Steve9347 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Nov 13, 2012 -> 02:46 PM) his tragic Adidas commercial playing in his head. Me everytime I see that f***ing commercial: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 13, 2012 -> 03:14 PM) Me everytime I see that f***ing commercial: You win the internetz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 http://www.businessinsider.com/black-leade...culated-2012-10 "How did we get a roster that resembles the 1955 Lakers?" asked Tyrone Terrell, chairman of St. Paul's African American leadership council. "I think everything is a strategy. Nothing happens by happenstance." That strategy, Terrell and others in the black community believe, is to sell tickets to the Wolves' fan base, which is overwhelmingly white. Yeah, because white people really WANT to watch white people play basketball. IF ONLY DERRICK ROSE WERE WHITE, I'D BE SO MUCH MORE INTERESTED. Idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Hey there's something to that. People want to cheer for people who look more like them. It's why I consider Paul Konerko a modern day white mans working class hero. It WOULD be different if he were black....and young...er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:37 PM) Hey there's something to that. People want to cheer for people who look more like them. It's why I consider Paul Konerko a modern day white mans working class hero. It WOULD be different if he were black....and young...er Wat. Ill cheer for anyone as long as they make my favorite teams more awesome. Dont really care if he looks like Pancho Villa or Jim Halpert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:37 PM) Hey there's something to that. People want to cheer for people who look more like them. It's why I consider Paul Konerko a modern day white mans working class hero. It WOULD be different if he were black....and young...er WTF, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:37 PM) Hey there's something to that. People want to cheer for people who look more like them. Hahaha. No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:37 PM) Hey there's something to that. People want to cheer for people who look more like them. It's why I consider Paul Konerko a modern day white mans working class hero. It WOULD be different if he were black....and young...er Frank Thomas says hi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I say hi Frank, right back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:38 PM) Wat. Ill cheer for anyone as long as they make my favorite teams more awesome. Dont really care if he looks like Pancho Villa or Jim Halpert I loved this man. Spoiler alert: I don't look like that man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Hahaha. No. I'm a person. I understand why people need some hero's that look like them. It's not such a strange thing. Not that I'm excusing what the Wolves organization is doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 People like Paul Konerko because he's good at baseball, not because he's white and good at baseball. If that were true, people wouldn't have liked Frank Thomas, who was good at baseball and black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:43 PM) I'm a person. I understand why people need some hero's that look like them. It's not such a strange thing. Not that I'm excusing what the Wolves organization is doing. The Wolves aren't "doing that". You seem to be a bit of a racist person if you need white heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Wat. Ill cheer for anyone as long as they make my favorite teams more awesome. Dont really care if he looks like Pancho Villa or Jim Halpert so will I and neither do I. But at the same time there's NOTHING wrong with taking pride in a white guy or a jewish guy (I'm jewish) doing well in the world of sports. I might like that athlete a tiny bit more because they're kind of like me. That's not wrong, its perfectly normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 The Wolves aren't "doing that". You seem to be a bit of a racist person if you need white heroes. How do you know for sure what the Wolves are doing? It is a big coincidence that they have so many white guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:48 PM) How do you know for sure what the Wolves are doing? It is a big coincidence that they have so many white guys. They happily scooped up Michael Beasley and enabled Talents in South Beach. They may have "white guys", but a lot of them are productive Euros/Ruskies. KEVIN.LOVE. is a monster. David Kahn signed Nicholas Batum to a monster offer sheet this offseason only to have it matched. Batum looks like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I guess you have a point, any owner who signs Michael Beasley absolutely is not bigoted against black people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I had no idea Frank Thomas was black, otherwise I would have never cheered for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Oh please stop acting like skin color and ethnicity don't matter in the real world. I can't take this much political correctness here, people being so disingenuous. Be real. black little boys and girls also need black hero's on TV and in the media to admire. Don't tell me it doesn't matter what color or ethnicity the hero's are, it does matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:56 PM) I had no idea Frank Thomas was black, otherwise I would have never cheered for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 03:59 PM) black little boys and girls also need black hero's on TV and in the media to admire. Don't tell me it doesn't matter what color or ethnicity the hero's are, it does matter. they dont NEED black hero's. Anyone can be a hero regardless of skin color, especially at a young age, little kids dont learn to discriminate until theyre taught to. When I moved to Chicago my pops steered me towards amazing atheletes like Bo Jackson and Frank Thomas, they are not hispanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 they dont NEED black hero's. Anyone can be a hero regardless of skin color, especially at a young age, little kids dont learn to discriminate until theyre taught to. When I moved to Chicago my pops steered me towards amazing atheletes like Bo Jackson and Frank Thomas, they are not hispanic. I disagree, they NEED black hero's. Black people in the 40's and 50's used to watch TV and see only white people, and wondered why there were no people like them on there. It feeds into an inferiority complex and a white standard of beauty which has been scientifically researched (the doll experiment). When kids do not see positive rolemodels who look like them on TV and in the media they start wondering why. It still goes on to this day, it's hard for a black girl to feel beautiful when she looks on Tv and in magazines and sees nothing but lightskinned black girls with straightened hair. People definitely need hero's that look like them. Skin color and ethnicity matters, no matter how politically incorrect it is to say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 04:09 PM) I disagree, they NEED black hero's. Black people in the 40's and 50's used to watch TV and see only white people, and wondered why there were no people like them on there. It feeds into an inferiority complex and a white standard of beauty which has been scientifically researched (the doll experiment). When kids do not see positive rolemodels who look like them on TV and in the media they start wondering why. It still goes on to this day, it's hard for a black girl to feel beautiful when she looks on Tv and in magazines and sees nothing but lightskinned black girls with straightened hair. People definitely need hero's that look like them. Skin color and ethnicity matters, no matter how politically incorrect it is to say so. You should really only speak for yourself and not everyone else. You dont know what people need or want, at all, apparently. Nobody here is being disingenuous by saying that they dont feel they have to cheer for someone of their own race more than someone of a different race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 QUOTE (RZZZA @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 04:09 PM) I disagree, they NEED black hero's. Black people in the 40's and 50's used to watch TV and see only white people, and wondered why there were no people like them on there. It feeds into an inferiority complex and a white standard of beauty which has been scientifically researched (the doll experiment). When kids do not see positive rolemodels who look like them on TV and in the media they start wondering why. It still goes on to this day, it's hard for a black girl to feel beautiful when she looks on Tv and in magazines and sees nothing but lightskinned black girls with straightened hair. People definitely need hero's that look like them. Skin color and ethnicity matters, no matter how politically incorrect it is to say so. What about Mexican children then? How many role models do we have in the athletic world that arent soccer players or anywhere else to look up to? I wish I had a Jesse Owens or Jim Brown or Michael Jordan or Barack Obama or Oprah Winfrey or etc etc. I never once questioned why David Robinson wasnt Mexican, I just saw him as an awesome player and a seemingly great human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZZZA Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 What about Mexican children then? How many role models do we have in the athletic world that arent soccer players or anywhere else to look up to? I wish I had a Jesse Owens or Jim Brown or Michael Jordan or Barack Obama or Oprah Winfrey or etc etc. I never once questioned why David Robinson wasnt Mexican, I just saw him as an awesome player and a seemingly great human being. Not sure about specifically Mexicans but I know latino's in general have a handful of rising stars in the world of politics. With the ncreasing latino demographics these latino politicians are likely only to grow in importance and prominence in the coming decades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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