Originally posted by Airhead
Racist.
I hope you're kidding.
Infering racism from a comment that is, in fact, a phrase first popularized by people, never mind their color, who owed much of their commercial success to the exact sort of conduct exhibited in yesterday's game, is absurd.
They behaved like morons. This is not indicative of their race, but rather, their status as spoiled overgrown children who, from their teenage years, are awarded hero status for their ability to play a game.
Basketball, moreso than any other popular professional sport(including hockey), is a product of modern pop culture, I believe. That's why you get more basketball players moonlighting as musicians than you do football or baseball players. It has nothing to do with their color, rather, their fan base. Calling him racist for using that term is akin to calling a person racist for refering to Britney Spears as trailor trash because of the clothing she wears.
Of course, there will always be people who take any reference, however obscure, subtle or non-specific, as a direct slight against an entire race. It's like you feel the need to get offended on their behalf, even though they never asked for, nor are in need of your support.
The fact that you immediately see the need to step in and toss around accusations on behalf of a highly varied, proud group of people--a people who are anything BUT represented by this select group of riff-raff--says more about your own stereotypes and yes, veiled preconceptions of Afro-Americans than it does about the guy who uses a Tupac quote to laugh at a bunch of guys that totally fit the mold.
Get over yourself.
