Id like to think that the deal was that he was going to apologize and that ADL, check in hand, was surprised at the actual statement. But its possible that that is not how it went down.
Who here wouldn't trade Kyrie for Brittney Griner and a Nordstream hack (with winter month protection)to be named later?
I once listened to a podcast with Deeyah Khan for a guest. She discussed her experience making her documentary, White Right, in which she met and talked with a number of white nationalists. She was able to connect with and win over a surprisingly high number of them simply by talking to them, asking about their concerns, and just generally forcing them to confront the fact that she was not the thing they thought she was. Turns out you can actually reach a few people when you see the humanity in them and don’t just call them bigoted pieces of shit.
edit: misinterpreted the post. But I'll leave this: If you're dubbed King James, heavy is the head that wears the crown.
Thanks guys. Looks like it did not play well with the Nets.
I assume close to 100%
Can you explain to me a little more what the slippery slope here is? That if you have any anti-religious beliefs and choose to talk about them that you could be suspended?
I guess my unbreakable cynicism says connections like this are possible on an individual level. But I suspect many of the individual connections of the Kyries (and Beasley's) of the world are of the "Hey. I have a Black friend; I cant be racist" variety. Or "I know you're not one of *those* Jews."
I would guess that your suspicion is correct. I’d also guess that it’s a much (though not entirely) different animal, trying to reach the super-successful rich guy used to getting his way versus trying to reach the rank-and-file nationalist of much lesser means.
I don't follow these things as closely as some of you, but wasn't Donald Sterling forced to sell his team largely because of racist comments?
I would say solely, not largely. Is your point that Kyrie should be disqualified from playing in the NBA?
No, my point is that it's not so dictatorial if it applies to both management and players.
Hey everyone, while we’re all here: Does anyone know if the Nets has a policy about being homophobic? Or about holding discriminatory beliefs towards the LGBTQ+ community more generall?
A much earlier version of this thread was titled "Mr. Chemistry".
Holding beliefs is a weird statement.
Well, we do if they tell us what they are. And here, the Nets are demanding an affirmative statement.
Sterling wasn't forced to sell the team. His wife sold the team, in part by getting a court to agree that he didn't have the mental capacity to oversee the team.
I’d be fine with this outcome. Let him go on thinking of himself as a martyr while history laughs at him.
Its not quite the same. Sterling was compensated some $2B for the forced sale of his asset. I would be loathe to see the NBA cash-out and push out Kyrie from his chosen profession.
This may not be the thread for this, but I saw some musings on Twitter today that Irving and 'Ye are not the biggest antisemites in Black community, but they may be the most vocal. Saw that Kendrick (I'm assuming Lamar), Nas, and others have been making not-so-thinly veiled allusions in their songs for a long time, but they keep their noses clean so nobody really notices. I'm not a hip-hop aficionado, but IF true, this kind of thinking may run a lot deeper than people realize in that community.
Daryl Davis is another guy known for doing this. He's convinced dozens of Klansmen to leave the KKK, and my recollection is that his approach is largely the same kind of thing; he talks to them, finds some way to connect (music, food, whatever), and by forging that human connection over time he's then able to start questioning about them their beliefs and challenging them, as you say, forcing them to confront that he isn't what they thought.
Ever see the album cover for I am… ?
Google: Farrakhan Rap Stars. You will get a couple of hits on that search
Makes me think of that Heineken (?) commercial where they have pairs of people who unknowingly hate each other share a beer, and some of them end up changed for the better. Such a great commercial.
Yeah, "Jewish Race/Religion" is not a phrase that would've made it past them.
