Deadspin really stepped in it this time

[swingline]

Well, they're trying to get out of it.

Deadspin Walks Back Article Accusing Chiefs Fan of Wearing Blackface: 'We Regret Any Suggestion That We Were Attacking the Fan'

We called the kid racist, but not racist racist.

 

[maumann]

I came on here expecting the "That's Racist!" meme and am sorely disappointed. So here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.

.

 

[jr/shotglass]

This is the money shot. And he's absolutely right.

I no longer patronize sports entertainment or journalism like I used to because of people like Carron Phillips who claim the title of sports journalist while their purpose is to find — or manufacture — social ills.

 

[Azrael]

This is the money shot. And he's absolutely right.

If the headdress and certain face paints are a "manufactured ill," why did the Chiefs ban them?

https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-ban-headdresses-at-arrowhead-stadium-as-part-of-new-policies

I'm not defending the original piece, but - as always - it's more complicated than the NY Post would have us believe.

 

[jr/shotglass]

There's nothing complicated about Carron J. Phillips and his race-baiting ways.

 

[wicked]

As a white guy I wanna be like, let's not single out every microaggression, like a 5-year-old kid who has no context clues for what he's wearing sporting a Chiefs headdress.

Then again, I'm a fat, balding 40-something white guy. That's easy for me to think.

 

[Azrael]

There's nothing complicated about Carron J. Phillips and his race-baiting ways.

Not always sure what's meant by "race-baiting."

https://thehill.com/regulation/cour...-ag-denounces-trump-comments-as-race-baiting/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-base-strategy-is-now-evident-its-big-gamble/

Urban Dictionary: Race-baiting

race-baiting

Definition of RACE-BAITING

 

[jr/shotglass]

As a white guy I wanna be like, let's not single out every microaggression, like a 5-year-old kid who has no context clues for what he's wearing sporting a Chiefs headdress.

Then again, I'm a fat, balding 40-something white guy. That's easy for me to think.

wicked, it's just as easy for Phillips to start writing something like that, stop and think rationally, "Hey, maybe I've tapped into my angry social warrior persona enough this month. I don't want to become a caricature."

 

[wicked]

If you're a one-note singer, you run with what ya brung. I agree with this, though, develop the repertoire a little.

Also see what I said above about being a fat, middle-aged white guy who doesn't know how others feel.