Stan Van Sertima "Chris Anderson's Contributions Are Overrated Because He's White"

[Trip]

who's overrating Chris Andersen

 

[ThaBronxBully]

who's overrating Chris Andersen

Im Not Gonna Say He's Been Overrated But If You Been Watching TV He's Been Getting Small Segments On ESPN And TNT And Theres Been Constant Stats Thrown Around Like "The Heat Are 45-3 Since Picking Up Birdman"

I Wouldnt Say Overrated He's Just Getting Alot Of Attention

But I Think Any High Energy Guy Added Out The Blue Who Immediately Contributes To A Championship Team Is Gonna Garner Attention

 

[Kid McNamara]

that makes it two utterly ridiculous statements in a row he has made concerning race and social prejudice/conditioning. Hes doing a disservice social analysis. He either needs to get his sht together, or abandon racial themes all together, because now it comes across like hes mocking black social commentary. He needs to chill the fck out

I agree that this is the risk he is taking, but, I'm not sure it applies to SVG at this point. What did you find wrong with his first comment?

 

[Versa]

I find it hilarious that Stan Van Gundy is an Uncle Rashad

It's weird, but almost refreshing to see a white dude go out of his way to shyt on his people to make us look better.

 

[OG Talk]

it's true and birdman is obviously on some type of ped, .

South Florida's Finest PED

 

[GetInTheTruck]

@ stan van sertima

 

[Miggs]

Uncle Tim

 

[OG Talk]

Uncle Tim

@ Tim Wise really sparking a term in the urban dictionary...

 

[gho3st]

its true though

 

[No_bammer_weed]

I agree that this is the risk he is taking, but, I'm not sure it applies to SVG at this point. What did you find wrong with his first comment?

I took a lot of heat in the original thread, but my point was that while his idea of white life being treated more valuable than black life is absolutely correct, his comparison of an act of terrorism to random shootings was invalid. Acts of terrorism have a raised consciousness in our country, and thats cross-racial.

Now compare shootings to shootings....or if he had an example of terrorism that affect blacks largely but was ignored.

And I dont think birdman is being overhyped at all. Hes interesting as a person (hes not a typical kak, obviously), and he clearly has made a difference in the bottom line. Again, his point about great white hypes is valid, but this example is invalid. Hell, the person I see giving him the most props is fcking Shaq (birdman birdman!). If anything, Birdman is getting love because he is the anti-white guy.

A better comparison is kevin love, who is white bread and honky as hell which is a natural mainstream attraction. If a black player had his resume --- empty stats, run-ins with management, continual losing seasons, etc the narrative would be much different. The media treats Love like a budding star and everything "right" about the league. Thats racial

 

[Pack2]

I took a lot of heat in the original thread, but my point was that while his idea of white life being treated more valuable than black life is absolutely correct, his comparison of an act of terrorism to random shootings was invalid. Acts of terrorism have a raised consciousness in our country, and thats cross-racial.

Now compare shootings to shootings....or if he had an example of terrorism that affect blacks largely but was ignored.

I saw that thread while browsing on my phone....you shouldn't have taken ANY heat for your comments there.

Everybody was busy SVG when he was way off base and ignorant with his commentary on the events in Boston. Questioning it as a "tragedy" was ridiculous on his part.

 

[OG Talk]

I saw that thread while browsing on my phone....you shouldn't have taken ANY heat for your comments there.

Everybody was busy SVG when he was way off base and ignorant with his commentary on the events in Boston. Questioning it as a "tragedy" was ridiculous on his part.

I don't know if you guys listened to the totality of his comments but he went much deeper than just Boston...



He even went as far as to mention kids that are killed by drones in Afganistan (a direct comparission to Boston) and the media and public reaction to Jon Benet Ramsey as compared to the number of little black girls kidnapped and murdered...

He never questioned it as a tragedy.. He questioned why one tragedy receives more sympathy and apathy from the masses than another tragedy...


And I never gave @No_bammer_weed heat for his comments because I understood his perspective even though I disagreed with it...

 

[Kid McNamara]

I took a lot of heat in the original thread, but my point was that while his idea of white life being treated more valuable than black life is absolutely correct, his comparison of an act of terrorism to random shootings was invalid. Acts of terrorism have a raised consciousness in our country, and thats cross-racial.

Now compare shootings to shootings....or if he had an example of terrorism that affect blacks largely but was ignored.

And I dont think birdman is being overhyped at all. Hes interesting as a person (hes not a typical kak, obviously), and he clearly has made a difference in the bottom line. Again, his point about great white hypes is valid, but this example is invalid. Hell, the person I see giving him the most props is fcking Shaq (birdman birdman!). If anything, Birdman is getting love because he is the anti-white guy.

A better comparison is kevin love, who is white bread and honky as hell which is a natural mainstream attraction. If a black player had his resume --- empty stats, run-ins with management, continual losing seasons, etc the narrative would be much different. The media treats Love like a budding star and everything "right" about the league. Thats racial

So I guess you hashed the first argument out in the other thread, no need to hijack this one.

Birdman is a heavily tattooed, recovering drug attack who is celebrated by NBA commentators and fans as somehow being representative of what's good and unique about the league
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His contributions are just that, contributions. That's great, but are we really acting like the play he gets from the media and fans has nothing to do with skin color?

 

[TheNig]

He's telling the truth. Guys like Reggie Evans do the same thing and you don't hear about him.

 

[No_bammer_weed]

So I guess you hashed the first argument out in the other thread, no need to hijack this one.

Birdman is a heavily tattooed, recovering drug attack who is celebrated by NBA commentators and fans as somehow being representative of what's good and unique about the league
.

His contributions are just that, contributions. That's great, but are we really acting like the play he gets from the media and fans has nothing to do with skin color?

Did you just ask me to explain what I said about SVG's first statement????

And no, I dont think Birdman is simply getting attention because he is white. Hes flamboyant in a Rodman sense (not nearly as good so dont even try it), and he plays a workman like game that fans gravitate to. Look how much attention KMart is getting on the knicks in a similar vain...hustle, gritty, tough defensive minded player who comes on a team late and gives the squad exactly what they need.

Birdman being excused for his past easier than a black man would is an arguable point, but not one that SVG made here.

Gator_King...You good fam. No issue with you whatsoever.