Should OU suspend basketball players for useing "N" word on national TV?

RidgeHunter · Mar 24, 2015

KOPBET said:
If it's OK for black folk to use that word without consequence then it shouldn't be so shocking or offensive when others use it.

It's not offensive when other people use "that word". I'm white and I have used it many times to many different audiences. You're being intellectually dishonest.

OU frat boys could have looked into the camera and said "that word" 10 times in a row without any other context and they'd still be on campus.

KOPBET · Mar 24, 2015

Thank you for that well-reasoned explanation.

Okie4570 · Mar 24, 2015

What percentage of black men and women, will really say it's ok for a non black person to use that word if it's in the right context? I think the percentage would be extremely low.

JD8 · Mar 24, 2015

KOPBET said:
If it's OK for black folk to use that word without consequence then it shouldn't be so shocking or offensive when others use it.

Maybe.... just maybe... it was that whole hang em from the tree bit after the word?

donner · Mar 24, 2015

GMThunder said:
Maybe.... just maybe... it was that whole hang em from the tree bit after the word?

well, there is that

KOPBET · Mar 24, 2015

GMThunder said:
Maybe.... just maybe... it was that whole hang em from the tree bit after the word?

I don't recall the basketball players say anything about that, do you?

Glocktogo · Mar 24, 2015

RidgeHunter said:
What was the context?

"****, I think I'm gonna die if I dont eat soon." and "eat **** and die, *******" convey very different things.

The context was speaking out loud on national TV, as a representative of the University of Oklahoma. If the OU President has no comment on the matter, then it's a tacit admission that OU condones a double standard regarding offensive language.

It really is that simple.

RidgeHunter said:
It's not offensive when other people use "that word". I'm white and I have used it many times to many different audiences. You're being intellectually dishonest.

OU frat boys could have looked into the camera and said "that word" 10 times in a row without any other context and they'd still be on campus.

I disagree. They'd be just as gone, or at the very least suspended for a semester. If you think "that word" is acceptable to be used by a white person, then you haven't seen how utterly histrionic our society has become about PC speech, perceived bias and slights.

TedKennedy · Mar 24, 2015

They should all be suspended, and banned from ever playing ball again.

I know I cried myself to sleep for many nights after the SAE video came out, and this has reopened the wound.

Okie4570 · Mar 24, 2015

Is there a link or story about this yet? I've searched to no avail.

dennishoddy · Mar 24, 2015

Okie4570 said:
Is there a link or story about this yet? I've searched to no avail.

I saw the report on KFOR at the noon news broadcast yesterday

Should OU suspend basketball players for useing "N" word on national TV?

RidgeHunter

Sharpshooter

KOPBET

Duck of Death

Okie4570

Sharpshooter

JD8

Sharpshooter

donner

Sharpshooter

KOPBET

Duck of Death

Glocktogo

Sharpshooter

TedKennedy

Sharpshooter

Okie4570

Sharpshooter

dennishoddy

Sharpshooter

Similar threads

Latest posts

Should OU suspend basketball players for useing "N" word on national TV?

Sharpshooter

Duck of Death

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Duck of Death

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Similar threads

Join the conversation!

Join today and get all the highlights of this community direct to your inbox. It's FREE!