Chanting "USA" is now racist
 

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highsc...123930890.html


Nevermind the other team was chanting "Alamo Whites".

I've heard it chanted at games when the player is from Puerto Rico.

Race can be defined as poltical borders...so yes...it is racist. And who gives a shit. Don't be affraid to be called a racist because ever person is one.

Off to the DC in 3.....2......1....

I waffled.

Nothing wrong with saying "USA" when you live in the USA...Anyone that has a problem with it can get the **** out of our country.

Kids being stupid kids. I'm glad their coach stood up to his fans/kids. They was a positive message he sent them. I think it's a little strict to ban the students from the championship game, though.

If chanting "USA!" is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

only white people can be racist. erra-body know dat!

I was walking downtown yesterday when I saw a pedestrian get hit by a car. I immediately ran to the scene of the accident, and instead of rendering aid, I chanted "ECW, ECW, ECW!"

The USA chant sucks, lets be real

Love it or leave it, man.

What about "SEC! SEC! SEC!"?

Of course not, but in this case its all about intent.


These kids were just being stupid, but it was definately offensive. IN no way did the kids who chanted this think they were being patriotic.

Big TEN! Big TEN! Big TEN!
has a better ring to it. #1 basketball conference this year! BWAAAAHAHAHAH! Go BLUE!

Yet not a single team in the top 5. Let's see where things shake out in April.

This is the same stupid ****ing city that has the Mexican national soccer team on billboards for Miller Lite right outside Lackland Air Force base.

The only good thing that came out of San Antonio was meeting my wife. Otherwise, I hate that goddamn city.

*Ahem*

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Of course it's racist, in that context. Chanting 'USA!' because your team's opponents are Hispanic (American citizens, but nonwhite)? The chant's obvious implication was "We belong here, you don't." Which is terrible.

Surely high school students at a sporting event wouldn't have baser reasons than displaying a jolly and patriotic disposition towards this great country.

CONFERENCE! not TEAM.
5 in the top 25. over half of the conference will be in the tournament.
I'm so sure you've not heard ANYONE say ANYTHING about the Big Ten being the best bball conference this year. :spock:

at a quick glance I see two SEC's in the top 25.

we'll see...

USA! USA! USA!

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Hispanic isn't a race.

I don't it that way at all. It's certainly pro-American, but I don't see the racism.

Maybe it was a gracious attempt to bring unity? They'd just handed a bitter defeat to the other school, but they were saying despite our differences, we're all USA!!!

FWIW, I think the coach of the white USA team did a good job by standing up and telling his kids to stop though, since it could be taken the wrong way by the hispanic USA team.

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They weren't booing. They were saying "boo-urns!"

I ignore most of the drivel you post, but to this I say:

**** YOU, **** YOU, **** YOU

What? They weren't chanting, "COME MOW MY LAWN!" or something like that that would certainly be derogatory.

ok I have to admit the Mizzou chant... na na na HEY!!!! YOU SUCK. Is pretty funny. It has that laid back like Heyyyyy you suck accent that Missourah people have.

Hold on. Why would a simple request offering reasonable employment to a high school student, who probably needs the money, be derogatory? A lot of high school students are looking for lawn mowing jobs /patteeu

Where do they hang the banners for being called "the best bball conference this year"???

Can you be more wrong dude? These types of post are just absolutely reeruned.

And this is getting insane.

I would try to turn this into another divinely awesome troll thread, but there aren't enough drunk veterans around at this time of day.

Anything is a race.

Hey, n00b. Its a political topic and does not belong here.

Chanting "USA USA USA" is always done by a bunch of nationalistic clowns.

Thank God the trend has mostly died out over the years.

The funniest is when some loser tries to start the "USA USA USA" chant and no one follows suit. LMAO

Why did the coach put a stop to it real quick then if they were just showing love of country?

I would imagine so as not to anger whatever anti-Americans were in the area.

you look like one.
you act like one.
why not SMELL like one!
DOUCHE!!!!
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It's a current events story about sporting event etiquette. It could only be a more perfect fit for the Lounge if it was about the Chiefs or their new QB Peyton Manning.

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At first, I thought this was stupid. The chant is usually a way of showing patriotism, and it's hard to come up with a scenario where it wouldn't be appropriate at a sporting event.

However, the purpose of the chant seemed to be implying that the opposing team's players were not American. That's clearly pretty shitty.

heh not surprised that dildo and patty have already made it in and tried to claim not racist.

Yeah, what they did was racist. Funny? Possibly. Racist? 100%

You save that chant for international events. HS bball game is not one.
Use your HS chant.

The reverse would be just as dumb if the latino majority chanted mexico.

Sure. Please explain how it is racist and we'll go from there.

You'd have to understand what "race" means in this context first.

San Antonio would be a great place for a year-long INS sweep. Set up the world's biggest trebuchet and fling every illegal they find back across the border.

You're wasting your time.

I just presented an alternate possibility. I wasn't there so it's hard for me to judge the intent of the chanters.

race thread almost complete. where's otter's angry racist ass at?

peyton manning

I don't see how it's racist, but it is incredibly stupid.

Whatever. It was their country first and now they're just taking it back. Personally I love it. All the best cooks in the restaurants I go to are Mexican. They are the best at so many things. I love that Mexicans are part of our society. I don't understand why white people are so nuts about immigrants. You think that house you live in built itself?

A territory of the US.

NOT RACIST...

Calling it racist is a little fuzzy to me, but it's certainly unsportsmanlike.

Probably so.

For kc native? Pretty much any slight that is perceived against people of Hispanic ancestry is immediately deemed racist.

If I make a comment about Mexican immigrants lining up at Home Depot to do day labor, I'm a racist.

I've nothing against legal immigrants.

Its the fact they were mocking his country. It was not saying the term usa is racist. Stop trying to stir shit up.

Indeed.

well in CA (where there are highly latino populations) you'll get in trouble in schools for wearing clothing w/ american flags on it. un-****ing-believeable.

No, I mean that there is a problem with the term "race". It means "group". That's it. Nothing else. There is no scientific basis for the term in this context. It's pseudoscience that was created to excuse bigotry.

I'll tell you what, dumbass. Find the nearest Native American, give him your house/condo/apartment, and then go back to Europe. After all, it rightfully belongs to him, because he was here first.

And I love the whole "Mexicans are awesome - I love it when they cook my food" bit. LMAO

completely false, but you can live in whatever reality you want.

Maybe this guy just walked into the gym?

LMAO

completely different cultural dynamic in texas than colorado. San Antonio is predominanty Hispanic. When a predominantly white school is chanting that towards a predominanty Hispanic school, it's a sarcastic way to call them illegals without using racial slurs.

Really? I have met very few mayan/inca mexicans. Most of them are spanish..

Hey douche, I was stating he's wrong about it being moved. Context clues. :shake:

most are a mix.

You can cook my food but I'm not really into Big Macs.

Sorry to say everyones a little racist wheater they want to admit it or not.

Yeah, in the same way that those of European ancestry are. Way too many cultures in the same geographical area over a long period of time to really nail it down well.

It's weird how context matters all the time. It's like how words work. They're just a bunch of numerals, but they add up to mean something more than the sum of its parts.

mexcan americans go to night school and take spanish and get a B

I chant big 12 big 12 big 12 because we rule.