How you going to say you don't care what people say, but you on national Television explaining yourself.
Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cuban'
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How you going to say you don't care what people say, but you on national Television explaining yourself.
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I don't give a fuck if he sides with Cuban... in due time he will learn
I don't give a fuck if he sides with Cuban... in due time he will learn
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Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
I get his points but people are mainly irritated with Cubans prejudices
I get his points but people are mainly irritated with Cubans prejudices
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
guess he TOLD YALL
guess he TOLD YALL
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
I get his points but people are mainly irritated with Cubans prejudices
I get his points but people are mainly irritated with Cubans prejudices
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
Have no problem with what he said. I think Stephen A is just getting the flack for Cuban's shit. They've somehow made Stephen A the scapegoat.
Have no problem with what he said. I think Stephen A is just getting the flack for Cuban's shit. They've somehow made Stephen A the scapegoat.
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Naw his attention whoring made him a scapegoat.
Naw his attention whoring made him a scapegoat.
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
this...
he should have no stirred the shit up cause it stanks now
this...
he should have no stirred the shit up cause it stanks now
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
That very well may be true but the brunt of this shit is coming from the comments Cuban made and anyone saying anything in agreement or any type of co-signing is getting the "coon tag". So they might as well get ready. If they don't care about what people think like Stephen A claims he should've just kept it moving rather than backpeddle.
That very well may be true but the brunt of this shit is coming from the comments Cuban made and anyone saying anything in agreement or any type of co-signing is getting the "coon tag". So they might as well get ready. If they don't care about what people think like Stephen A claims he should've just kept it moving rather than backpeddle.
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contact of white supremacy.
Man, I never knew how much fun this shit is, thanks Kefta.
contact of white supremacy.
Man, I never knew how much fun this shit is, thanks Kefta.
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
Yeah I don t care what Stephen A says....as long as he is doing all that talking about it....its affecting him.....
Yeah I don t care what Stephen A says....as long as he is doing all that talking about it....its affecting him.....
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Why? He is saying shit that most of the owners would be saying. He is saying that everybody has prejudices.
Why? He is saying shit that most of the owners would be saying. He is saying that everybody has prejudices.
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Man we all know that being black we must work 3x times as hard as the next race. We can make but in our environment statically a lot of us won't make it because there's so many obstacles we gotta go through like he stated, the playing field ain't the same. If we have different school systems it would make a difference, if we have a house hold with both parents to nurture the babies that would be great,(not saying all), if we have activities for the youth that would be superb. With that being said you can make it but because of many circumstances, statically we usually get caught in the trap.
Do we have mentors to motivate the young youth?
Man we all know that being black we must work 3x times as hard as the next race. We can make but in our environment statically a lot of us won't make it because there's so many obstacles we gotta go through like he stated, the playing field ain't the same. If we have different school systems it would make a difference, if we have a house hold with both parents to nurture the babies that would be great,(not saying all), if we have activities for the youth that would be superb. With that being said you can make it but because of many circumstances, statically we usually get caught in the trap.
Do we have mentors to motivate the young youth?
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
He isn't defending his position well...
its just as jumbled as Cuban's original words.
He isn't addressing Cuban's points and he isn't able to adequately respond to the opposition.
What SAS is saying has NOTHING to do with what Cuban is talking about.
SAS is using tired stereotypes. He is talking about sagging jeans and using slang and job interviews?
What in the hell does that have to do with the point Cuban himself apologized for?
We ALL understand people have prejudices...that isn't some grand revelation by Cuban.
What exposed Cuban is the SPECIFIC comparison he chose to use...
he KNEW he was going to be interviewed, he KNEW that he had previously made comments attempting to defend Sterling.
So if Cuban wants to continue with his 'smartest guy in the room' act then he has the suffer the consequences when he is called out.
SAS is wrong...not because we should be aware of our surroundings, realize our appearance effects how others treat us etc.
He's wrong because he KNOWS that Cuban was speaking from a position of power, of someone fully aware of how racism is institutionalized in this country and how he included has benefited and continued to benefit from it, that White people need to justify their years of oppression and enslavement of our people yet be seen as innocent and he pandered to that.
Ya'll want to fall for the okey doke fine...but remember all that basic bullsh*t SAS was spewing is exctly what THEY gonna use to continue to divide and conquer us.
He isn't defending his position well...
its just as jumbled as Cuban's original words.
He isn't addressing Cuban's points and he isn't able to adequately respond to the opposition.
What SAS is saying has NOTHING to do with what Cuban is talking about.
SAS is using tired stereotypes. He is talking about sagging jeans and using slang and job interviews?
What in the hell does that have to do with the point Cuban himself apologized for?
We ALL understand people have prejudices...that isn't some grand revelation by Cuban.
