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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:57 AM Original message |
Big Ten commissioner equates speed and dark skin to lower academics |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yikes |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I agree. I read it exactly like you did. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Why should he change the title? That's columnist Dan Wetzel's interpretation of Delany's comments... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The title is BIG TEN BITTERNESS, not that race shit. NT |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Then say Mr. Wetzel says |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. But if that's the way Wetzel interpreted what Delany had to say, ...... |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. But Delany did not "equate" race and speed/intelligence |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Perhaps it should read: Columnist Wetzel asserts that Big Ten Commissioner equates....... |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Thanks |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. So if he goes to Baton Rouge and literally points at the LSU defensive line |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. No |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. No, but according to Delaney they must have what he considers |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. What if he goes to Bloomington, IN and literally points at the IU defensive line. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. He might get on to them, remind IU they need to keep an appropriate mix |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You do know that IU is in the Big Ten, don't you? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yes, that is why I said he might get on to them and warn them |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Quite a leap there |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. He did say everyone might not fit socially |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. And the ONLY thing he meant was race, of course |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Cheerleader Sex Scandal |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. How do you (and the columnist) make that interpretation? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. It's the *journalist's* term... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. "I love speed and the SEC has great speed, especially on the defensive line, but there are |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:21 AM Original message |
Why does race have anything to do with it? |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. damn this is tiresome |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. The title of the article is BIG TEN BITTERNESS. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I hear ya... some things don't have to be said |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. If not said, it should not be attributed |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm not calling Delany a racist....but as an African American, I gotta tell you.... |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. But I am complaining about the title |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Well perhaps the post should be retitled.... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. My sentiments precisely. It's either bullshit (maybe based on one of those |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. All of the tone is coming from the author...but whatever. NT |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Not a mention by DELANEY--there's an interpretation by the author of the piece |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. According to Wetzel, he attempted to talk to Delany but got no response.... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. To me, it sounds like the author is irritated by the guy getting up on his high horse |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm African American and don't see it as racist |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Well said Ellacott |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Yep. I think it's absurd to think that any group owns the franchise on |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Amazing, a voice of logic |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Bingo...It's The Color Green That They See |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
24. I can't see the racism here either. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Dweeb |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. So, all we have to do is scream RACISM now |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. The first question I have has nothing to do with race. |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. Locking. |
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