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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: dario73 on April 28, 2014, 12:44:54 PM
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Charles Barkley comes up with a statement that if a white man said it, the NAACP would be demanding his resignation. Imagine what would happen if a former player and commentator stated that the NHL is a "while league" or that the PGA is a "white association"?
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/04/28/Barkley-Slams-Sterling-We-Are-a-Black-League
During the halftime report of the Indiana Pacers-Atlanta Hawks NBA playoff game, former NBA star and TNT analyst Charles Barkley reacted to the recent allegations involving Los Angeles Clippers owner Don Sterling's remarks.
"We cannot have an NBA owner discriminating against a league that -- we're a black league, Ernie," Barkley said. "We are a black league."
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Hmmmm, a black in favor of segregation?
New York Knicks executive Larry Johnson has a different take on the racial fire that’s recently ignited over Clippers owner Donald Sterling, looking at the broader picture to make his main point: It’s high time blacks started their own league, he said.
In a tweet, the former star player wrote: “Black people your Focusing on the wrong thing. We should be focusing on having our own, Own team own League! To For Self!!”
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SEE ALSO: NBA to announce Donald Sterling’s status Tuesday
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It’s not the first time that Mr. Johnson drew critical attention to the fact that the NBA is headed primarily by white executives and played mostly by black athletes, the New York Post reported. In 1999, he said during the NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs that, “We’ve got a lot of rebellious slaves on this [Knicks] team.”
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/28/knicks-larry-johnson-calls-all-black-nba-league/#ixzz30DDGOPCR
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The double standards and hypocrisy just kills me.
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MLB should be referred to as the "Latino League".
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Reason No. 456,356 I will never spend a penny on the NBA
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Reason No. 456,356 I will never spend a penny on the NBA
The fact it is boring as fuck is enough reason for me.
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The fact it is boring as fuck is enough reason for me.
All these games come down to the last 1:30 where its all fouls and free throws. WTF is that?