coke and no one cared. Where's the fairness?

 

[Rakehellion]

The Tuskeegee Institute records the last lynching in 1968 if memory serves. One MIGHT find one or two isolated instances after that

If there were instances after that, then the last one wasn't in 1968.

 

[Rakehellion]

The Klan was always a secret organization

Which is why they still hold Klan rallies and marches in full uniform to this day? Super sekrit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUnobHHAKxo

 

[bradley]

There's a significant difference between a white person being racist against blacks and a black person being racist against whites, and that difference is our shared history.

This mentality has led to the most *obnoxious* type of bigots who feel societally justified in their actions. Either harboring racism and bigotry is wrong everyone or they are right. However we can see that racism isn't always wrong, as it was clearly a motivator is Jordan's greatness.

Life is always going to be a balance between right/wrong, good/evil, hate/love. To try to eliminate that counterpoise is like trying to eliminate life itself.

 

[bradley]

Incase you haven't noticed, the leader of this country is black.

Are you sure? I also wonder if Donald Sterling ever heard about the Holocaust. Apparently anti-Semitism was deeply rooted and spreading throughout Europe. Jewish ghettos were established for confinement before heading them off to extermination camps. I think I saw a movie about this.

 

[shortylickens]

Incase you haven't noticed, the leader of this country is black.

He's white.
And a really good liar.

 

[Ksyder]

meh. mj is just an asshole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ZQERHL6ow

 

[MasterOfUsers]

Incase you haven't noticed, the leader of this country is black.

No, he is white.

My statement is just as correct as yours.

 

[Rakehellion]

Incase you haven't noticed, the leader of this country is black.

What the hell does that have to do with anything? There's a black president therefore racism is a thing of the past?

 

[Rakehellion]

No, he is white.

My statement is just as correct as yours.

Don't be dense. Racism in this country is based on color, not genetic background. No one checks your ancestry.com profile before calling you a ******.

 

[bradley]

meh. mj is just an asshole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ZQERHL6ow

I just broke out the world's tiniest violins to play while watching this video.

 

[MongGrel]

I just broke out the world's tiniest violins to play while watching this video.

+1

 

[MasterOfUsers]

Don't be dense. Racism in this country is based on color, not genetic background. No one checks your ancestry.com profile before calling you a ******.

Still doesn't change the fact that he is as much white as he is black.

I'm not going to consider the opinions of a bunch of retarded savages so racists don't count.

 

[Rakehellion]

meh. mj is just an asshole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ZQERHL6ow

I couldn't get past how horrible a storyteller that guy is. Cliffs?

 

[Rakehellion]

Still doesn't change the fact that he is as much white as he is black.

I'm not going to consider the opinions of a bunch of retarded savages so racists don't count.

The terms "white" and "black" you used were created by those racists, not by geneticists, so I suspect a bit of hypocrisy.

 

[MasterOfUsers]

The terms "white" and "black" you used were created by those racists, not by geneticists, so I suspect a bit of hypocrisy.

So, according to racists there are no mulattos?

And everyone who is using the terms black and white are either racist savages or hypocrites?

 

[Victorian Gray]

The secretive KKK