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Originally posted by Rudey
The difference is the usage of a similar comment to refer to whites along with support from black team members including the one remarked on.
-Rudey
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Aww, you played right into my post. Thanks for setting up a demonstration, buddy.
The term "honkey" does not have the same HISTORICAL CONTEXT as the n-word. Nor can Chris Rock be compared to this coach because honkey and the n-word are not comparable terms, and because of HISTORICAL CONTEXT, a black man using these terms is a very different thing than a white man using them.
Not to mention the argument about "support from black team members" is specious at best. So not every single black person in the whole world is offended by this? Great. That doesn't make it not racist. You cannot be in the sports business and use the n-word -- there have been far, far too many incidents over the years in the professional/college sports industry that have demonstrated that this will get you into trouble. People have been fined or fired for far less. If you're too stupid to have figured out that it's a bad idea to use the n-word when you might get quoted in the newspaper, you don't deserve to be employed.