German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball

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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#41 » by USA » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:19 pm

BadNFluenz wrote:This thread shows how uneducated Americans are.

/ignorant

The only thing ignorant is you clumping 300+ million people together based off a few posts on RealGM.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#42 » by Don Draper » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:21 pm

Nowitzki is the man who the average American would not hesitate to let in his living room. He is reticent, has manners and is cultivated.


Yeah, no racism there.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#43 » by MAQ » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:21 pm

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doctorfunk wrote:it has more to do with US basketball being showboat with all this and1 stuff and flashy dunks

don't read too much into it

This. There's nothing racist about this article, nothing at all. It just states that US basketball is all about superstars, while European basketball is about the team, and the team game won over the individual stardom.

Please stop trying to fool yourself.

The skin color is U.S. observers have noted that one of the causes that explain the success of the final series with the viewers.

Nowitzki is the man who the average American would not hesitate to let in his living room. He is reticent, has manners and is cultivated.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#44 » by knicksNOTslick » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:21 pm

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I always suspected that Steve Nash is a secret Filipino. Now we know.

I guess they saw Steve Nash was born in South Africa, there must be no way that he's white.

It's funny how the article fails to mention any of Dirk's teammates. Can Deshawn Stevenson get a mention? He won as well but I guess he got defeated also because he's ghetto.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#45 » by 9th Wonder » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:28 pm

USA wrote:
BadNFluenz wrote:This thread shows how uneducated Americans are.

/ignorant

The only thing ignorant is you clumping 300+ million people together based off a few posts on RealGM.


That and other posters in this thread doing the same thing to Germans/Europeans based on this single (stupid) article.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#46 » by sdeezy » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:28 pm

Yes, of course and Jason Terry,Kidd, Marion, Chandler and other Mavs who played their role to a tee are lily white guys...please, i can't believe some are trying to defend that article..thats about as racist as u can get..
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#47 » by Raps in 4 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:29 pm

Germany: Where racism happens.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#48 » by 8 Mile Ilic » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:30 pm

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8 Mile Ilic wrote:I don't really see how this is racist at all there are people of many different races / ethnicity / skin colors in "da ghetto".

To insinuate otherwise is being racist IMO.


GTFO. The intent is obvious. The hypocrisy from RealGM posters these days is truly sickening.


"Ghetto" when speaking about basketball has come to refer to a style, not a race.

Is the German newspaper being accurate when they say "Dirk Defeats Ghetto Basketball"? No. But are they being racist when they make that same statement?

Unless you have some preconceived notion that to be "ghetto" you must be part of a specific race (in which case it is arguable that you are the one being racist), I would argue that the answer to that question is also no. The German newspaper is not being racist, they are being insensitive given Germany's not so illustrious history with the term, but racist? Not at all.
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Post#49 » by RojanRando » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:32 pm

The train of thought that this article shows really shows how hard David Stern's job is
He has to sell a "black" league to a "white" america
yes that is generalizing but thats how it is
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#50 » by BodieB » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:33 pm

Unsurprisingly there are people trying to find ways to defend the articles blatant racism.
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Post#51 » by karolis1221 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:33 pm

good one, Germany strikes again :D
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#52 » by mysticbb » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:34 pm

MAQ wrote:Please stop trying to fool yourself.

The skin color is U.S. observers have noted that one of the causes that explain the success of the final series with the viewers.

Nowitzki is the man who the average American would not hesitate to let in his living room. He is reticent, has manners and is cultivated.


That is NOT the opinion of the author of the german article, but was written by foxsports.com columnist Bill Reiter. The german author Peter Schelling is merely taking that and translated it into german.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#53 » by Alfred » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:35 pm

It's obviously racist. I mean, nothing about Chris Bosh, nor Dwyane Wade screams "ghetto" to me. They're obviously making sweeping generalizations about the players on the Heat based on their skin color.

This article is trash.
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Post#54 » by Raps in 4 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:35 pm

RojanRando wrote:The train of thought that this article shows really shows how hard David Stern's job is
He has to sell a "black" league to a "white" america
yes that is generalizing but thats how it is


No, it isn't. The NFL is chockfull of black players. No problems selling that league.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#55 » by bigboi » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:37 pm

This article is clearly trash. But Dirk probably doesn't approve of it anyways, he has a black wifey, so who cares.
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Post#56 » by karolis1221 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:40 pm

what about hockey? i think thats a racist game :D
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#57 » by mysticbb » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:40 pm

Alfred wrote:It's obviously racist. I mean, nothing about Chris Bosh, nor Dwyane Wade screams "ghetto" to me. They're obviously making sweeping generalizations about the players on the Heat based on their skin color.

This article is trash.


You understand german? And the article refers to the style (baggy pants (those schlabberige pants someone mentioned), when he talks about "ghetto"-style", it means the clothes, the music and they way people are acting in the rap-scene. The NBA made an effort to introduce a dress code in order to get rid of that image. The terms also refers to streetball, in which the individual has even a bigger impact. Unlike college basketball or the FIBA style in which the team game is the more important thing. That is meant with the term "ghetto basketball", not the skin color per se.

That isn't racist, and the author even said that it is sad that the skin color makes a difference how the majority of the US-AMERICAN people perceive the NBA players. That is not the opinion of the author that the skin color makes the difference.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#58 » by ikidunot » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:41 pm

We see this type of racism in America too. It's usually more hidden though.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#59 » by Paydro70 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:41 pm

UssjTrunks wrote:
RojanRando wrote:The train of thought that this article shows really shows how hard David Stern's job is
He has to sell a "black" league to a "white" america
yes that is generalizing but thats how it is


No, it isn't. The NFL is chockfull of black players. No problems selling that league.

But those players wear helmets and uniforms that mostly mask their racial origins. Add to that the fact that the premier position (QB) is mostly white and the problem is not nearly so severe.
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Re: German Newspaper: Dirk defeats ghetto basketball 

Post#60 » by Godzilla039 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:43 pm

UssjTrunks wrote:
RojanRando wrote:The train of thought that this article shows really shows how hard David Stern's job is
He has to sell a "black" league to a "white" america
yes that is generalizing but thats how it is


No, it isn't. The NFL is chockfull of black players. No problems selling that league.


He does ave a point. Most, if not all marquee players in the NBA are black. The most important player on a football field is the quarterback and they're historically white.
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