Media Once Again Shows Its True Racist Colors (Trees And Things)

thefadd: Re: Racism, for reals?

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:05:36 EST

I think you are on to something to degree. But the way the press has picked one "evil black dude" whipping boy in each major sport, I'm still inclined to believe there's a tinge of racism in it. Certainly a great deal of anger (jealousy) seems to be over t

port1080: Re: Racism, for reals?

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 13:36:32 EST

To me it's not the coverage, persay, it's the sudden sparking of the calls for a three strikes law in reaction to Pacman Jones in particular.

Maybe that's the problem....maybe Jones is just an asshole. For example, most of the Bengals

thefadd: Re: Racism, for reals?

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 13:05:58 EST

To me it's not the coverage, persay, it's the sudden sparking of the calls for a three strikes law in reaction to Pacman Jones in particular. The straight newsreports have been rather balanced in their yellow speculation. As Chargers GM AJ Smith said in on

thefadd: The Nickname

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:59:40 EST

"When I was a baby, I used to go to the bottle like a Pac-Man machine, so my mom just called me that, and it stuck with me when I was playing sports."

In That's when, Susnar alleges, Jones told the bouncer, "You'r

MayorBob: Re: Media Once Again Shows Its True Racist Colors

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 06:23:36 EST

"He is the only child my son had, and I worry every day about him. I got this age number -- if he can just make it to 26, I think he'll be OK. ... But his daddy didn't make it past 26. I worry, and I hope and pray that [Pacman] can go beyond that and ma