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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/adam-jones-banana-thrown-way-t-park-024414128.htmlJust last week, a statue of Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese in Brooklyn was vandalized with racist slurs and Hitler references. It was another reminder like we needed one that "post-racial America" is a fairytale until further notice.
A statue, made of stone, is bad enough. But Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles is a person, and what happened to him at AT&T Park on Sunday was just as unacceptable. Jones, who is black, said somebody threw a "banana towards my direction" in the ninth inning of Baltimore's 10-2 victory against the San Francisco Giants.
Bananas have been used, time immemorial, in racist depictions of blacks as being subhuman. In 2011, a white fan threw a banana peel at NHL player Wayne Simmonds, who is black, during a game in London, Ont. Canada.
Worse than graffiti, what happened to Simmonds and Jones is tantamount to being spat upon, with an added insult of racism. In 2013, such behavior cannot be tolerated.
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Douchebags.
Auggie
(31,194 posts)does not a fan base make
opiate69
(10,129 posts)The racist douchenozzle banana launcher, not Adam Jones.. I met Adam Jones when he was a Tacoma Rainier.. seemed like a genuinely nice kid.
Auggie
(31,194 posts)A San Francisco Giants fan has apologized for throwing a banana during Sunday's game against Baltimore, claiming that it was not a racially motivated insult to Orioles star Adam Jones.
Alexander Poulides told the San Jose Mercury News that he grabbed a banana off a catering cart at AT&T Park and threw it toward the field in frustration near the end of the Orioles' 10-2 victory over the struggling Giants.
The banana evidently was thrown in the vicinity of Jones, who angrily tweeted about the incident following the game. Jones, who is black, also criticized people who apparently defended the incident and hinted that he may no longer participate in social media.
Poulides told the Mercury News that he did not intend to create an uproar and stated that he realized how his actions had been portrayed when he turned on the television to watch the news Monday.
"Oh, my god," Poulides told the newspaper, recounting his realization. "I threw a banana on my way out."
LINK: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9561840/san-francisco-giants-fan-apologizes-throwing-banana-adam-jones-baltimore-orioles
DON'T THROW SHIT! It's just a game. Chill.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Of course, at $8 a beer, that's understandable.