Marcelo Rios Tells Media at Davis Cup: "You all suck"

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I have to deal with racism every day of my life.

You never did answer the question "How?"[/QUOTE]

I'm guessing this means you're not a minority? You go in a store...the sales person follows you around but there are 20 white people that nobody's watching. People say stupid shite to you like, "There's a very nice African-American woman who lives next door to me." That one's subtle. You're in a store and write a check - they ask for 2 forms of ID. The white person in front of you only had to produce their driver's license. And my personal favorite was the time I was at work , customer comes in, we're chit chatting...and she says to me, "You have such nice hair. What part of India are you from?" I have ZERO accent and am NOT Indian but apparently black people aren't supposed to have "nice hair" and since I'm not coal black, then obviously I MUST be from a foreign country that has brown people. She was clueless that she was even being racist. I spend a lot of time biting my tongue. Then there's listening to people refer to physicians from India or Pakistan as "LBDs" behind their backs - "Little Brown Doctors." And I'm standing there going, "Uh...HELLO! I'm right here!" Apparently some people think it's OK to be racist about another ethnic group in front of you because they're not talking about you and you MIGHT agree with them. And yes, these physicians are fully aware this is what they're called behind their backs. Racism in this day and age can seem like a "nothing burger" to non-minorities, but believe me - it's not nothing when you're constantly on the receiving end of it.

 

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"Dumb stuff" to you...not to others. Is it possible that many Americans consider the protesting of the National Anthem to be "dumb stuff"?

Sure, they could...but again...you're missing the point about the protests. They weren't protesting the national anthem itself. Kaepernick was protesting police brutality and since the national anthem is played before every game that was his one opportunity before the game to publicly protest. It was Trump who conflated the two to deflect from RussiaGate. He's the one who blew it up into a national incident. Prior to that it had been going on for months with little notice and very little ink. So thank the "dear leader" for turning it into more than it otherwise would have been. If Kaepernick had instead chosen to take a knee on the 50 yard line right before play started - would some people still be as pissed off as they are? I say yes because it's the very fact that he had the gall to protest that seems to annoy people. They think he's living a privileged life and should be thankful for it and STFU. Oprah's a billionaire and even she has gone on rants about how she's been profiled and shut out of exclusive Parisian stores - and nobody blinks. Black man takes a knee at a football game and it's a national incident. Whatever.

 

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How does this have ANYthing to do with the 1st Amendment? As far as I'm aware, the federal government has not banned kneeling during the National Anthem. If the NFL, as a private enterprise, does or doesn't ban it, then that's their choice...just don't expect "average" Americans to like it.

Actually the NFL is not a completely privately held enterprise. The Green Bay Packers is a publicly held non-profit corporation and has been since 1923. If you're a cop, then you know that privately held companies are sued for violating civil rights all the time.

Question - by "average Americans" do you mean WHITE Americans? You folks are freaking out because you know that in less than 30 years you're going to be minority in the world - not just the US. Don't worry though...I'm sure the Republicans are already planning how to implement their own version of apartheid.

OK...I'm done with this convo now. You've clearly never tried to see the world from a minority perspective and seem incapable of doing so. I come here to talk tennis not to interact with white supremacists masquerading as tennis fans. It's not like I didn't already know this...but...racists are everywhere.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Blacks commit more murders on whites than vice versa. Research the stats. If you post this nonsense about whites hunting down blacks I will just trash your stupid comments Haychew.

 

[I.Haychew]

Scoop Malinowski writes:

Blacks commit more murders on whites than vice versa. Research the stats. If you post this nonsense about whites hunting down blacks I will just trash your stupid comments Haychew.

What are you talking about? I'm a white cop in a mid-sized town in Indiana. The area I patrol is probably 80-90% black. My partner (who also is white) and I don't target blacks. However, when we do stop someone who happens to be black, we often hear this..."You're just stopping me because I'm black". Sadly, police are believed to be racists who want to hunt down and shoot/kill black people.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

That's the result of the anti white media brainwashing on blacks to believe that all whites hate blacks. Which is the furthest thing from the truth. Blacks are brainwashed to hate police, through rap music, anti white media, TV and movies. Yes there are some bad cops but most are good and fair. Blacks must obey police commands and obey the law. Anyone who disobeys a police officer's orders is asking to be shot.

