(03-15-2012 05:17 PM)SteveAztec Wrote:  Let me get this right...It is ok for players on the court to call each other the N-Word (not sure if the real word is ok on this board or not), but it isn't ok for band members to yell, "Where is your green card?"

Huh?

I don't think black people call other black people "nigga" with the same inferences that racists do. It's a similar word but with different meanings.

I'm for all free speech as long as it doesn't duhumanize or marginalize someone, especially a college athlete. They are out there doing something great with their lives, and entertaining us all in the process.

I don't see a grey area. If you don't actually know someone, for them to know that its a rib, than it's gouche.

(03-15-2012 05:19 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:11 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:09 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:06 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:04 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Come on guys, you think the band knows where this player is from? The look at the last name on the jersey, yell green card whatever.

That makes it a lil racist then don't you think

Not at all. Racist is the most over used word in the dictionary. "Green Card" designates immigrant, illegal immigrant etc.

You just said it yourself... The kids looked at the name on his back and assumed he's an illegal... THATS RACISM.

Not even close, "a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism

SMFH... So assuming that someone is doing something illegal based on his race alone isn't thinking your race is superior?

Stay classy Southern Miss.

(03-15-2012 05:11 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  They saw a brown person and thought he was an illegal.

That much is clear.

Ding!

Look up USM Student Enrollment, out of the 16,604 students enrolled last fall, just 2.6% of them were Hispanic (only 438 students).

(03-15-2012 05:26 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:19 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:11 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:09 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:06 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  That makes it a lil racist then don't you think

Not at all. Racist is the most over used word in the dictionary. "Green Card" designates immigrant, illegal immigrant etc.

You just said it yourself... The kids looked at the name on his back and assumed he's an illegal... THATS RACISM.

Not even close, "a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism

SMFH... So assuming that someone is doing something illegal based on his race alone isn't thinking your race is superior?

Not any more than assuming if you are Irish you get into bar fights, or if you are Italian you are a mobster, and right on down the line. ND students did the same stupid ignorant think earlier this year. Much to do about nothing. USA is the biggest melting pot on the planet, give it a rest.

I forget about the Asians can't drive worth a ****.

(03-15-2012 05:33 PM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:11 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  They saw a brown person and thought he was an illegal.

That much is clear.

Ding!

Most of the players on the Court were brown, they saw the last name,
rodriguez.

(03-15-2012 05:35 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:26 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:19 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:11 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 05:09 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Not at all. Racist is the most over used word in the dictionary. "Green Card" designates immigrant, illegal immigrant etc.

You just said it yourself... The kids looked at the name on his back and assumed he's an illegal... THATS RACISM.

Not even close, "a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism

SMFH... So assuming that someone is doing something illegal based on his race alone isn't thinking your race is superior?

Not any more than assuming if you are Irish you get into bar fights, or if you are Italian you are a mobster, and right on down the line. ND students did the same stupid ignorant think earlier this year. Much to do about nothing. USA is the biggest melting pot on the planet, give it a rest.

I forget about the Asians can't drive worth a ****.

For crying out loud... Those references about the Irish and Italians are racist...