| Have you noticed that very few people are willing to | | | | negated one fact; that is that he didn't say that the |
| talk about race when it comes to sports? That is really | | | | best person for the job should do that job, in his |
| interesting, as genetically it appears to be obvious | | | | defense of reverse discrimination, so, his comments |
| there, than in almost any other human endeavor. You | | | | were obviously not going to be taken well. |
| can see the performance in the athletes and their | | | | Had he merely qualified his comments, he'd not have |
| race, thus, get a decent glimpse into their genetics, and | | | | been fired. Basketball is a sport where the superior |
| yet, still, no takers. Everyone is just chicken when it | | | | and very best players play to win, good! That is how |
| comes to race. Not long ago, I had such a | | | | life should be, that's how life works. Firing the guy for |
| conversation with an acquaintance and he stated; | | | | that was somewhat silly, is really a double standard, |
| "I think athletics/genetics/race is an area that warrants | | | | because if a black person made the same comment, |
| a little political correctness, or at least restraint, in the | | | | they'd not have been fired. |
| past, now and probably quite a while into the future. | | | | But despite all this bickering, it's all silly sound and fury. |
| There are good reasons for it. Just remember Jimmy | | | | We should be so uptight about race in sports, and no |
| the Greek and his comments" | | | | one should ever deny their observations about such |
| You see, Jimmy the Greek was fired for what he said, | | | | things, we should be able to discuss it without fear, |
| and it really didn't come out right, so I'm not going to | | | | otherwise all these race issues are going to continue |
| condone anything there. With regards to Jimmy the | | | | to plague this nation, and that is totally unfortunate |
| Greeks comments; you can look them up on | | | | indeed. |
| YouTube, I think there is an actual clip online. Jimmy | | | | |