What exposed Cuban is the SPECIFIC comparison he chose to use...
he KNEW he was going to be interviewed, he KNEW that he had previously made comments attempting to defend Sterling.
So if Cuban wants to continue with his 'smartest guy in the room' act then he has the suffer the consequences when he is called out.
SAS is wrong...not because we should be aware of our surroundings, realize our appearance effects how others treat us etc.
He's wrong because he KNOWS that Cuban was speaking from a position of power, of someone fully aware of how racism is institutionalized in this country and how he included has benefited and continued to benefit from it, that White people need to justify their years of oppression and enslavement of our people yet be seen as innocent and he pandered to that.
Ya'll want to fall for the okey doke fine...but remember all that basic bullsh*t SAS was spewing is exctly what THEY gonna use to continue to divide and conquer us.
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If in your mind a black kid wearing a hoodie raises just as much concern as a bald head white dude with tattoos all over his face and body that's a problem.
Someone needs to forward Ta-Nehisi Coates Reparations article to Steven A ASAP.
If in your mind a black kid wearing a hoodie raises just as much concern as a bald head white dude with tattoos all over his face and body that's a problem.
Someone needs to forward Ta-Nehisi Coates Reparations article to Steven A ASAP.
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His whole premise was faulty from when he first started to explain himself.
PREACH.
His whole premise was faulty from when he first started to explain himself.
Oh really, SAS.Stephen A. Smith said:
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I think Cuban's examples were bullshit but the point he was trying to make was valid.
And there is a difference between being prejudice and being racists.
All racists are prejudice but all people that are prejudice aren't racists.
And everybody does have some sort of prejudice.
Some of the prejudice is founded in life experience and some of it isn't.
Some is based on common sense.
Some people see the police as officer friendly while others like me are prejudiced to think nothing good comes out of any contact with them.
the funny thing about Cubans remarks were he would cross the street if he saw a black teen with a hoody on but then he said if he then saw a white skinhead he would cross back over.
Does that mean he feels safer with the hoody wearing teen than he does with the white skinhead ?
There are many on this board who prejudge white people and assume they are all racists and mean you no good without knowing them or anything about them...
A woman walking at night will react to a male walking towards them or coming up from behind...especially if they are young.
I thought his hoody example was tasteless and lacked sensitivity and he obviously felt that way after the fact because he did apologize to the martin family..
but i understood what he was trying to get across
I think Cuban's examples were bullshit but the point he was trying to make was valid.
And there is a difference between being prejudice and being racists.
All racists are prejudice but all people that are prejudice aren't racists.
And everybody does have some sort of prejudice.
Some of the prejudice is founded in life experience and some of it isn't.
Some is based on common sense.
Some people see the police as officer friendly while others like me are prejudiced to think nothing good comes out of any contact with them.
the funny thing about Cubans remarks were he would cross the street if he saw a black teen with a hoody on but then he said if he then saw a white skinhead he would cross back over.
Does that mean he feels safer with the hoody wearing teen than he does with the white skinhead ?
There are many on this board who prejudge white people and assume they are all racists and mean you no good without knowing them or anything about them...
A woman walking at night will react to a male walking towards them or coming up from behind...especially if they are young.
I thought his hoody example was tasteless and lacked sensitivity and he obviously felt that way after the fact because he did apologize to the martin family..
but i understood what he was trying to get across
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ANYONE with common sense DOES understands Cuban's point...
THAT"S THE POINT!
He wasn't saying anything really.
Now his later point on how to deal with racism and bigotry in the workplace as a CEO were valid.
But he LOSES all rights to that when he says if he sees a black kid in a hoodie...
not just a KID but specifically a BLACK kid in a hoodie he feels THREATENED...
but a white man who looks like an extra from SOA is the ONLY thing worse.
Now he is going into a whole different arena and it COMPLETELY devalues anything else he has to say about that subject because it isn't a question of HONESTY its a question of ignorance and DECADES of Black people being oppressed and marginalized and whites in positions of power trying to justify it by our manner of dress, how we look and how we dress.
Then Cuban TRIED to justify it to Bomani by saying he was once robbed by a man in a hoodie?
So how should Blacks feel about a couple of hundred years being enslaved oppressed devalued and dehumanized?
So if ONE Black person does something WE ALL bad right?
But massa has always has our best interest at heart even when he wrong, huh?
Cuban constantly beats others about the head and shoulders about how SMART he is...
so why SAS feel it necessary to JUMP to his defense?
Wouldn't he be better served going after Irsay in the NFL, or supporting Lebron's strong stance, or the need for a Rooney rule in MODERN America, the lack of Black college coaches, or the need for the NBA owners vote to be public, etc....
but now he holding Cuban's water like its the damn Holy Grail...
You really don't see what this he doing?
ANYONE with common sense DOES understands Cuban's point...
