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Originally posted by ChuckElias
The difference, I think, is that the author is not making any accusation at all against the officials based on classism or on where they live. The author is merely suggesting that if the coach had said, "They had more financial resources because of their economic status and that allowed them to prepare better than we did", then nobody would've batted an eye.
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That is interesting.
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Because that's probably true. It's not necessarily right, but it's true. The accusation of racism, however, is completely different and is probably NOT true, merely inflammatory.
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So accusations of racism are never true? I will have to keep that in mind the next time I experience something or someone tells me about their experiences. Of course racial accusation cannot ever be true. I guess all the claims of racism in the L.A. Police Department were not true either. Remember those were just accusations at one time until the world saw the Rodney King.
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
The author is not suggesting that the officials were biased against this non-Catholic team. Maybe that's where some misunderstanding developed. JMO
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It is obvious that the author was not suggesting these guys were against non-Catholics. If that is what you read into my statements you did not really read them. I never suggested that was a valid criticism. What I said was an accusation of racism is no different than saying someone was bias against an inner-city team. First of all it is hard to prove. Secondly, to say an official is against inner-city teams is just like saying you are racist. I do not know too many "inner-city" schools that are all white teams. First of all we do not need to talk in code. If someone feels that someone is racist, that is what they have the right to say. I can tell you that if that accusation is made in certain school district, no one is going to talk about how sickened they are by reading those comments (it happen here).
Peace