Mark Cuban getting some heat

• Manhattan Buckeye

  ^^^
  
  You wear an eyepatch? That's freaking awesome!
• steubbigred

  No big deal about what he said. The PC police will hang him anyway.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;1619186 wrote:^^^
  
  You wear an eyepatch? That's freaking awesome!

  
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Hell, I didn't know. I've never seen Belly post a photo of himself.
• HitsRus

  

  ^^^^boy, if I saw that coming at me, I'd cross the street or turn the other way for sure....
• rmolin73

  

  sleeper;1619180 wrote:What they mean about 'an honest discussion about race' is "How do we give minorities more free stuff so that they think can compete with white people?".

  The ones that get the free stuff aren't competing lol. They are just fooled into thinking they are. There are bigots in every race it's about time some of them stop being coddled.
• sportchampps

  My favorite thing I heard yesterday was Colin Cowherd saying that Cuban compared young black men in hoodies to skinheads. Cowherd is proving Cubans point exactly. All Mark Cuban said was a bald white guy with tattoos and Cowherd thinks any bald white man with tattoos is a skinhead.
• vball10set

  sportchampps;1619224 wrote:My favorite thing I heard yesterday was Colin Cowherd saying that Cuban compared young black men in hoodies to skinheads. Cowherd is proving Cubans point exactly. All Mark Cuban said was a bald white guy with tattoos and Cowherd thinks any bald white man with tattoos is a skinhead.

  This.
• gut

  bigdaddy2003;1619174 wrote:Cuban said he would walk across the street if a big white guy with tattoos all over his face was walking towards him. .

  Didn't he actually say he would cross back over? So he would actually prefer to encounter the hoodie than tattoo face? I might have to agree with him there.
  
  The simple fact is groups of young males dressed poorly are someone to avoid, just like homeless/disheveled/drunk/drugged people are. That's just basic common sense as such people commit most street crimes.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  I actually have some faith in the USA with all of the backlash that is happening. He shouldn't have apologized at all...and Huffington Post/MSNBC is getting hammered.
• gut

  The real stereotype/bigotry here is that groups of poor teens commit a hugely disproportionate number of crimes...blacks are disproportionately poor - which I believe is a fact, not racism.
  
  It's profiling...a difficult issue for police, but not racism and no harm from an individual practicing it to the extent they cross the street.
• Midstate01

  

  I didn't take anything he said as being racist. To me it was about being uncomfortable.
  I'm not racist in any way, but I'd do the exact same thing he said. It's not because I'm racist, it's because it'd make me uncomfortable of my surroundings. There's nothing wrong with that.
  
  Nobody had a problem with being able to freak out if some Arabs were going to be on your flight...
  
  This is completely media driven.
• sleeper

  

  gut;1619237 wrote:The real stereotype/bigotry here is that groups of poor teens commit a hugely disproportionate number of crimes...blacks are disproportionately poor - which I believe is a fact, not racism.

  Blacks are only poor because white people are racist and keep them poor.
• gut

  Midstate01;1619238 wrote:To me it was about being uncomfortable.

  Time and place is also a huge factor. I'm far less leery at the mall, game, at the beach, etc....very different if I'm lost in poor area I don't know.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Steven A. had a good statement, IMO.
• Midstate01

  

  gut;1619241 wrote:Time and place is also a huge factor. I'm far less leery at the mall, game, at the beach, etc....very different if I'm lost in poor area I don't know.

  Agreed. Or like here on base, I never see a white person or Hispanic person and move away or feel uncomfortable. But downtown columbus, cancun mexico, yea I might move away from someone..
• sleeper

  

  rmolin73;1619213 wrote:The ones that get the free stuff aren't competing lol. They are just fooled into thinking they are. There are bigots in every race it's about time some of them stop being coddled.

  My comment was more tongue in cheek.
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Prime example of the media going nuts with racism.
  
  http://deadspin.com/boston-hockey-twitter-not-as-racist-as-made-out-to-be-1580699526
• cruiser_96

  

  Not one gif giving the "That's racist" statement. Come on, guys!
• Midstate01

  

  
• iclfan2

  

  He apologized like a douche. Martin was a pos and Mark shouldn't have given in to this PC garbage. He's a freaking billionaire. Absurd and he should be embarrassed
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Stephen A with a good speech. http://allenbwest.com/2014/05/mark-cuban-steven-smith-dirty-little-secret-blacks-racism/