The Silence is Deafening

Honeykiss1974 · #1 10-04-2007, 11:29 AM

I totally hear your post although now that mccoyred mentions it, a fair judgement was received so I can possibly understand why no public outcry right now.

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Originally Posted by DLTA22

Isiah is a coach of a basketball team, that has a female customer base and he had no problem calling an educated, articulate sista B%^& and Ho when he felt like it. Where is the outcry about this and lets not go there about the fact that in his testimony that he felt that it was worse for a white man to call Black women a Beeeyotch but its was not as bad if done by a Black man.

I hadn't heard about this story (in its entirety) until yesterday when it was featured on Good Morning America (they interviewed Anucha). They showed the part of Isiah's interview when he said this and like you, I was like WTF?

Velocity_14 · #2 10-04-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974

I totally hear your post although now that mccoyred mentions it, a fair judgement was received so I can possibly understand why no public outcry right now.

I hadn't heard about this story (in its entirety) until yesterday when it was featured on Good Morning America (they interviewed Anucha). They showed the part of Isiah's interview when he said this and like you, I was like WTF?

Me too. I was a little surprised that it involved Mr. Thomas b/c I have always been under the impression that his demeanor was layed back. However, I do feel like an appropriate judgement was put into place. But as others mentioned before....if you don't really watch espn on a regular basis you may not have heard much about the story....

lovelyivy84 · #3 10-04-2007, 02:36 PM

I have seen plenty of folks talking about this, just not on GC. Mostly over at crunktastical.

I do see what you're saying though. I mean we got folks ready to protest ANYTHING "the white man" does, but don't say boo when it's a black man disrespecting a black woman.

DSTCHAOS · #4 10-04-2007, 02:51 PM

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I mean we got folks ready to protest ANYTHING "the white man" does, but don't say boo when it's a black man disrespecting a black woman.

That's life.

It makes more sense to start a thread about it to elicit discussion rather than rant and rave about it as the OP did. Ranting and raving usually doesn't result in anything.

lovelyivy84 · #5 10-04-2007, 03:35 PM

I don't disagree, just saying I understood her point.

ladygreek · #6 10-04-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Velocity_14

Me too. I was a little surprised that it involved Mr. Thomas b/c I have always been under the impression that his demeanor was layed back.

Mr. Thomas has exposed his volatile side before.

I have followed it and am not outraged. But then I wasn't outraged about Imus, either. I've gotten more selective about what outrages me as I have gotten older--it's that high blood pressure thing. LOL

And as others have said she is getting paid and justice is being served.

BTW: never been a fan of Isaiah Thomas.

Velocity_14 · #7 10-04-2007, 06:41 PM

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Mr. Thomas has exposed his volatile side before.

For real?? Lawd knows that is news to me...lol. Was it something recent? I'm gonna have to google him....

ladygreek · #8 10-04-2007, 07:03 PM

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For real?? Lawd knows that is news to me...lol. Was it something recent? I'm gonna have to google him....

From his playing days on. Trust, he is not Mr. Nice Guy.

Velocity_14 · #9 10-04-2007, 07:20 PM

*coming back from google* A mess..."Wiki" sure does get a lot of info on a person. It just amazes me that I cannot recall some of it as much as I have always been into basketball. I was a lot younger though and probably didn't pay as much attention to the news as I do now, of course.

Still BLUTANG · #10 10-05-2007, 09:04 AM

i'm still learning how to get to that point.

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I've gotten more selective about what outrages me as I have gotten older

Velocity_14 · #11 10-05-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ladygreek

I've gotten more selective about what outrages me as I have gotten older

That has been ringing in my head this morning!!!

KAPital PHINUst · #12 10-05-2007, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ladygreek

Mr. Thomas has exposed his volatile side before.

I have followed it and am not outraged. But then I wasn't outraged about Imus, either. I've gotten more selective about what outrages me as I have gotten older--it's that high blood pressure thing. LOL

Excellent point.

If we as a people were more selective about what to really get outraged about (read: make a public outcry of some sort) and what to just let slide (read: discuss among ourselves, but not make a big fanfare about it) on a more consistent basis, then the public outcries we do make would have more of an impact, would get everyone's attention, and would be more likely to garner constructive results rather than the public blowing us off at every little instance we get slighted and accusing us of playing the victim card.

I originally "sided" with Dlta22's original post, but after reading the responses here, I agree with the consensus: sometimes it is just best to keep quiet and let the wheels of justice do its job; sometimes by having the public make a bunch of noise over the matter actually aggravates the matter and sometimes is counterproductive.

That said, I think Don Imus' remark, while highly inappropriate, the reaction to it was blown WAY, WAY outta proportion, especially considering his personal character and demeanor (read: everyone knows how Imus is; why is now everybody is shocked). His firing solved nothing, it only created an illusion of rectification.

LG is right, we need to better pick our battles.