THAT"S THE POINT!
He wasn't saying anything really.
Now his later point on how to deal with racism and bigotry in the workplace as a CEO were valid.
But he LOSES all rights to that when he says if he sees a black kid in a hoodie...
not just a KID but specifically a BLACK kid in a hoodie he feels THREATENED...
but a white man who looks like an extra from SOA is the ONLY thing worse.
Now he is going into a whole different arena and it COMPLETELY devalues anything else he has to say about that subject because it isn't a question of HONESTY its a question of ignorance and DECADES of Black people being oppressed and marginalized and whites in positions of power trying to justify it by our manner of dress, how we look and how we dress.
Then Cuban TRIED to justify it to Bomani by saying he was once robbed by a man in a hoodie?
So how should Blacks feel about a couple of hundred years being enslaved oppressed devalued and dehumanized?
So if ONE Black person does something WE ALL bad right?
But massa has always has our best interest at heart even when he wrong, huh?
Cuban constantly beats others about the head and shoulders about how SMART he is...
so why SAS feel it necessary to JUMP to his defense?
Wouldn't he be better served going after Irsay in the NFL, or supporting Lebron's strong stance, or the need for a Rooney rule in MODERN America, the lack of Black college coaches, or the need for the NBA owners vote to be public, etc....
but now he holding Cuban's water like its the damn Holy Grail...
You really don't see what this he doing?
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exactly how many times will you see a white dude with a face tat versus a black guy with a hoody? so all black guys wearing a hoody are criminals fuck outta here
yep
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
Cuban's analogy is so flawed, where do you start?
People wear hoodies to shield themselves from sun, rain, the elements, to stay warm, etc.
Most people don't buy hoodies for the sole purpose of committing a crime.
But if you have one tattoo, just one...........doesn't make you a bad person or a crook.......but it does show that you're at least open to exploring that wild side.
Don't tell me you don't look at a woman differently with as little as an ankle tattoo.
But a dude with bunch of tattoos, compared to a regular man wearing a hoodie? I don't even mention race there.
SAS should stick to basketball insides and STFU about anything political.
Cuban's analogy is so flawed, where do you start?
People wear hoodies to shield themselves from sun, rain, the elements, to stay warm, etc.
Most people don't buy hoodies for the sole purpose of committing a crime.
But if you have one tattoo, just one...........doesn't make you a bad person or a crook.......but it does show that you're at least open to exploring that wild side.
Don't tell me you don't look at a woman differently with as little as an ankle tattoo.
But a dude with bunch of tattoos, compared to a regular man wearing a hoodie? I don't even mention race there.
SAS should stick to basketball insides and STFU about anything political.
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c/s
c/s
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
Even if 70% of the black America followed SAS template for bootstrap success in America there would still be double digit black unemployment and he would still be ONE in a BILLION to find that level of success in the workforce.
SAS is the exception too...he fails to recognize that. He's under the delusion that he made it solely on merit and not do to his ability to assimilate. He forgets how he made comments about Brett Favre and ESPN and the rest of sports world put him in purgatory (unemployed for several years)
People are upset that he seems to think all we have to do is put a pretty cover on the book and people will buy it...not the case. They find comfort with a certain trait in black men, and do a great job of warehousing or dismissing the rest. We are not monolithic, neither are CACs
His comments are no different than Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's who said "Racism wouldn't exist if minorities acted more white" both perspectives are insulting and belittling
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Cuban wasn't honest he should have said if I see a black kid with a hoodie on I cross the street but if I see a white kid with a hoodie on of the same age I feel safe. SAS would say I UNDERSTAND...he has adopted the ideology of his employers and he is very proud to display his compliance on their national network
We all hear you and understand who signs your checks... salaries can be chains too Stephen
Even if 70% of the black America followed SAS template for bootstrap success in America there would still be double digit black unemployment and he would still be ONE in a BILLION to find that level of success in the workforce.
SAS is the exception too...he fails to recognize that. He's under the delusion that he made it solely on merit and not do to his ability to assimilate. He forgets how he made comments about Brett Favre and ESPN and the rest of sports world put him in purgatory (unemployed for several years)
People are upset that he seems to think all we have to do is put a pretty cover on the book and people will buy it...not the case. They find comfort with a certain trait in black men, and do a great job of warehousing or dismissing the rest. We are not monolithic, neither are CACs
His comments are no different than Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's who said "Racism wouldn't exist if minorities acted more white" both perspectives are insulting and belittling
SOURCE
Cuban wasn't honest he should have said if I see a black kid with a hoodie on I cross the street but if I see a white kid with a hoodie on of the same age I feel safe. SAS would say I UNDERSTAND...he has adopted the ideology of his employers and he is very proud to display his compliance on their national network
We all hear you and understand who signs your checks... salaries can be chains too Stephen
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Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
Stephen A Smith is your typical coon.
