Kyrie Calls out Boston for Being Racist
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 1:40 pm
Boston fans are obviously triggered and attacking Kyrie, but honestly they need to get over being dumped by him and just acknowledge its a real thing. I lived their for the past 20 years. I went to a million games across college/pro sports. I moved within the city. Suburbs 5 times. Its not some conspiracy by Kyrie and he is FAR from the first person to point it out. It is a diverse city in a lot of places, but there is a stronghold of racism still, which doesn't just stop with its residents... I pointed ALL of this out on the GB/Celtics forum and got banned from both despite making clear, concise arguments with references.
1) The Boston Globe's 'spotlight' unit did a series/investigation into racism in Boston.
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/spotlight/boston-racism-image-reality/
This was not some independent journalism, this wasn't some hack on twitter, this was a 100+ year old newspaper with award winning journalists
2) more players have publicly come out in the media and made comments about Boston/Boston fans being racist (no other city besides chicago had more then 1).
Marcus Smart: “I yell out the window,” Smart recalled. “ ‘Excuse me, ma’am, you better get out of the street before you and your son get hit. Cars are coming. I don’t want you to get hit.’
“As soon as I said that, she looked at me – as she is wearing a No. 4, green with the white outline Celtics jersey – and told me, ‘F— you, you f—ing n—–.’ People that actually heard her were stunned. They’re like, ‘That’s Marcus Smart.
Demarcus Cousins called the N-word by a celtics fan during a game:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2828454-report-celtics-fan-banned-for-calling-warriors-demarcus-cousins-n-word
Adam Jones: “A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me,” Jones said. “I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight. Thanks. Pretty awesome.”
Tori Hunter: "Hate to hear about the racial slurs thrown at @SimplyAJ10 in Fenway. Unfortunately, it has happened to me and others in the game." (Hunter had a no-trade to the redsox because of its racism)
CC Sabathia: "“I’ve never been called the n-word” anywhere but in Boston, he told the news organization. “Even shagging in the outfield before the game sometimes you get it.”"
Dee Brown (former celtic): "“We were living in Framingham when I was a player. I went to buy a house about five blocks away …. The neighbors said they didn’t want any blacks to move into the house.”"
Tommy Harper (The Red Sox player and later a coach): complained about the team segregating spring training meals and the racial slurs he heard from fans and people who were part of the Red Sox organization. “They called it Red Sox Nation,’’ Harper once told Newsweek, “but it was never my nation.’’
Many others too, i wont quote their since it makes it makes it a target for a straw man cause they "are yankees" or "that was the 50's-60s" but Bill Russell, Jo-jo White, KC Jones, Winfield, Rickey Henderson, Dave Justice, Sheffield...
Bottom line... nothing Kyrie said was inaccurate. He hopes is sticks to basketball, he knows he is getting boo'd but especially in this climate doesnt want to here racist garbage. (somehow this is controversial or too much to ask?!?). Andrews asked him about it, he said he isnt the first to bring this up... as shown above that could not be more accurate.
EDIT: Marcus Smart backs up Kyrie