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Rob Parker comments on ESPN First Take - Questioning RGIII"s "blackness"

  • RedRider1
    Who is Rob Parker. Never heard of the guy.
  • Rotinaj
    sleeper;1342245 wrote:Exhibit A.
    You mean exhibit AA. LOL!!!!!!!!!
  • dlazz
    Rotinaj;1342616 wrote:You mean exhibit AA. LOL!!!!!!!!!

    ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!! XD
  • Fab1b
    N----- Please!
    -Stephen A. Smith
  • Tiernan
    ESPN won't do a thing bc you can't fire a black guy in America.
  • Gblock
    First off the producer obviously knew he was going to say that imo...it looks like he wants to crack a smile/smirk because he knows its contriversial and stupid. Ratings grab by espn.

    but wow what an idiot... that didnt even make sense. what does down with the cause mean?? is he one of "us"...wow just wow..not that i dont get his point or that others havent said the same about tiger or whatever, but the way he stated this makes it the worst opionion in the history of live tv.

    stephen A's response was....[EMAIL="ni@@a please"]ni@@a please[/EMAIL] haha
  • GoChiefs
    Go to the 5:55 mark to see Stephen A's response.

    [video=youtube;W06EuvIR23U][/video]
  • karen lotz
    @espnmikes: Following yesterday’s comments, Rob Parker has been suspended until further notice. We are conducting a full review.
  • sleeper
    karen lotz;1342701 wrote:@espnmikes: Following yesterday’s comments, Rob Parker has been suspended until further notice. We are conducting a full review.
    If he was white he would have been fired and it'd be all over the news.
  • Hb31187
    sleeper;1342713 wrote:If he was white he would have been fired and it'd be all over the news.
    The reverse race card is just as played out as african americans pulling the race card.
  • jordo212000
    Just the latest bit of racism to find itself on that show. Whitlock has accused Skip of being a race baiter before, but if you listen to his part in the interview he participates as much as Parker does. He gave Parker the rope, and he hung himself
  • gerb131
    sleeper;1342713 wrote:If he was white he would have been fired and it'd be all over the news.
    See THe Torg
  • gport_tennis
    First take has done some decent pieces on race in the past. Yesterday was not one of them
  • sleeper
    Hb31187;1342720 wrote:The reverse race card is just as played out as african americans pulling the race card.
    You really think a white guy wouldn't get hanged over this comment? Just look what happened to Imus and his "Nappy headed" comment. He was fired, sued, and raped pubicly for a comment that was clearly a joke. Check his skin color, check Parker's skin color; don't be stupid.
  • jordo212000
    gport_tennis;1342726 wrote:First take has done some decent pieces on race in the past. Yesterday was not one of them

    Like when Screamin A. Smith said "nigguh please"
  • Sonofanump
    NFL QB + Race Card + Talking head = ESPN.
  • Hb31187
    sleeper;1342728 wrote:You really think a white guy wouldn't get hanged over this comment? Just look what happened to Imus and his "Nappy headed" comment. He was fired, sued, and raped pubicly for a comment that was clearly a joke. Check his skin color, check Parker's skin color; don't be stupid.
    Nappy headed hoe and questioning someones "blackness" arent exactly on par with eachother. Still pulling the race card when complaining about AA's pulling the race card themselves is kinda contradictive, no?
  • jordo212000
    Deadspin says that First Take's producers included Parker's comments in the afternoon re-airing. Looks like more people might be in trouble than just Parker
  • Gblock
    jordo212000;1342760 wrote:Deadspin says that First Take's producers included Parker's comments in the afternoon re-airing. Looks like more people might be in trouble than just Parker
    I feel like he said what they brought him there to say. im quite sure they had a rehersal and went over the questions and the answers just like they do everyday...they probably asked stephen a to make those comments and he refused...so they went and found another black guy who would. i find it hard to beleive that a channel as big as espn would do that segment not know what he was going to say. they say stupid stuff on that show everyday that i doubt they believe half of it. all for ratings imo but the backlash was more than expected
  • sleeper
    Hb31187;1342738 wrote:Nappy headed hoe and questioning someones "blackness" arent exactly on par with eachother. Still pulling the race card when complaining about AA's pulling the race card themselves is kinda contradictive, no?
    They cause me pain as a white person. You don't know what's it like! :mad:
  • Rotinaj
    Read a tweet earlier that Parker said his critics are uneducated and silly. What a moron. I hope he keeps talking so he blackballs himself from ever being hired again in his field.
  • tk421
    apparently you can't be black unless you are uneducated, poor and have a black gf/wife. RG3 is successful, rich, educated and has a white fiancee, obviously not a black person.
  • Tiernan
    If he gets fired they'll name a Blvd after him somewhere in either Atlanta or Mobile.
  • BoatShoes
    I'd be way more concerned that RGIII's fiancee isn't even that attractive considering he could probably bang any number of hot white women lol.
  • Iliketurtles
    tk421;1342823 wrote:apparently you can't be black unless you are uneducated, poor and have a black gf/wife. RG3 is successful, rich, educated and has a white fiancee, obviously not a black person.
    I always thought the black thing to do was dated thick white women with big tits.