Everything he said was purrrrrrrreeeee bullshit.
1. You can tell a coon because as soon as something bad comes up about a white man he does a little nigga shuffle to deflect attention. What does sagging pants and nawwatimsayin have to do with Donald Sterling and Mark Cuban. NOT A DAMN THING.
2. Stephen A.Smith is special. Out of alllllll the black journalist in America he is one of if not they most famous. What the fuck is your definition of special then. Everybody can't be stephen A. because they only give one black man the job at a time dummy.
3. So the unemployment rate for black people is twice that of white people. And that is because of sagging pants and talking slang. Then why do black college grads have twice the unemployment of white college graduates. The percentage of black men that he is talking about is NOT the majority of black men. It is a small demographic of a particular age group. Black men over 30 don't dress or talk like that. It's RIDICULOUS to blame statistics that cover the entire population on a demographic that may be 10 percent at best.
4. Stephen A. drive and determination and talent are not things you can work hard and get. They are things you are born with. Everyone has there own skill set. The lack of economic success in the black community is not self imposed. It's structural and systematic. It's a myriad of factors but the main one is WE ARE FUCKING POOR.
Malcolm X said the cycle of poverty is poor people live in poor neighborhoods go to poor schools get a poor education get a poor paying jobs and have children who live in poor neighborhoods.
Stephen A Smith is your typical coon.
Everything he said was purrrrrrrreeeee bullshit.
1. You can tell a coon because as soon as something bad comes up about a white man he does a little nigga shuffle to deflect attention. What does sagging pants and nawwatimsayin have to do with Donald Sterling and Mark Cuban. NOT A DAMN THING.
2. Stephen A.Smith is special. Out of alllllll the black journalist in America he is one of if not they most famous. What the fuck is your definition of special then. Everybody can't be stephen A. because they only give one black man the job at a time dummy.
3. So the unemployment rate for black people is twice that of white people. And that is because of sagging pants and talking slang. Then why do black college grads have twice the unemployment of white college graduates. The percentage of black men that he is talking about is NOT the majority of black men. It is a small demographic of a particular age group. Black men over 30 don't dress or talk like that. It's RIDICULOUS to blame statistics that cover the entire population on a demographic that may be 10 percent at best.
4. Stephen A. drive and determination and talent are not things you can work hard and get. They are things you are born with. Everyone has there own skill set. The lack of economic success in the black community is not self imposed. It's structural and systematic. It's a myriad of factors but the main one is WE ARE FUCKING POOR.
Malcolm X said the cycle of poverty is poor people live in poor neighborhoods go to poor schools get a poor education get a poor paying jobs and have children who live in poor neighborhoods.
Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
^^ This! ^^
SAS is just reacting to all the criticism he's getting, not the issue Cuban addressed.
^^ This! ^^
SAS is just reacting to all the criticism he's getting, not the issue Cuban addressed.
SAS is suffering from two things: 1. absolute power corrupts absolutely and 2. Bring a loud mouth from queens raised by women. Dude had girl- like tendencies in regards to thinking beyond himself. Here is a guy as one brother previously mentioned on this thread was practically sonned by ESPN earlier in his career and now he is attempting to atone by trying to encapsulate all of his arguments from a capitalist point of view and he missed the boat entirely - civil rights is just as much to do about moral victories as it is socieo-economic wins. He has yet to understand that. He is quick to talk about checks and making money but money is not everything - pride and right from wrong count too but not to him. Being raised by women he is quick to dismiss and never listens to whom he is speaking. Thus he can never fully learn and shape his arguments skillfully but relies on dominating the conversation and being condescending to his co- hosts. And why the fuck is he always talking about clothes like he is a pimp and stuck on stupid. He is quick to embarrass other about their gear like really dude. Clothing doesn't make the man dude. But he will continue on from his bully pulpit until he castrates himself or Ryan rucco surpasses him and he is fired or reassigned.
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The problem is Stephen A. Is not qualified to opine on these issues on behalf of black people to the nation, yet he Is in that position weirdly.
The problem is Stephen A. Is not qualified to opine on these issues on behalf of black people to the nation, yet he Is in that position weirdly.
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Re: Stephen A. Smith responds to criticism he has received for his stance on Mark Cu
What this fool aint understanding is the unbalanced scale that Cuban used. Comparing a black guy wearing a hoodie, something you wear when its cold to a skinhead that permanently tatooed his face is the problem. And most white people didnt know what a hoodie was until Treyvon Martin died wearing one
What this fool aint understanding is the unbalanced scale that Cuban used. Comparing a black guy wearing a hoodie, something you wear when its cold to a skinhead that permanently tatooed his face is the problem. And most white people didnt know what a hoodie was until Treyvon Martin died wearing one
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