The rationale is that complimenting someone on their ability to string multiple sentences together is racist because it implies that most basketball Americans aren't articulate.
That said, most basketball Americans are indeed incapable of doing that very thing.
These Americans are so entrenched in sanctimony that a mere allusion to a person of colour being proficient in English or eloquent is something to be condemned as racist. They are victims of their own preconceptions as well as racist people who're under the misconception POCs are intellectually inferior.
The implication of their cynicism is also racist. They're presupposing articulate was deliberately used as a derogatory term for black people to create a didactic narrative should any unassuming POC require guidance from politically expedient Mayos.
From my perspective, their perception of the word is untenable. Innocuous euphemisms or colloquial terms are not inherently racist and only ascribed racial connotations like r/politics so ardently conjures up are sustained through their histrionics.
I'm Romani. People are patronising when they make observations about my English--usually negative--but the connotations of being a duplicitous, uneducated gypsy are not insinuated through comments of my language skills.
Americans are predisposed to implying everything is racist. And they'll employ sophistry to emerge triumphant in the purportedly virtuous quest for equality.
These Americans are so entrenched in sanctimony that a mere allusion to a person of colour being proficient in English or eloquent is something to be condemned as racist. They are victims of their own preconceptions as well as racist people who're under the misconception POCs are intellectually inferior.
The implication of their cynicism is also racist. They're presupposing articulate was deliberately used as a derogatory term for black people to create a didactic narrative should any unassuming POC require guidance from politically expedient Mayos.
From my perspective, their perception of the word is untenable. Innocuous euphemisms or colloquial terms are not inherently racist and only ascribed racial connotations like r/politics so ardently conjures up and sustained through their histrionics. They're imperatives for points of contention and exacerbating racial relationships; I refuse to believe such insidious tactics are used to racial reconciliation when all they do is exude contempt.
I'm Romani. People are patronising when they make observations about my English--usually negative--but the connotations of being a duplicitous, uneducated gypsy are not insinuated through comments of my language skills.
Americans are predisposed to implying everything is racist. And they'll employ sophistry to emerge triumphant in the purportedly virtuous quest for equality.
Calling a black politician articulate is racist, yes. I'd be more inclined to give this guy the benefit of the doubt if he didn't say voting for the black dude would "monkey things up".
I don't know, are you arguing for the position that politicians mean something other than "sure, he knows a few big words unlike the other blacks" when they reach for "articulate" as the go-to compliment for a black politician?
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1 SizeOfThisLad 2018-08-29
The rationale is that complimenting someone on their ability to string multiple sentences together is racist because it implies that most basketball Americans aren't articulate.
That said, most basketball Americans are indeed incapable of doing that very thing.
1 llapingachos 2018-08-29
Black people are the definition of articulate. The gift of gab is real. The majority of American slang was invented by either the blacks or the Irish.
1 mgtow_idgaf 2018-08-29
I love Blackilicious
1 JumbledFun 2018-08-29
It's the same when you dumb necks whine about NBA commentators saying a white guy is "deceptively athletic."
1 I_love_racist_jokes 2018-08-29
He's a real scrappy gym rat. First to enter, last to leave. Gets by on his basketball IQ. Amirite Erneh
1 hyledog 2018-08-29
Really good fundamentals, and you can tell he works on his 3s.
1 headasplodes 2018-08-29
Tfw you're illiterate so you think this is the same thing as when racists apparently call negroes articulate
1 VelvetDreamers 2018-08-29
These Americans are so entrenched in sanctimony that a mere allusion to a person of colour being proficient in English or eloquent is something to be condemned as racist. They are victims of their own preconceptions as well as racist people who're under the misconception POCs are intellectually inferior.
The implication of their cynicism is also racist. They're presupposing articulate was deliberately used as a derogatory term for black people to create a didactic narrative should any unassuming POC require guidance from politically expedient Mayos.
From my perspective, their perception of the word is untenable. Innocuous euphemisms or colloquial terms are not inherently racist and only ascribed racial connotations like r/politics so ardently conjures up are sustained through their histrionics.
I'm Romani. People are patronising when they make observations about my English--usually negative--but the connotations of being a duplicitous, uneducated gypsy are not insinuated through comments of my language skills.
Americans are predisposed to implying everything is racist. And they'll employ sophistry to emerge triumphant in the purportedly virtuous quest for equality.
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1 VelvetDreamers 2018-08-29
Yup. I don't discriminate between Mayos; mayocide is the inevitable for you all.
1 SlackBabo 2018-08-29
Is this pasta?
1 VelvetDreamers 2018-08-29
No, I was demoted from pasta chief to salad preparer.
1 nmx179 2018-08-29
Complimenting the rare competent shitskin is racist because it reminds all the other shitskins how inept they are.
1 GuillotinesNOW 2018-08-29
You're surprisingly articulate for a palefaced subhuman.
1 Tony49UK 2018-08-29
Obama: "It's not just Republicans who have monkeyed around with elections in the past, sometimes Democrats have to".
1 ToasterParodyAccount 2018-08-29
Calling a black politician articulate is racist, yes. I'd be more inclined to give this guy the benefit of the doubt if he didn't say voting for the black dude would "monkey things up".
1 HateSpeechWarning 2018-08-29
What level of irony is this comment?
1 ToasterParodyAccount 2018-08-29
I don't know, are you arguing for the position that politicians mean something other than "sure, he knows a few big words unlike the other blacks" when they reach for "articulate" as the go-to compliment for a black politician?
1 HateSpeechWarning 2018-08-29
Your name Armstrong? Because that's a huge stretch. You're insinuating all black people talk jive.
1 ToasterParodyAccount 2018-08-29
I'm assuming that is what he is thinking. Which is to say I'm assuming he is racist.
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1 llapingachos 2018-08-29
this is a classic chris rock bit. how is this guy dumb enough to fall into two of the oldest cracker traps in the book?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DePjG71zttQ