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RE: Yes, I'm gonna go there
(03-24-2014 01:40 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  
(03-24-2014 01:21 PM)TPBlaze84 Wrote:  
(03-24-2014 11:16 AM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  Is it possible that, even if there is a subconscious racism, that a grain of truth exists to those descriptors for the individuals they are used on?

+1
While still being in some way athletic, those words are often just trying to describe the typical speed disparity in white boys, not that there aren't exceptions to every rule, I view that side of it as largely innocuous

Yep, we caught one. And I bet he doesn't even know it. 03-lmfao

"Typical speed disparity in white boys"

05-nono

Har har, smart guy. I know it's a form of assumption, I also walk outside every day assuming the sky to be blue.
03-24-2014 03:00 PM
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RE: Yes, I'm gonna go there
(03-24-2014 01:40 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  
(03-24-2014 01:21 PM)TPBlaze84 Wrote:  
(03-24-2014 11:16 AM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  Is it possible that, even if there is a subconscious racism, that a grain of truth exists to those descriptors for the individuals they are used on?
+1
While still being in some way athletic, those words are often just trying to describe the typical speed disparity in white boys, not that there aren't exceptions to every rule, I view that side of it as largely innocuous
Yep, we caught one. And I bet he doesn't even know it. 03-lmfao
"Typical speed disparity in white boys"
05-nono
03-lmfao
I was trying to emphasize "individuals", and at no point did "boys" cross my mind as an individual.
03-24-2014 03:04 PM
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RE: Yes, I'm gonna go there
(03-23-2014 03:24 PM)BlazerGrad88 Wrote:  So tired of hearing sports commentators instinctively refer to the white guys as "smart" and refer to the black guys as "athletic." It's an insult to both of them. We've all known white guys who were very athletic but dumb as a brick and black guys who were very "cerebral" but had two left feet. Enough with the stereotypes!

Rant over.

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