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My father is black. My mother is white. I know how race can play into many, many things in life. But I also think there are times when people grasp onto race as being the cause of a problem when it is not - and in my personal opinion, this fight is one of those times. I think real problem here is fans and players feeling entitled to do whatever they please and expect to get away with it. I think Stern's punishments were supposed to be a reality check to the entire league that players cannot.
I have a problem with Whitlock saying that blacks and whites have different types of sportsmanship. I've officiated at black schools and white schools and mixed schools and haven't seen a difference in sportsmanship. In my experience, most high school kids act similarly regardless of race. The problem with NBA players is because they act however they please without thinking about it. Whitlock attributing all these sportsmanship problems to race is what bothers me.
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Tue Nov 23, 2004, 07:14pm
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