German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball

[wuppy]

Anybody who clips their fingernails during games on national tv is ghetto and uneducated.

[Don Draper]

We live in a society of **** idiots. America will always have a race problem because of the 2 biggest idiots on both sides

1. The people who use race as a crutch (the Al Sharptons of the world)
2. The people who are too dense to see blantant racism even if it hits them in the face (a lot of the posters in this thread)

For people to read the article and pretend that it has nothing to do with race is a good indication of just how ignorant Americans are. We stick to an ideology and shape everything that happens around it, no matter how absurd we sound. We are just too pussified to call a spade a spade.

Good points and I agree with what you said. However, we also live in world of hypocrites.

If we were to talk about the hip-hop culture in a different context, we would hear the struggles of coming from the ghetto, the violence, the streets and these musicians talking about their struggle. In that context, it seems that this line of thinking is ok, and that's just real life.

Now, we fast forward to this article and the idea of talking about the ghetto like that is is blasphemy.

This world is f'up and filled with people who are ignorant of things that they view from the outside and don't actually live. That being said.
These types of articles are rampant in todays media so I don't see this one is 'special' you can see blatant racism from CNN -> AL Jezerra and everywhere in between. It's the world we live in.

Agreed. My beef is with those who are trying to say the article has nothing to do with race.

[fudgie]

Finally a man that can unite the proud nation of Germany. What could possibly go wrong?

[4G3NT Z3R0]

It's funny people mention "Rock&Roll"...Meaningless trivia but that very term is said to come from African American slang from the 40's....Plus Elvis was half inspired from the African American Gospel music he used to listen to as well as the blues i believe

[prs]

I like how this thread exhibits more hatred then whats suppose to be in the article. How can you people critique an article that you can't even read? Then you go on to stereotype the entire german population for doing something that you're doing in the thread... cute.

Anyways I don't think I have to bother explaining the article as mysticbb and another poster from the netherlands already correctly translated it. It has nothing to do with race in case you were wondering.

[dm17415]

Ladies and gentlemen, the country that gave us Adolph Hitler and the Holocaust. Give it up!

It also gave you the largest group of Americans. The highest ethnic origin group is German.

http://names.mongabay.com/ancestry/ance ... ation.html

Actually that's not true

According to American Community Survey in 2009 data, Americans reporting British ancestry made up an estimated (40,234,652) or 13.0% of the total U.S. population, and form the second largest European ancestry group after German Americans. This is an approx 35% drop from the population figures derived from the 1980 United States Census.

However, demographers regard this as an undercount as the index of inconsistency is high, and many, if not most, people from English stock have a tendency to identify simply as Americans or, if of mixed European ancestry, nominate a more recent and differentiated ethnic group. Consequently, most white Americans have at least some British ancestry, including many who identify primarily with other ethnic groups (such as Irish, German, Scandinavian, Italian, and so forth).

In the 1980 United States Census, over 61 million (61,311,449) Americans claimed British ancestry, at the time around 32.56% of the total population and largest reported group which, even today, would make them the largest ethnic group in the United States. This outnumbered the population of Great Britain at the time.

The British number around 72 million vs 51 million Germans. My bad for going off-topic but i had to correct that misconception.

[Serpo]

It's a not a racist article . Not a good one one either but it's not in any form meant racist , maybe poor choice of words but oh well .

[Imadogg]

I don't know what they are, but schlabberige pants sound fabulous.

Didn't read anything in this thread after this post, almost died

[Silk Wilkes]

It's funny people mention "Rock&Roll"...Meaningless trivia but that very term is said to come from African American slang from the 40's....Plus Elvis was half inspired from the African American Gospel music he used to listen to as well as the blues i believe

Well what race is Rock & Roll dominated by? That's what I thought.... If Hip Hop = degenerate, then Rock & Roll = degenerate.

[BubbaTee]

The major problem with the article is that whether "ghetto" refers to race or a style/mindset, Dirk didn't defeat either of them.

Obviously there are several black players on the Mavs, so Dirk defeating anyone from a racial angle is out.

From a ghetto/thug "style" perspective, Dirk's teammates include DeShawn Stevenson, who is far closer to embodying that stereotype than anyone on the Heat.


The thesis of the article itself is blatantly incorrect. And then it piles on with further falsehoods like Dirk being the first white MVP since Bird.

Whether the article's racist or not, it's useless. It's clearly written by someone who hasn't paid more than 4 seconds' worth of attention to the NBA. Skip Bayless' opinions are more worthy of serious consideration, and he's a professional troll.

[dznutzz]

what is stern going to do?

[number 11]

ya'll c that white boy dunk on pooh?

[NYKBaller]

Them Germans and their propoganda newspapers they have....kill me!

[LLcoleJ]

It's funny people mention "Rock&Roll"...Meaningless trivia but that very term is said to come from African American slang from the 40's....Plus Elvis was half inspired from the African American Gospel music he used to listen to as well as the blues i believe

Well what race is Rock & Roll dominated by? That's what I thought.... If Hip Hop = degenerate, then Rock & Roll = degenerate.

so your point is they are both degenerate and that proves what in the context of this thread?

[Silk Wilkes]

It's funny people mention "Rock&Roll"...Meaningless trivia but that very term is said to come from African American slang from the 40's....Plus Elvis was half inspired from the African American Gospel music he used to listen to as well as the blues i believe

Well what race is Rock & Roll dominated by? That's what I thought.... If Hip Hop = degenerate, then Rock & Roll = degenerate.

so your point is they are both degenerate and that proves what in the context of this thread?

It proves that association solely between hip-hop, blacks and degenerates is false.

[LLcoleJ]

It proves that association solely between hip-hop, blacks and degenerates is false.

But the association between whites and rock and roll and whatever sex, drugs and rr is also false?

[Silk Wilkes]

It proves that association solely between hip-hop, blacks and degenerates is false.

But the association between whites and rock and roll and whatever sex, drugs and rr is also false?

Of course.

[LLcoleJ]

It proves that association solely between hip-hop, blacks and degenerates is false.

But the association between whites and rock and roll and whatever sex, drugs and rr is also false?

Of course.

So when you think of rock and roll .... you don't think of those things? I would say it would be rare that a musician / singer in rock is not white. In addition, when I think of the life they live it comes from sex, orgys, drugs.... insufferable divas that operate with no rules or boundaries.

Agree or disagree?

[Silk Wilkes]

But the association between whites and rock and roll and whatever sex, drugs and rr is also false?

Of course.

So when you think of rock and roll .... you don't think of those things? I would say it would be rare that a musician / singer in rock is not white. In addition, when I think of the life they live it comes from sex, orgys, drugs.... insufferable divas that operate with no rules or boundaries.

Agree or disagree?

Well, there's always two sides to a story.

[LLcoleJ]

So when you think of rock and roll .... you don't think of those things? I would say it would be rare that a musician / singer in rock is not white. In addition, when I think of the life they live it comes from sex, orgys, drugs.... insufferable divas that operate with no rules or boundaries.

Agree or disagree?

Well, there's always two sides to a story.

not sure I understand this reply.