If You Guys Are Truly Offended By the RG3/Rob Parker Situation

[Dog Based Gremlin]

I need a link

 

[courtdog]

LOL you just noticed that about this site? a whole bunch of hypocrisy runs rampant on here, the same nikkas offended call RG3 a c00n themselves..

Link?

Well there are a lot of whites that disguise themselves as black on this forum.

This thread is the truth. Everyone knows how much I love to go on a c00n hunt and calling them out. so it's would be hypocritical of me to get offended by Rob Parker's comments, even though he's one of the dumbest nikkas on tv.

So because you expose nikkaz for REALLY c00nING its then OK for Rob Parker to on National TV call RG3 a c00n because he has a white girlfriend?
Do you think Rob Parker makes the topics on that show?
ESPN does that, they knew what topic was gonna be discussed
The question is why is this being talked about at all?
Why would ESPN go there in the first place to even get to the point that Rob Parker "could" say something idiotic out his mouth like he did
See, the convo was about what RG3 said during some interviews.
Here's where the "White America" part comes into play

For some reason, RG3 has recently been bombarded by questions of race
He had that a year ago when we was being introduced to him. Then it went away
But over the last few weeks, it came up out the blue. Then on the CSN special RG3: mission possible he went into great detail about it
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqYK233Q4KU[/ame]
The sound is low, but listen closely and you'll hear it all

So anywayz, the day before this incident happened. An ESPN reporter asked RG3 this exact question. You know what, my word isn't always taken well. So I'll use a source that can't be disputed. Explains

Rob Parker on RGIII&#8217;s blackness <--- Wasington Post. com

This whole discussion reeks of attention-seeking, and repeating it does me no credit. Quite the opposite. But I have a history of transcribing controversial things said about D.C. athletes, so here ya go.

Robert Griffin III has been asked about his race repeatedly this season. He has not, to my knowledge, ever brought the subject up himself. Every time he&#8217;s been asked about it, he has managed to appear thoughtful and considerate without possibly offending anyone.

I&#8217;m not sure he&#8217;s ever handled the race question better than on last week&#8217;s Comcast SportsNet special, when Chick Hernandez talked about being a black quarterback in D.C.

&#8220;Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special,&#8221; Griffin said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t play too much into the color game, because I don&#8217;t want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback.

&#8220;But to the fans, and to the fans who think that way and look at me as an African American, it&#8217;s important that I succeed, not only for this team, but for them,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Because it gives them that motivation, that hey, you know, an African American went out and played quarterback for my Washington Redskins. So I appreciate that; I don&#8217;t ever downplay anything like that. Whoever I can go out every week and motivate to do better and to try to go after their dreams, I&#8217;m up for that.&#8221;

Again, I don&#8217;t know how he could possibly have handled that issue &#8212; which he did not raise himself &#8212; any better.

But people keep asking. The rookie was asked about race yet again on Wednesday, this time by an ESPN reporter. He delivered a similar answer. It was an answer that showed he&#8217;s actually thought about the issue, but it was steadfastly non-controversial.

&#8220;I am [aware] of how race is relevant to [some fans]. I don&#8217;t ignore it,&#8221; Griffin said Wednesday. &#8220;I try not to be defined by it, but I understand different perspectives and how people view different things. So I understand they&#8217;re excited their quarterback is an African American. I play with a lot of pride, a lot of character, a lot of heart. So I understand that, and I appreciate them for being fans.&#8221;

Well. This led to a Thursday discussion on First Take, ESPN&#8217;s abysmal debate program. Panelist Rob Parker was asked, &#8216;What does this say about RGIII?&#8221;

&#8220;This is an interesting topic,&#8221; Parker said. &#8220;For me, personally, just me, this throws up a red flag, what I keep hearing. And I don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s asking the questions, but we&#8217;ve heard a couple of times now of a black guy kind of distancing himself away from black people.

&#8220;I understand the whole story of I just want to be the best,&#8221; Parker continued. &#8220;Nobody&#8217;s out on the field saying to themselves, I want to be the best black quarterback. You&#8217;re just playing football, right? You want to be the best, you want to throw the most touchdowns and have the most yards and win the most games. Nobody is [thinking] that.

&#8220;But time and time we keep hearing this, so it just makes me wonder deeper about him,&#8221; Parker went on. &#8220;And I&#8217;ve talked to some people down in Washington D.C., friends of mine, who are around and at some of the press conferences, people I&#8217;ve known for a long time. But my question, which is just a straight honest question. Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother?&#8221;

What does that mean, Parker was asked.