 

[I.Haychew]

You never did answer the question "How?"

I'm guessing this means you're not a minority? You go in a store...the sales person follows you around but there are 20 white people that nobody's watching. People say stupid shite to you like, "There's a very nice African-American woman who lives next door to me." That one's subtle. You're in a store and write a check - they ask for 2 forms of ID. The white person in front of you only had to produce their driver's license. And my personal favorite was the time I was at work , customer comes in, we're chit chatting...and she says to me, "You have such nice hair. What part of India are you from?" I have ZERO accent and am NOT Indian but apparently black people aren't supposed to have "nice hair" and since I'm not coal black, then obviously I MUST be from a foreign country that has brown people. She was clueless that she was even being racist. I spend a lot of time biting my tongue. Then there's listening to people refer to physicians from India or Pakistan as "LBDs" behind their backs - "Little Brown Doctors." And I'm standing there going, "Uh...HELLO! I'm right here!" Apparently some people think it's OK to be racist about another ethnic group in front of you because they're not talking about you and you MIGHT agree with them. And yes, these physicians are fully aware this is what they're called behind their backs. Racism in this day and age can seem like a "nothing burger" to non-minorities, but believe me - it's not nothing when you're constantly on the receiving end of it.[/QUOTE]

I never said that racism doesn't exist. It does. You are saying that you experience racism on a daily basis. I don't know. Maybe you do. If so, then that is terrible. I don't agree that the US is systemically racist, though.

 

[I.Haychew]

Sure, they could...but again...you're missing the point about the protests. They weren't protesting the national anthem itself. Kaepernick was protesting police brutality and since the national anthem is played before every game that was his one opportunity before the game to publicly protest. It was Trump who conflated the two to deflect from RussiaGate. He's the one who blew it up into a national incident. Prior to that it had been going on for months with little notice and very little ink. So thank the "dear leader" for turning it into more than it otherwise would have been. If Kaepernick had instead chosen to take a knee on the 50 yard line right before play started - would some people still be as pissed off as they are? I say yes because it's the very fact that he had the gall to protest that seems to annoy people. They think he's living a privileged life and should be thankful for it and STFU. Oprah's a billionaire and even she has gone on rants about how she's been profiled and shut out of exclusive Parisian stores - and nobody blinks. Black man takes a knee at a football game and it's a national incident. Whatever.

Again...What does the National Anthem have to do with the alleged police brutality epidemic? Why "protest" during the National Anthem? Like you said...Why not "protest" at some other time during the game. If the team and/or the NFL allows it, then fine. And, by the way...This was "hot topic" in sports even before Trump started tweeting about it.

 

[I.Haychew]

Actually the NFL is not a completely privately held enterprise. The Green Bay Packers is a publicly held non-profit corporation and has been since 1923. If you're a cop, then you know that privately held companies are sued for violating civil rights all the time.

Question - by "average Americans" do you mean WHITE Americans? You folks are freaking out because you know that in less than 30 years you're going to be minority in the world - not just the US. Don't worry though...I'm sure the Republicans are already planning how to implement their own version of apartheid.

OK...I'm done with this convo now. You've clearly never tried to see the world from a minority perspective and seem incapable of doing so. I come here to talk tennis not to interact with white supremacists masquerading as tennis fans. It's not like I didn't already know this...but...racists are everywhere.

1) Then maybe Kaepernick should consider applying for a job with the Green Bay Packers.
Yes, private sector companies ARE sued for civil rights violations. So?

2) By "average Americans", in this context, I mean people who watch NFL games.

3) I'm not racist or a white supremacist. I view things from a color-blind perspective.

 

[I.Haychew]

OK...I'm done with this convo now.

No you aren't...Because you think you have the moral high ground and because of your need to have the last word. Before you go on another anti-Trump rant, just know that I can't stand the guy.

 

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omg we have to keep this thread alive

I guess now we have to snuggle like little children lost in the woods with Haychew, the blood sistaz are out for our blood

And Beaky the Warhawk too.... When the sistaz are done with us he'll go vulture, i mean hawk on us..... Man, i don't want an ugly bird with long sideburns to peck at my empty eyesocket