A must read

[mrveggieman]

I read this article on slam online. Although it deals with the nba it also talks alot about cultural stereotypes about black males and they way society thinks about us. This is a must read.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba...ricted-access/

[angel0430]

I have to agree on the year that teh NBA wants the propsects to wait. Like any other job, this is a "probation" period. You want to make sure that your money is well spent. Also, I have no idea why they compare the NBA rules to the U.S. Judicial system and its laws. I don't think that this is steretyping if the numbers are true. If most of the NBA players come from poor families and the majority are black, how is that stereotyoping...it is a fact.

[ensbergcollector]

a must read? yeah if we want to understand how people can see racism where it doesn't exist. this entire thing is a joke. please tell me it is satire? the nba rules are based on white supremicist ideals in an effort to keep out the blackness? come on man

[gladdyontherise]

a must read? yeah if we want to understand how people can see racism where it doesn't exist. this entire thing is a joke. please tell me it is satire? the nba rules are based on white supremicist ideals in an effort to keep out the blackness? come on man

I had the feeling this was gonna happen. I read a large portion myself, and didn't see what was wrong with it either.

[mrveggieman]

a must read? yeah if we want to understand how people can see racism where it doesn't exist. this entire thing is a joke. please tell me it is satire? the nba rules are based on white supremicist ideals in an effort to keep out the blackness? come on man

So it is ok for a white teenage tennis player, singer or movie star to make a living in their chosen profession and everyone is so proud of them but if a teenaged black male who has the talent wants to play in the nba then everyone has a problem with it? I smell hyprocricy.

[gladdyontherise]

So it is ok for a white teenage tennis player, singer or movie star to make a living in their chosen profession and everyone is so proud of them but if a teenaged black male who has the talent wants to play in the nba then everyone has a problem with it? I smell hyprocricy.

The issue is that no matter what the race is, there are a lot of Basketball players who DON'T have the talent to play in the NBA and are leaving school after 1 year.

I'm just taking a wild guess, but I think you'd be complaining that these same athletes who leave school early and fail, are not at fault for failing, and it must be someone elses fault, right?

[ensbergcollector]

So it is ok for a white teenage tennis player, singer or movie star to make a living in their chosen profession and everyone is so proud of them but if a teenaged black male who has the talent wants to play in the nba then everyone has a problem with it? I smell hyprocricy.

should every stud high school qb cry racism because they can't go straight into the nfl? Is the NFL against gifted white males? Also, tennis is a different sport. Show me where 65% of ex tennis players are broke 2 years after they retire. Show me where tennis is a team sport. It isn't hypocrisy. It is common sense for both the league and the players. But again, there are those who live in the world of "the white man is trying to keep us down" and see racism everywhere.

It is ridiculous. And did you really just bring up singers and movie stars? Yeah, because all of those are white! give me a break man, that doesn't even make sense.

[duane1969]

So it is ok for a white teenage tennis player, singer or movie star to make a living in their chosen profession and everyone is so proud of them but if a teenaged black male who has the talent wants to play in the nba then everyone has a problem with it? I smell hyprocricy.

You do realize that this rule would apply to whites, asians and latinos too, right? Kind of hard to say this is another issue of "whitey holdin' down the black man" when the rule applies to everyone.

[mrveggieman]

You do realize that this rule would apply to whites, asians and latinos too, right? Kind of hard to say this is another issue of "whitey holdin' down the black man" when the rule applies to everyone.

Basketball is a majority black sport. Tennis, soccer, baseball are not. So blacks are affected more by this rule than others. Nice try though.

[gladdyontherise]

Basketball is a majority black sport. Tennis, soccer, baseball are not. So blacks are affected more by this rule than others. Nice try though.

I must ask, why do you try so hard to make everything a race issue? In the post you clearly are trying to make this an issue, and I just don't get it. Do you really think everybody is out to get African Americans? If so, I feel really, really bad for you.