&#8220;Well, [that] he&#8217;s black, he kind of does his thing, but he&#8217;s not really down with the cause, he&#8217;s not one of us,&#8221; Parker explained. &#8220;He&#8217;s kind of black, but he&#8217;s not really the guy you&#8217;d really want to hang out with, because he&#8217;s off to do something else.&#8221;

Why is that your question, Parker was asked.

&#8220;Well, because I want to find out about him,&#8221; Parker said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know, because I keep hearing these things. We all know he has a white fiancée. There was all this talk about he&#8217;s a Republican, which, there&#8217;s no information [about that] at all. I&#8217;m just trying to dig deeper as to why he has an issue. Because we did find out with Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods was like I&#8217;ve got black skin but don&#8217;t call me black. So people got to wondering about Tiger Woods early on.&#8221;

Then Skip Bayless asked Parker about RGIII&#8217;s braids.

&#8220;Now that&#8217;s different,&#8221; Parker said. &#8220;To me, that&#8217;s very urban and makes you feel like&#8230;wearing braids, you&#8217;re a brother. You&#8217;re a brother if you&#8217;ve got braids on.&#8221;

Then Stephen A. Smith was asked for his take. He exhaled deeply.

&#8220;Well first of all let me say this: I&#8217;m uncomfortable with where we just went,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;RGIII, the ethnicity, the color of his fiancée is none of our business. It&#8217;s irrelevant. He can live his life any way he chooses. The braids that he has in his hair, that&#8217;s his business, that&#8217;s his life. I don&#8217;t judge someone&#8217;s blackness based on those kind of things. I just don&#8217;t do that. I&#8217;m not that kind of guy.

&#8220;What I would say to you is that the comments he made are fairly predictable,&#8221; Smith went on. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s something that he may feel, but it&#8217;s also a concerted effort to appease the masses to some degree, which I&#8217;m finding relatively irritating, because I don&#8217;t believe that the black athlete has any responsibility whatsoever to have to do such things.

&#8220;Let me say this clearly. I don&#8217;t know of anybody who goes into something trying to be the best black anything. We understand that. That&#8217;s a given,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;But I do think it&#8217;s important to acknowledge a level of pride and a feeling of a level of accomplishment for being somebody who happens to be of African American descent, who competes and achieves and accomplishes things on the highest level while also bringing attention &#8211; to some degree anyhow &#8211; to the pride that they feel being black. Because they&#8217;re allowing themselves to be a reminder to those who preceded them, who worked so hard, accomplished and achieved so much, but were denied the accolades that that individual is receiving.&#8221;

Later, Parker was given an opportunity to clarify whether he was judging Griffin&#8217;s blackness.

&#8220;I didn&#8217;t mean it like that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We could sit here and be honest, or we can be dishonest. And you can&#8217;t tell me that people in the barbershops or people that talk, they look at who your spouse is. They do. And they look at how you present yourself. People will say all the time, you&#8217;re not gonna get a job in corporate America wearing those braids. It happens all the time. Let&#8217;s not act like it doesn&#8217;t, because it does.&#8221;

The only conclusion I&#8217;m willing to make about all of this is that the show would have been much more thoughtful had Griffin been on the panel. Or had he replaced the panel.

(Watch the video here.)

When was the last time a white QB was asked "Do you want to be the best white QB"
People would look at whoever asked that question like
Shouldn't it go both ways??? Rob is a suspected c00n himself, and he showed it by trying to bring down Super nikka
Basically, [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju9w5qyvJy4[/ame]

 

[Fredrick Thuglas]

Probably cause the talking down on RGIII's was unprovoked, nobody knows his views on black issues. The shyt that the "black dudes" say on here is very extreme and disrespectful to the black community as a whole...the use of the word c00n on here is well deserved.

 

[Charlie Broadway]

Hit dogs gonna holler...

I'm not naive at all nor did I expect anything to change. I've been on sohh/coli since about 05. I'm just pointing out how fraudulent people here are. It speaks volumes about a few posters in this thread that clearly have no problem with throwing racial slurs around. You look like a fool trying to hold someone else to standards when you clearly have none of your own.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

c00n

 

[courtdog]

Hit dogs gonna holler...

I'm not naive at all nor did I expect anything to change. I've been on sohh/coli since about 05. I'm just pointing out how fraudulent people here are. It speaks volumes about a few posters in this thread that clearly have no problem with throwing racial slurs around. You look like a fool trying to hold someone else to standards when you clearly have none of your own.

