Thunder Issue Statement After Broadcaster Makes Insensitive Racial Comment

this world, not wanting to live on it anymore, etc etc

At a loss for words on this one ... ultra sensitive, mega sensitive, hyper sensitive, nope...none of those will do.

I think people realize that he did not mean it in an offensive way, but come on, that’s not something you should use to describe a black guy.

I haven't heard the phrase "cotton-picking" used since the mid-90s.

I guarantee I picked more cotton than any black person in Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Snowflakes!

I would argue that stating that the phrase is racially insensitive is racially insensitive. That connotes that probably cling cotton is exclusive to black Americans. If someone says “cotton picking” and the first image that pops into your head is a black man, then you have a bigger issue than the person who said it innocuously.

I would argue that stating that the phrase is racially insensitive is racially insensitive. That connotes that probably cling cotton is exclusive to black Americans. If someone says “cotton picking” and the first image that pops into your head is a black man, then you have a bigger issue than the person who said it innocuously.

Society today is fricked three ways to china

Huh ???? Are you serious ... People are NUTS!!!! My Family have been Farming For Years, Generations. Cotton , Sugar Cane , etc .. And Guess What, they are White.. should I take offense?? So I guess asking someone to wash the dishes Correctly or feed the chickens is racially insensitive since black slaves were probably asked to do it as slaves ?? This is getting ridiculous..

I've got to be honest that I've heard that phrase all the time growing up an never ever thought of it as a racial comment. I grew up with many African American friends and they would have said something if it had bothered them. No one ever thought of it or paid attention to it. I never stopped to wonder where the term "cotton-pickin" came from. And if I had I never would have thought it was racial. We reading intothings that aren't even there.

I like how the video is cut off right after the comment to insure that no context is given to the comment.

I wish I had ultimate power so that every time someone like Mark Robinson calls something like this out, every statement that the person has made that could be "insensitive" would be posted on youtube for the world to see.

This is going to receive some backlash. Backlash... oops.

oh for christ sake, does everything frickin thing have to be racist ??????

Can someone use that phrase in a sentence? I’ve never heard this before. What goes on in a cotton picking mind?

frick this country man. I bunch of beta fricks. So tired of pussies getting offended over everything

last time I heard that was as a kid watching yosemite sam and bugs bunny cartoons

I 'm glad I have't watched an NBA game in at least 20 years.

Screw all these PC idiots. Must not have anything better to do than monitor B'S like this.