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Originally posted by rainmaker
Jeff and BZ -- Different situations will require different treatments. The best way to handle a situation variies from ref to ref, from player to player, and from city to city. And from season to season. We tend to think of America as one big culture, but it's not so. There are many many nuances of culture from place to place and even within a certain locale from one group to another. What's important isn't that we all handle it in a single way, but that we all agree that it needs handling and that it needs careful attention.
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Juulie, I agree with you. That is my whole point. I am an African-American and I have probably dealt with more of these situations than most here. It is very rare that I work a game where everyone in the stands and on the floor look just like me. So I have had to deal with many situations that are based on race and coaches and players that imply and complain that are getting screwed or not getting help because of the race of me and my partners. I never tolerate those kinds of accusations, but I do not and cannot T every situation that takes place with that kind of insinuation. If I did, I would not go one game without a T.
Peace