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Black rights leader "The Minnesota TWolves are too white".

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Oct 30, 2012 5:14 PM
Wow, talk about bullshit.
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201210/are-minnesota-timberwolves-too-white


Ron Edwards, a longtime Minneapolis civil rights advocate, told the Star-Tribune that it was "somewhat disturbing" when he saw a game last season in which Wes Johnson was the only black player on the floor for the Timberwolves. The composition of this season's roster has prompted Edwards to react even stronger.
"It raises some real questions to me about what's really intended," Edwards said. "I think, personally, that it was calculated. Is this an attempt to get fans back in the stands? Minnesota, after all, is a pretty white state.''


So god damned dumb.
Oct 30, 2012 5:14pm
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Oct 30, 2012 5:16 PM
That's probably why the team doesn't make the playoffs.
Oct 30, 2012 5:16pm
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Oct 30, 2012 5:39 PM
I find that the NBA is too black
Oct 30, 2012 5:39pm
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Oct 30, 2012 5:57 PM
Brandon Roy has a good quote-

“It’s just basketball,” Roy said. “I never really had to feel like I’m the only black guy out here. I’ve played on teams that maybe had all black guys and the feeling is just the same when I’m out there on the floor playing with these guys. The only problem we have is in the weight room, arguing over what music we’re going to listen to.”
Oct 30, 2012 5:57pm
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Oct 30, 2012 5:58 PM
What an idiot!
Oct 30, 2012 5:58pm
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Oct 30, 2012 5:59 PM
Oct 30, 2012 5:59pm
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Oct 30, 2012 6:01 PM
He's obviously never seen the Pacers roster.
Oct 30, 2012 6:01pm
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Oct 30, 2012 6:10 PM
Oct 30, 2012 6:10pm
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Dr Winston O'Boogie

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Oct 30, 2012 7:01 PM
The sad thing is people like this have a permenant platform to view whatever thoughts happen to drift into their brain at a given time.
Oct 30, 2012 7:01pm
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Oct 30, 2012 9:20 PM
what a joke
Oct 30, 2012 9:20pm
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Oct 30, 2012 10:32 PM
If they want to be competitive I would consider this more of just constructive criticism.
Oct 30, 2012 10:32pm
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Oct 30, 2012 11:11 PM
13.6% of the population identified as black, the NBA is 78% African American. If anything, the NBA is overwhelmingly "black". We have affirmative action at government levels, where is the outcry for AA for whites in sports?

:rolleyes:
Oct 30, 2012 11:11pm
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Oct 31, 2012 12:26 AM
Hockey balances things out:D
Oct 31, 2012 12:26am
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Oct 31, 2012 12:31 AM
rmolin73;1308520 wrote:Hockey balances things out:D
Pff ... Canadians ...
Oct 31, 2012 12:31am
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Oct 31, 2012 8:09 AM
tk421;1308494 wrote:13.6% of the population identified as black, the NBA is 78% African American. If anything, the NBA is overwhelmingly "black". We have affirmative action at government levels, where is the outcry for AA for whites in sports?

:rolleyes:
I have underlined the reason that there is no outcry.......

I also find Mr. Edwards comments to be extremely racist.
Oct 31, 2012 8:09am
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Oct 31, 2012 8:16 AM
This is why racism will never die. Because they don't want it to.
Oct 31, 2012 8:16am
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Oct 31, 2012 10:43 AM
The entire NGBA* has become the Harlem Globetrotters (if the Globies all carried 9mm Glocks...) so somebody has to be the Washington Generals, might as well be Minneapolis.



*National Gangbangers Association
Oct 31, 2012 10:43am
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Oct 31, 2012 10:47 AM
Tiernan;1308737 wrote:The entire NGBA* has become the Harlem Globetrotters (if the Globies all carried 9mm Glocks...) so somebody has to be the Washington Generals, might as well be Minneapolis.



*National Gangbangers Association
Let me guess. The MLB is full of illegal aliens? The NFL is full of steroid-pumped neanderthals. Am I getting warm?
Oct 31, 2012 10:47am
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Oct 31, 2012 10:52 AM
That would be a very narrow minded view of professional sports O-Crap and I'm much more tolerant than that.
Oct 31, 2012 10:52am
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Oct 31, 2012 10:55 AM
Tiernan;1308758 wrote:That would be a very narrow minded view of professional sports O-Crap and I'm much more tolerant than that.
Ah yes. Your tolerance is shining through. You and David Copeland would get along well.

And oh no ... you made fun of my name. You hurt my feelz.
Oct 31, 2012 10:55am
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Oct 31, 2012 12:30 PM
Here goes Tiernan on one of his rants. We shouldn't waste our time proving him wrong yet again. It stops being fun.
Oct 31, 2012 12:30pm
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Oct 31, 2012 4:20 PM
No rant Moley just the gospel truth. Oh wait...is using the term gospel considered to be racist somehow?
Oct 31, 2012 4:20pm
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Oct 31, 2012 5:07 PM
From the roster on nba.com

Stiemsma, Ridnour, Love, Amundson and Budinger are White American born players.(5)

Rubio, Pekovic, Barea, and Shved are White Euro's.(4)

Conroy, Cunningham, Jones, Lee, Roy and Williams are the African American players.(6)
Oct 31, 2012 5:07pm
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Oct 31, 2012 5:13 PM
wildcats20;1308220 wrote:He's obviously never seen the Pacers roster.
3 white guys. Hansbrough brothers and Plumlee. A few years ago I would have guessed that they broke the record.
Oct 31, 2012 5:13pm
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Oct 31, 2012 5:24 PM


Like Web said, things like this will prevent racism from ever going away.
Oct 31, 2012 5:24pm