Racist slur used on Yi JIanlian by NBA TV's RIck Kamla

Wow that is terrible he should be fired

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Well the video got edited or something cause the ‘racial slur’ isn’t there anymore.
anyway, I don’t see what the big deal with calling Yi a “Chinaman” is. I’m Asian and I wouldn’t take offense to that. it’s like calling Pietrus a Frenchman or Gasol a Spaniard.

by misterho on Nov 5, 2009 1:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I doubt he meant any offense. Just an honest mistake, I’m sure.

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by Naticus2 on Nov 5, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

It’s not like Kamla made fun of Yi’s eyes or something.

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by Precise Films Productions on Nov 5, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Just like you don't call a black guy a negro

You don’t call a Chinese person Chinaman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinaman

read the wiki entry.

But yea Rick Kamela probably didn’t know. Not much people do.

by saintdee on Nov 5, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm.....

I don’t think it’s the same as calling a black guy a negro, maybe like calling him a nigeriaman or sudanman, etc…. which I don’t think is offending

by ARandolph on Nov 5, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's about the history attached to a certain word.

Negro is very outdated and has carried along with it in the past a negative connotation. Same thing as calling Asians “Orientals”—another no-no. It may not sound ‘racist’ but definitely not a word you throw out there on a regular basis.

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by kenntoe on Nov 5, 2009 6:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Negro - spanish for "black"

Oriental – “Eastern”

Words only become offensive if they’re continually used in a derogatory manner. I understand both sides. People need to meet in the middle. Everybody needs to realize that everybody else is ignorant of them, their culture, etc. Likewise everybody needs to learn that they’re ignorant of everybody else, their culture, etc. Once we all admit our own ignorance, we can accept each other and learn from each other. Until then, we’ll just be mired in this victim culture we live in. But I’ll take the victim culture over the segregated and racist culture.

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by Dubs fan in Boston on Nov 5, 2009 11:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

who cares?

were all so decensitized now stuff like that doesn’t really matter. get on with your life.

by Jagz8 on Nov 5, 2009 1:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm

a persianman, big woop.

people need to stop trying to be so ultra politically correct, it’s disgusting.

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by LostHawkGSW on Nov 5, 2009 2:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

The issue is the history, of course. Persianman has no history behind it like “Chinaman.” My issue is overreacting, when people didn’t mean any harm. It’s always good to be aware that some words are rude, due to their connotations.

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by Naticus2 on Nov 6, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely right

“Chinaman” has a history of being used as an insult, while Persianman does not. Had he said “Chinese player” there wouldn’t even be a ripple.

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by achiappanza on Nov 8, 2009 12:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

haha this is funny!

rick kamla to me is hella cool…i love his slang that he uses on tv all the time i hope nothing happens to him

by blacksamurai33 on Nov 5, 2009 3:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

“Chinaman” is obviously not the preferred nomenclature (even for someone who may have peed on your rug that really tied the room together). But I certainly wouldn’t call it a “racist slur.”

Seems like a measure of chill is in order here.

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by Sleepy Freud on Nov 5, 2009 6:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Nice reference

Dude. If you’d have finished with “The dudes need to abide,” it really would have tied the comment together.

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by Dubs fan in Boston on Nov 5, 2009 11:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hahhaha

I was thinking of that the whole time reading this stuff

by 123707THIZZ on Nov 6, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Funny some guy who calls himself “Wizzle” has the purity of soul to call for the firing of someone else over questionable use of language. I agree that this is way overblown. Considering that a blockbuster kids movie was made recently just to highlight a song containing the line “funky chinaman”, it would be the height of hypocrisy for Kamala to be canned.

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by cybermaldonado on Nov 6, 2009 3:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Not Surprised

I caught some NBA TV the other night upon discovering it was available on my satellite service this year, and was pretty excited to find it, as I thought MLB Network to be excellent in its maiden season this past summer.

Perhaps I caught it on a bad night, because boy was it bad. No comparison to MLB and NFL networks. Whatever NBA TV studio show I was watching with Eric Snow and Dennis Scott, along with the host (whose name I didn’t catch), was amateur hour. The lighting, the set, the talent…all D-League. Snow at least seemed to be trying to say something that contained a modicum of basketball intelligence (but to little avail), while Scott sat at the end of the table like he was at the end of a bar at a Buffalo Wild Wings, spouting random insults about players appearing in highlights and giggling like a nervous middle schooler. I guess he’s trying to be Barkley-like.

I’ll keep watching for the highlights and live look-ins, but everything else about it is bad television.

by VidaWantsYourCar on Nov 6, 2009 4:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

oh

you got the bad night thats why when its snow and the guy you didnt know andre aldridge its pretty boring. when its kamla and steve smith its good, and when weber or kenny smith are in its good too. i got mad last year they had gary payton with chris weber and ahmad rashad and they were really good but they took them out for ernie johnson weber and kevin mchale. but yeah you just got it on a bad time.

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by 24k state fan since 87 on Nov 7, 2009 1:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs