Comments on: David Sutton Knows Racism in Sports http://larrybrownsports.com/football/david-sutton-knows-racism-in-sports/775 Brown Bag it, Baby Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: John Protevi http://larrybrownsports.com/football/david-sutton-knows-racism-in-sports/775#comment-13145 John Protevi Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:32:08 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/07/27/david-sutton-knows-racism-in-sports/#comment-13145 I dunno, Gene. I played junior high b-ball, then ran track in high school. I played pick-up ball all through college until a few years ago. So let's say at least 30 years experience. I heard plenty of good natured ribbing about how the white boy couldn't jump, and brothers taunting the guy who was guarding me if I scored: "don't let that white boy do you like that!" But if I was good enough to play on the court, I was never frozen out, and I never saw that happen. Sometimes better players wouldn't pass me the ball, but that was because I wasn't good to get the ball in shooting position on offense, even if I could help out with defense and passing. I dunno, Gene. I played junior high b-ball, then ran track in high school. I played pick-up ball all through college until a few years ago. So let’s say at least 30 years experience. I heard plenty of good natured ribbing about how the white boy couldn’t jump, and brothers taunting the guy who was guarding me if I scored: “don’t let that white boy do you like that!” But if I was good enough to play on the court, I was never frozen out, and I never saw that happen. Sometimes better players wouldn’t pass me the ball, but that was because I wasn’t good to get the ball in shooting position on offense, even if I could help out with defense and passing.

]]> By: Gene http://larrybrownsports.com/football/david-sutton-knows-racism-in-sports/775#comment-13007 Gene Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:48:17 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/07/27/david-sutton-knows-racism-in-sports/#comment-13007 I feel sorry for this young man, but he is not alone. It may not be politically correct, but this issue cuts both ways. For years, American white basketball players have been subjected to taunts and/or have been "frozen out" (not passed to) by black players. Many of those athletes wind up playing volleyball for the exact same reason, only in reverse. It is not by chance that most white players in the NBA are foreign, where they grow up without the constant hazing and taunting. You don't read articles about that, because if blacks do it to whites, the liberal press finds a way to rationalize their behavior. I don't believe MLK's dream will be realized until all people of all races are held equally responsible for their actions. I feel sorry for this young man, but he is not alone.

It may not be politically correct, but this issue cuts both ways. For years, American white basketball players have been subjected to taunts and/or have been “frozen out” (not passed to) by black players. Many of those athletes wind up playing volleyball for the exact same reason, only in reverse.

It is not by chance that most white players in the NBA are foreign, where they grow up without the constant hazing and taunting.

You don’t read articles about that, because if blacks do it to whites, the liberal press finds a way to rationalize their behavior.

I don’t believe MLK’s dream will be realized until all people of all races are held equally responsible for their actions.

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