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Originally posted by KSig RC
Just to nitpick, this is an interesting violation of your own desire to refer (or is it 'defer'?) to context.
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Not necessarily, because we don't know enough about that "context" to place it. It's quite possible that this coach has never ever used the n-word before this incident. It's possible that he treats all his players the same and never uses racial slurs outside of this. But it's also possible that these particular players simply weren't bothered by his use of racial slurs, or that they were but thought he was a good enough coach that they didn't mind, or maybe he only used racial slurs around his white players but not his black ones, or maybe the university is paying these kids to shut up about the fact that they were annoyed by his racism, or maybe the coach has a secret black wife and secret black children like Strom Thurmond! --
we just don't know.
What we do know is that he used the n-word in a situation where it was quoted in the media, and people were offended, and anybody who is familiar with the sports industry knows that that will get you into some trouble. The issue of race in the sports industry is just too volatile and has been for YEARS -- you can't get away with things like this, and every smart coach knows that.