It's a bit silly and overblown. I'm partly with Shaq in that players DO trash-talk and that sounds like that's all it was - though to me if you're going to trash talk make it about something the player can actually CONTROL or something of THEIR doing haha, otherwise what's the point? :P
But yeah, no need to make a big deal about it..
And like, I couldn't care less about the statement. But with that said double standards bug me immensely. And I do firmly believe that racism is racism, despite the mental gymnastics some use to justify it. Either everyone's off-limits or no one is. You don't get to pick and choose - and if you do for my money it massively discredits one's supposed stance against racism.
Edit: I should also add - given some of the discussion I've since read - no I absolutely don't think "bitch ass white boy" is near equivalent to the N-word. But I don't think that's the point most are trying to make.. If a white player runs by a black player and starts trash talking them in some way involving their race, would you find that ok? I wouldn't. So thus it shouldn't be ok when reversed. That's the point I think most are making.
Last edited by DarthMetalliCube - on 25 August 2020
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