Charlie, seriously. Your a fukkin idiot. I mean, you mean well.
But you just said you been on sohh since 05'
So you mean to tell me you been on the internet for at least 7yrs frequenting forums and you wanna hold faceless posters to real world standards?

You sure you didn't enter this thread via a Delorean? You soundin real brand new bruh. Dis nikka Charlie probably is Rob Parker n shyt

 

[Charlie Broadway]

If your feelings weren't so hurt you probably would be able to read better...probably. Everything about your posts from your username on down is pitiful. I'm embarrassed for you.

 

[Mr swag]

Same people calling him c00n and bashing his white girlfriend was offended

 

[courtdog]

If your feelings weren't so hurt you probably would be able to read better...probably. Everything about your posts from your username on down is pitiful. I'm embarrassed for you.

My feelings are hurt because you going on forums sounding like Rodney King
You previously said ppl use the word "c00n" too much. Yet here you are throwing around "you mad" cuz YOU GOT ETHERED
Nah bruh. I understand your message. Its idiotic to think ppl online would carry themselves that way tho. But go ahead and try
If everyone doesn't, you can then scream "Seeee, its the same people"

Doesn't make it true. You could easily quote the ppl throwing around the word c00n and you'll see its basically the same 7 dudes
From the jump, I basically agreed with you. But alerted you to the fact its insane to hold "the internet" to the same standards as the real world
I could be illiterate and still know this, whats your excuse

 

[William Bassington]

You make some points. Some people do adhere to situational decency and deeper issues usually are at play for a lot of people and ESPN does thrive off attention. However I must take issue with the comparison between random nikkas on a message board and Rob Parker or any other journalist/pundit. The expectations for a member of the media are not the same as the expectations for a nikka in his mom's basement or stealing time on his work/school computer. Rob Parker is a professional and therefore is expected to adhere to the standards of being a professional. Calling a man out for being a "cornball" and having white wife is something you would expect and accept from a comedian or your average nikka on the street but an "esteemed and respected journalist" not so much.

BTW- Since we are crusading against ignorance can we get rid of "Uncle Tom" being used as a pejorative?

I take issue with you somehow expecting ESPN to adhere to journalistic code all of a sudden. ESPN gave up responsible journalism years ago. Look at Chris Broussard. They dont even make their journalist reveal their sources, and Im beginning to think there is no source verification process in place. ESPN is the last place you go to for responsible journalism. And First Take doesnt even advertise itself as responsible journalism. Its opinionated debate.

 

[USSInsiders]

Pretty crazy how little news you really get nowadays. It's as if these networks like ESPN and Bleacherreport are gradually being nothing more than an assimilation of half-assed journalism/retarded editorialism from psuedo-experts.

Can't say it ain't entertaining though

 

[Charlie Broadway]

Ethered? Look at my daps compared to yours and those that agree with you...lol. Your last 2 posts make it clear you don't even know if I agree with Parker or not.

You, and a couple of others in this thread, have made it known that you support this behavior. It's a free country and if being a degenerate is what some want then go right ahead.

 

[FTBS]

I take issue with you somehow expecting ESPN to adhere to journalistic code all of a sudden. ESPN gave up responsible journalism years ago. Look at Chris Broussard. They dont even make their journalist reveal their sources, and Im beginning to think there is no source verification process in place. ESPN is the last place you go to for responsible journalism. And First Take doesnt even advertise itself as responsible journalism. Its opinionated debate.

The minute any of those nikkas are called on their shyt the first thing out of their mouths is "I'm a journalist" You can't play the entertainment card when you don't want to take responsibility and adhere to journalistic ethics and standards and then turn around and play the journalism card when you want to put yourself above reproach.

If it's all about entertainment why not just have Lil Duval and Kevin Hart up their talking shyt for two hours? Better yet why not just get a couple nikkas from off the street? Whether they adhere to journalistic standards or not they are on that show because of their journalistic credentials/experience. nikkas are on here because they have access to a computer.

 

[Johnny Kilroy]

Personally, I like my black QBs to have tats and fight pits and try to sneak weed onto airplanes in water bottles.
And they better have a record other than W-L-T, nah mean?

 

[Johnny Kilroy]

RG3 is how I view the average coli poster. Type of black dudes who rock super hero socks and watch dragon ball z and shyt.