Shaq. The Media. Yao Ming.

I think there are two main reasons why the media didn\'t say much about this.  1) Shaq plays for the Lakers and well lets face it "The Lakers are the Gods of Basketball" according to the media.  and 2) Shaq is the biggest and probably most intimidating player in the NBA.  If someone like Reggie Miller for instance would\'ve said that the media would\'ve eaten him alive for it.  

Btw...I don\'t consider "reverse racism" to be any different from racism.  Either way you look at it its plain stupidity.

Now the self righteous shit is even starting to get under my skin. Like NO one in here has never EVER muttered a racist or prejudice comment amongst friends as a joke. Just b/c they are athletes and in the spotlight, makes them no better than us "common folk" That and their money, that is another one of the reasons they feel they shouldnt be held accountable for their actions.

/me is frightened at the fact that he agrees with luckee

Originally posted by Vapor Snake
/me is frightened at the fact that he agrees with luckee

Hey, stranger things have happend. Remember months ago when I agreed with you?

Since we are on the subject of Shaq, wtf is up with the Lakers. They are on a 4 game winning streak but are 17-20.

[SirMystiq]

Shaq blows chinese dildo!!

Originally posted by luckee
Now the self righteous shit is even starting to get under my skin. Like NO one in here has never EVER muttered a racist or prejudice comment amongst friends as a joke. Just b/c they are athletes and in the spotlight, makes them no better than us "common folk" That and their money, that is another one of the reasons they feel they shouldnt be held accountable for their actions.

There IS a difference between saying something like that to your friends, and saying it to a crowd of journalists with video cameras and tape recorders.  He should have kept it to his friends.  That\'s what I would have done.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by luckee
Now the self righteous shit is even starting to get under my skin. Like NO one in here has never EVER muttered a racist or prejudice comment amongst friends as a joke. Just b/c they are athletes and in the spotlight, makes them no better than us "common folk" That and their money, that is another one of the reasons they feel they shouldnt be held accountable for their actions.

So there\'s no need to improve ourselves then? To set a better standard? To just say "What the hell. If Luckee is racist, I may as well be one too."

Wonderful.

i hate whitey


shaq was kidding around, but theres a difference between kidding around in your house with your freinds and kidding around on frickin tv.

yao isnt offended, so why should i be?

like i said, i think shaq\'s a little jelous.

Originally posted by luckee
Now the self righteous shit is even starting to get under my skin. Like NO one in here has never EVER muttered a racist or prejudice comment amongst friends as a joke. Just b/c they are athletes and in the spotlight, makes them no better than us "common folk" That and their money, that is another one of the reasons they feel they shouldnt be held accountable for their actions.

no its the Seamily American and sometimes British mentality that if your good at a Sport (From High School to Pro) then your "above the law".

American Examples
Shaq
Preferential treatment of High School Jocks


British example
George Best
Roy Keane

Originally posted by Coredweller
There IS a difference between saying something like that to your friends, and saying it to a crowd of journalists with video cameras and tape recorders.  He should have kept it to his friends.  That\'s what I would have done.

And when you have status like shaq, EVERYONE is your friend or wants to be.
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gman: I didnt say that, but that is how it is in the "elite" circle at times. I still think he is an idiot, but for that same reason is why I believe he was actually joking.

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007: EXACTLY, which is why it shouldnt be taken so seriously. One can almost always tell when someone says what they mean, in the spotlight or not.

Originally posted by luckee



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007: EXACTLY, which is why it shouldnt be taken so seriously. One can almost always tell when someone says what they mean, in the spotlight or not.

yeah but Mr Shaq as a Sporting "hero" has also the responsibility to act like one.

Joke or not there will be some people both for and against what he said, will take it to hart.

not really, its our society that FORCES ppl in the spotlight to become role models b/c they are too damn lazy to be them for their children.

[GmanJoe]

Society forces this on us? We watch sports. Kids watch sports. It\'s part of our culture in nearly every part of the world. Kids look up to some of those who are excellent atheletes and want to know how they got to be that way. For Shaq to be like this just regenerates racism.

You think this is self righteous? I\'ve been in too many fights because racist slurs thrown at me. I got aching knuckles to prove it. I\'ve put my foot down on the faces of blacks, whites, Hispanics, Koreans and Chinese people coz of the racist crap they said to me.

Living in and out of the US has its downsides.

yes it does. we as americans are lazy as shit in general. parents have the responsibility to guide their children and not let stars do it for them.

Yes I do.

I have as well being of mnay different backrounds, but yet im never enough of one backround or another. So we seem to be in the same shoes.

On the other hand, I can usually tell the difference form a joke, a slur ghosted as a joke, and an all out slur and the one shaq made just seems to be a joke.