Is Carmelo Anthony Acknowledging His Puerto Rican Roots Disrespectful To His American Mom?

[Braman]

So he’s a tether right? So Carmelo (and Kiyan Anthony…and Fabulous, and Jim Jones, etc etc ) aren’t black right?

I love my black brethren

ADOS/FBA truthers tho? Suck my dikk. p*ssy

 

[Morose Polymath]

This

What even is this thread topic?

 

[melraH]

This is a viral topic on Twitter.

Of course ,a dumb , divisive , race related thread coming from Twitter.
No wonder people's brains are cooked.

 

[Luke Cage]

Okay, i'm wrong people are treating this like its disrespectful to the USA

 

[High Art]

The guy still gives back to west Baltimore and runs charities there

That damned tether. How dare he?

 

[MustafaSTL]

This is amazingly dumb.

 

[TMNT4000]

Anyone who is outrage by this is mental.

I see some people in the comments and quotes trying to claim Carmelo saying ain't black because he claims PR, not knowing that PR is a nationality not a race.

 

[Phantum]

Deport these Puerto Ricans and Hawaiians

 

[Seoul Gleou]

 

[Justin Nitsuj]

Yeah it is disrespectful to his mother because he grew up around the Black culture in America, not around Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico. He became a basketball player because his mother was a basketball player. For him to give props to somewhere he did not grow up is beyond disrespectful.

 

[Cereal_Bowl_Assassin]

He is allowed to acknowledge his other side..sheesh people

 

[How Sway?]

Potential gif worthy material

 

[Phantum]

Yeah it is disrespectful to his mother because he grew up around the Black culture in America, not around Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico. He became a basketball player because his mother was a basketball player. For him to give props to somewhere he did not grow up is beyond disrespectful.

PRs live all up and down the east coast. What if he has family right here? Flights to PR are dirt cheap, how do you know he wasn't there all the time? If he's giving props it must have some impact on his life.

 

[HiphopRelated]

he carries his moms name right? Thats the only thing thats Odd. Lotta Caribbean and African nikkas was making deals with American chicks in the 70s/80s to give them a baby for papers. So not disrespecting the dead just seems Odd to carry your mothers name.

HIs father was born a citizen, didn't have to do anything for papers

 

[Apollo Creed]

HIs father was born a citizen, didn't have to do anything for papers

even more odd Carmelo carries his moms name but whatever