Hopefully intelligence and humanity will eventually replace stereotypes and prejudice… unfortunately I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

http://blogmaverick.com/2008/09/18/thanks-for-the-advice-on-josh/

It really illustrates the kind of racist response this subject has generated. Which makes valid the question: How much of the outrage is out of racism (in the sense of the person being outraged being racist. How much of the outrage would still be there if Dirk had said something like that (being even more possible considering he’s German) ) vs. how much is genuine political outrage (in which case, race shouldn’t even be an issue here) vs. how much of this outrage is because Josh Howard was being racist.

Personally, I am only offended by the last of those three. It’s not enough to make me want to go lynch somebody, but I think it’s pretty terrible how minorities in this country grow up and contribute to the horrible hatred that is racism. Racism will only become a non-factor when all sides grow up and stop. Anyone who thinks that the color of someone’s skin is a reason they can opt out of something, not become something, or have an excuse for something has a score of 22 on the 1 – 10 idiot scale.

His behavior before the Anthem incident was enough that I would have tossed him out on his over paid hind end. :?

He’s quite free to say anything he likes, even if he looks like a total jackass.

‘But you’re telling me that someone can be disrespectful to something a lot of us hold near and dear to our hearts like the National Anthem, or the Stars and Stripes, and it’s okay?’
- Yes, its ok. Its ok to be a racist also… not that I’ll have anything to do with a racist… that’s my choice. They are entitled to their opinion as long as it breaks no laws and does not impede another person’s civil rights.

‘And I promise you, every major corporation ahs a code of ethics that employees have to comply with. If they don’t they are subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.’
- A) Not every corporation does. Specifically in the case of a monopoly, they are subject to more scrutiny because the lack of free market competition for labor.
B) Code of conducts rarely apply outside of the workplace, or at least without regard to some coworker when it comes to legal activities. Nondisclosure agreements are one of the common, yet rare exceptions, that apply.
C) Personal beliefs, politics and the 1st amendment are overtly exempt from any code of conducts as a whole. Including them traditionally is seen as political discrimination… which is illegal.

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