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

  • rmolin73
    Iliketurtles;1343122 wrote:I always thought the black thing to do was dated thick white women with big tits.
    That's a myth. Just like sleepers myth about the downtrodden white male.

    Dude is an idiot but I think that ESPN is doing this for ratings. I would love for this clown to interview RG3
  • adog
    Parker was indeed suspended. ESPN probably had no where to go but suspend him with all the negative views sent there way:

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/14/espn-suspends-rob-parker-until-further-notice/
  • GoChiefs
    adog;1344324 wrote:Parker was indeed suspended. ESPN probably had no where to go but suspend him with all the negative views sent there way:

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/14/espn-suspends-rob-parker-until-further-notice/
    You're about 19 posts too late. :D
    karen lotz;1342701 wrote:@espnmikes: Following yesterday’s comments, Rob Parker has been suspended until further notice. We are conducting a full review.
  • adog
    yep..knew that but was providing a link to story....anything else?
  • se-alum
    This is precisely why I don't watch anything on ESPN other than ballgames. It's been a complete joke for years now.
  • Laley23
    se-alum;1344398 wrote:This is precisely why I don't watch anything on ESPN other than ballgames. It's been a complete joke for years now.
    This. I also watch the Midnight SportsCenter if I am awake. That usually is packed with all the days highlights and little talking. Plus, I like Stan Verrett and Neil Everett.
  • lhslep134
    It's all about Highlight Express if I'm looking for highlights on ESPN
  • thavoice
    He is well spoken.

    Educated.

    Respectful.

    Speaks english well.

    Doesnt sell/do drugs.

    Doesnt commit crimes.

    Probably doesnt even like fried chicken.

    Yeah..I could see how he questions his blackness.

    Can you imagine a conversation with Jamelle White, That Withlock or whatever his name is, and this guy? Hell, they could question the blackness of the blackness of black!
    I bet RGIII
  • friendfromlowry
    ESPN must have told him to shut it down completely because he hasn't tweeted since December 13th.
  • friendfromlowry
    se-alum;1344398 wrote:This is precisely why I don't watch anything on ESPN other than ballgames. It's been a complete joke for years now.
    First Take is absolute garbage. I use to be able to watch it but now I can't stand it. I don't care if Skip Bayless, Parker, Stephen A. Smith, etc. are all fueled by ESPN to act the way they do to get ratings - they're still annoying. I'm with the rest of you; I might watch briefly to catch some highlights, but my TV is never on ESPN between 9am - 7pm.
  • Laley23
    The Apology.

    http://www.twitlonger.com/show/kdio2q
  • Pick6
    Laley23;1347326 wrote:The Apology.

    http://www.twitlonger.com/show/kdio2q
    not accepted. Parker is a racist. What he said isnt something that came out in a way that was misunderstood. He showed his true colors of what a POS thug he is.
  • GoChiefs
    Why the hell did it take him so long to issue an apology?
  • thavoice
    friendfromlowry;1345453 wrote:First Take is absolute garbage. I use to be able to watch it but now I can't stand it. I don't care if Skip Bayless, Parker, Stephen A. Smith, etc. are all fueled by ESPN to act the way they do to get ratings - they're still annoying. I'm with the rest of you; I might watch briefly to catch some highlights, but my TV is never on ESPN between 9am - 7pm.
    I like first take better than its original format of Cold Pizza. That show was all over the place and sucked. Couple of decent looking women on it if I remember but it was a bad show.
    Its when guys take opposite stance on things when you know that they cannot truly believe what they are saying, but have to do taht to make the show as you have to have differing of opinions.
  • Azubuike24
    From a pop culture perspective, this guy got really screwed over by the timing of the CT shooting.

    Before this, nobody knew who he was or cared what he said, but at least he had a job at ESPN. Now, nobody knows his name or cares what he says, but they do know him as "the guy who made the racist RGIII comments" and he is probably 100% done at ESPN.
  • Commander of Awesome
    Apology not accepted either. See Sig.
  • Tiernan
    Was Rob Parker a thug once in the NGBA*?


    *National Gangbangers Association
  • sherm03
    GoChiefs;1347366 wrote:Why the hell did it take him so long to issue an apology?
    Because he isn't really sorry, and the network probably told him he had to issue one in order to be reinstated. It's hilarious to see his "apology," especially after seeing all his tweets after the backlash hit where he basically defended what he said.
  • Pick6
    sherm03;1347620 wrote:Because he isn't really sorry, and the network probably told him he had to issue one in order to be reinstated. It's hilarious to see his "apology," especially after seeing all his tweets after the backlash hit where he basically defended what he said.
    Googled his name and saw this guy has a history of being a tool. Started a rumor about Kirk Cousins getting into a fight (led to suspension by Detroit News), complained about the lack of African American coaches in the NFL, and called Hank Aaron a coward for not attending the game where Bonds broke his record. What a dolt. ESPN HAD to hire this guy just for the outrageous stuff that he says.
  • jordo212000
    Dude is a POS. You don't accidentally say what he said. It wasn't a slip of the tongue. What he said was one of the most racist things I've heard in some time.
  • GoChiefs
    sherm03;1347620 wrote:Because he isn't really sorry, and the network probably told him he had to issue one in order to be reinstated. It's hilarious to see his "apology," especially after seeing all his tweets after the backlash hit where he basically defended what he said.
    That's pretty much what I was going with. If he was sincerely sorry, he would have issued an apology before he was even suspended.
  • sherm03
    Azubuike24;1347418 wrote:From a pop culture perspective, this guy got really screwed over by the timing of the CT shooting.
    Wait. What?
  • thavoice
    Azubuike24;1347418 wrote:From a pop culture perspective, this guy got really screwed over by the timing of the CT shooting.

    Before this, nobody knew who he was or cared what he said, but at least he had a job at ESPN. Now, nobody knows his name or cares what he says, but they do know him as "the guy who made the racist RGIII comments" and he is probably 100% done at ESPN.
    eh, if anything he was "lucky" he said it now....if there was any time that it COULD possibly have slipped under the radar it is now in a time when people were trying to wrap their heads around what a sicko did.
  • Azubuike24
    I was being somewhat faceteous. What I meant what he's a nobody. If you've heard him before these comments, it's clear he was a bafoon anyway. All this did was take the only thing he'll ever be somewhat notorious for and make it forgettable.
  • Little Danny
    Rob Parker's comments were out of line and he deserved to get canned. That being said, ESPN is partially culpable here. ESPN knew his views when they hired him. Stephen A. Smith always portrays the Angry Black Man. Going back years ago, the knew where Rush Limbaugh was going to go as well. In short, ESPN has always hired a bunch of race baiters simply because they know the topic drives ratings. IMO, if there would have been no backlash on Limabugh (and now Parker) they would have continued to push the envelope.