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Old 01-21-2010, 12:28 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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I don't think a white basketball team is anymore racist than black-only colleges or the Miss Black America contests.
AS a pro team it won't work. Who wants to see that kind of teams playing?
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:28 PM
 
Location: Visitation between Wal-Mart & Home Depot
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Of course there is racism; there always will be.

This does seem extreme. The NBA should just start an affirmative action program.

That's a good idea. It would be certain to make the NBA better.
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:28 PM
 
Location: Unperson Everyman Land
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You make it sound as if it's impossible for a non-black person to get a scholarship to the Ph.D program for education at the University of Pennsylvania. It's just one scholarship for a total of 10 students that you're referring to... There are also scholarships across the country specifically for Asians, Native Americans, Hispanics, women, economically disadvantaged students, etc.. Boo-f**king hoo..

I'm not the one whining about a basketball league. I posted the links without any comments of my own because they speak for themselves. Anti-white, anti-male discrimination is a part of my daily life. It is accepted by society and sanctioned by the government. Numerous private organizations exist for no other purpose than to discriminate against white males. The Urban League and NAACP come to mind. The fact is that one minority group is legally discriminated against. If the OP has an issue with this whites-only basketball league, they should also have an issue with the Black Miss America Pageant and the CBC, but for some reason that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:30 PM
 
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I'm not the one whining about a basketball league. I posted the links without any comments of my own because they speak for themselves. Anti-white, anti-male discrimination is a part of my daily life. It is accepted by society and sanctioned by the government. Numerous private organizations exist for no other purpose than to discriminate against white males. The Urban League and NAACP come to mind. The fact is that one minority group is legally discriminated against. If the OP has an issue with this whites-only basketball league, they should also have an issue with the Black Miss America Pageant and the CBC, but for some reason that doesn't seem to be the case.

Oh, poor you! Don't worry, maybe someday the Black Miss America Pageant will let you compete..
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:33 PM
 
Location: chattanooga
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Good,now maybe we can get quota's for whites in the states where they are the minority,Texas,California,New Mexico.Also stop such programs in states that whites are on the verge,Georgia,Mississippi and Arizona.
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:33 PM
 
Location: Pasadena
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It's very telling that the league would be in the South. But very encouraging that the mayor of Augusta, Georgia refused to have a racist organization in the town ESPN did a talk radio discussion on this all-white basketball league & it became a huge joke.
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:47 PM
 
Location: MichOhioigan
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I can see some of the team nicknames now;

Honkeys
Klansmen
Aryans
Crackers
Caucasians
White Whiners
Polar Bears
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:47 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Who says that racism still exists?
That stopped in the 1960s


An NBA The KKK Would Love? Promoter Touts Whites-Only Basketball League - The Two-Way : NPR

All-American Basketball League call for all-white, American-born teams sparks backlash: Report

Whites-Only Basketball League Formed; "People of Color" Need Not Apply

White Promoter Pushes For All-White Basketball League | News One

A Georgia boxing and wrestling promoter is establishing an all-White basketball league,
saying it’s time to restore “sanity” and “fundamentals” to a game that has been hijacked by undisciplined thugs.
I don't really know why you opened this thread. There are 300 Million people living here, it's not jsut 100. You will never have 300 Million people supporting the same thing...NEVER.
If you have one person out of 300 Million who does share those views, then you have technically "racism".
That's why I agree with the statement that it does exist, but not to the extend people think ( well, or would like to have it... ).

I kind of got to agree with the "anti- white male" statement. White males are usually the target. White women are a "minority", since they are women. Whie males are not.
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:49 PM
 
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The word "racist" is thrown around way too often. To say that an all-white group is "racist" assumes that the organization believes that the white race is superior to all others. That's quite a leap, unless you know it's actually true.

And for the same reasons, I don't see how Black Entertainment Television or Miss Black America are racist. Even if they exclude non-blacks, that doesn't mean they're racist organizations.

And the idea that La Raza and Telemundo are racist is really a stretch. "Latino" isn't even a race.
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Houston
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The word "racist" is thrown around way too often. To say that an all-white group is "racist" assumes that the organization believes that the white race is superior to all others. That's quite a leap, unless you know it's actually true.

And for the same reasons, I don't see how Black Entertainment Television or Miss Black America are racist. Even if they exclude non-blacks, that doesn't mean they're racist organizations.

And the idea that La Raza and Telemundo are racist is really a stretch. "Latino" isn't even a race.
Yes. Peopel call everybody a "racist". Failed a test? Racist. Looked at somebody the wrong way? Racist.
It's too bad that the word has lost it's original meaning and now no longer really dosen't mean anthing.
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