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re: LSU says it's taking action after women's tennis player caught using racial slur

Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:45 pm to
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
26752 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:45 pm to
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I'm hardly bothered by it,


You said that if it were up to you there would be consequences. So obviously it does bother you.
Posted by thelawnwranglers
Member since Sep 2007
38782 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:45 pm to
That was an ah not err

Is that not allowed anymore?
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17156 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:45 pm to
She’s in the Herget lobby. Lots of crazier things have happened there.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
5707 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:46 pm to
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All in how you say it I guess. White kids who grow up with close black friends are really at risk. It’s become such a common phrase that they don’t even have awareness to the sensitivity. They sing all of the songs and speak the same slang.


I think this all the time seeing white kids and black kids hanging out because black kids push its usage and white kids go along and are ok with derogatory white terms being used as well. It’s all kids being kids and pushing boundaries including those negative white terms or stereotypes and the black ones until a 3rd party gets offended or the black kid gets mad for other reasons then it’s only the white kids that get demonized and suspended.

This kind of talk amongst black & white friends happened in the past as well, but how it was handled then was more civilized than the pitch fork social media mentality of today. Also in past if a black teacher or parent talked about not using the term he or she talked to both the black and white students equally about why both should not use it or promote its usage. No one was canceled or doxed by the likes of a hateful Ryan Clark type.

This post was edited on 9/18/22 at 12:48 pm
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
26752 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:48 pm to
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I don’t think you really understand the meaning of free speech in the 1st amendment


In this context it is accurate. LSU is a state institution.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57214 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:51 pm to
Now do football and men’s basketball.
Posted by thelawnwranglers
Member since Sep 2007
38782 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:52 pm to
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I recently had a player say to me "That n----- fast, huh."



Lol how do you answer that
Posted by Jawilder
Nola/BR
Member since Nov 2020
2029 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:53 pm to
lol people are really doing whatever it takes to cancel anybody. This is just sad. This should be the least of people’s worries
Posted by slappy dappy doo
Member since May 2021
381 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 12:56 pm to
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White kids who grow up with close black friends are really at risk. It’s become such a common phrase that they don’t even have awareness to the sensitivity.


Of all people, Theo Von has a pretty funny & relatable bit on this. It goes something along the lines that his black neighborhood friends would drop a line about "white privilege" this or that & how he was a part of it. Theo claps back with "dude, we're neighbors. What you think I got that you don't?"

This little girl is from Slidell. There's honestly a case for her that she legitimately does not know/understand the national climate of the soft N usage.
Posted by White Tiger
Dallas
Member since Jul 2007
12830 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 1:12 pm to
The fact is that there are different rules for different people. Whatever serves the agenda of the ptb is what will be supported.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
5707 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 1:13 pm to
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You cant possibly be that dumb... Tell your son to go say that around a group of random black people... I'm pretty sure the reaction wouldn't be what you expect...

This might not prove the point you are thinking you are proving.



quote:

you cant co-opt a racial slur, to give you the ability to use it..

Same with this.
Posted by weptiger
Georgia
Member since Feb 2007
10333 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 1:36 pm to
Some of the same people that are offended by use of that term use it freely in referring to themselves.

Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
41903 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 1:39 pm to
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Personally, I wouldn't kick her off the team, but there would be some consequence for her action..


Maybe these young kids will stop supporting a culcha that glorifies the word in their music.
Posted by xGODz
West Coast
Member since Sep 2022
179 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 3:08 pm to
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You cant possibly be that dumb... Tell your son to go say that around a group of random black people... I'm pretty sure the reaction wouldn't be what you expect...

you cant co-opt a racial slur, to give you the ability to use
your talking about someone using any word that could be perceived as negative to a "stranger" and you don't know blacks and yes he has black friends, they call him n%&*a and he does back to them and its not perceived as negative by either side. Your problem is you think the word n%&&a is exclusive to blacks when it is NOT. It's a "bro" word. Women call each other ni%&a. Your making it worse than what it is lefty. Saying anything that can be perceived negatively to stranger of course could be a negative result. Your way to vague and this isn't what this is about. I hope she sues the shite out of whoever tries to question her right to free speech.
This post was edited on 9/18/22 at 3:11 pm
Posted by PappaSwolio
tGeneral’s Army
Member since Sep 2022
901 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 4:02 pm to
I would claim I was rehearsing lyrics to rap song or mispronounced the country Nigeria and sue for defamation
Posted by VolcanicTiger
Member since Apr 2022
5933 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 11:31 pm to
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No one was truly outraged.
Posted by VolcanicTiger
Member since Apr 2022
5933 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 11:33 pm to
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You cant possibly be that dumb... Tell your son to go say that around a group of random black people... I'm pretty sure the reaction wouldn't be what you expect...

you cant co-opt a racial slur, to give you the ability to use it..
My favorite part of your post is where you thought you thought you were defending black people instead of making them look like reactionary savages with low impulse control.
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
16430 posts
Posted on 9/19/22 at 12:31 am to
This looks like a big nothing burger.

That there are people of position giving this attention reflects more on them than on what the tennis player said (and TBH I couldn't even tell what she said).

There are some really small people with warped worldviews in places of leadership.
Posted by rob62
Member since Sep 2016
5165 posts
Posted on 9/19/22 at 12:54 am to
Ridiculous.
Posted by doze4
Greens burgs
Member since Aug 2007
1840 posts
Posted on 9/19/22 at 6:10 am to
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you cant co-opt a racial slur, to give you the ability to use it..


Can you say the word if you are half black ? What about if you are 1/4 black ?
Who/What draws the lines ? Who determines the rules ?
Asking for a multi racial friend.
This post was edited on 9/19/22 at 6:19 am
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