Football ESPNs Rob Parker Says RG3 Not Black Enough - Page 10

ShowtimeSBMVP · 08:01 PM

ThaVirus · 12-15-2012, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Unless Mr. Parker has showered with Mr. Griffin, I don't think he's qualified to say whether or not Mr. Griffin is "black enough."

**Dylan** · 12-15-2012, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudy Was Offsides.

Yes I'm sure Dr. King would have loved for a white person to get to use this part of his speech every time he or she felt it convenient to turn a blind eye to race.

I don't spend time worrying about it. But, apparently Rob Parker does.

I'm hungry.

Crush · 12-15-2012, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudy Was Offsides.

Yes I'm sure Dr. King would have loved for a white person to get to use this part of his speech every time he or she felt it convenient to turn a blind eye to race.

Isn't the goal to turn a blind eye to race and judge everyone based on character instead of skin color?

CLX · 12-15-2012, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Rugby Thompson

Everyone on First Take is a racist. It's entertainment though, you can't deny that. Sooner or later, something even worse is going to happen on that show, I like it because it's one of the rare shows left on TV where you feel like someone is going to blow up and say something stupid and you know the producers are telling them to say it in they're ears. Stephen A, Skip, Parker, they're all puppets.

I wouldn't call it entertainment, I'd call it krap.

Setsuna · 12-15-2012, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Unless Mr. Parker has showered with Mr. Griffin, I don't think he's qualified to say whether or not Mr. Griffin is "black enough."

ThaVirus · 12-16-2012, 12:10 PM

I understand what this guy is trying to say, but its pretty much all around reeruned. My main issue with it is that its divisive and that's all that really needs to be said..

But to go a bit further, I also don't like it because it just seems so arbitrary. Ok, so he has braids in his hair and that makes him 'blacker' somehow? What if he had dreads? Would he be even more black? Would he be 'more black' for liking fried chicken and playing basketball? How about driving a Cadillac?

Does a Hispanic person not liking rice and beans make them 'less Hispanic'?

And to highlight the fact that he has a white fiance? That was his worst move, in my opinion. First of all, it basically makes it seem like you're against interracial dating/marriage, and secondly you sound like a complete idiot for commenting on someone else's feelings. Who gives a shit if he's gold and she's silver? If they love each other that should be all that matters..

Like I said, I understand what the guy is saying because I've seen that general line of thought in action before; but trying to grasp that type of mindset is tough because its so damn stupid. Be yourself; you don't have to be defined by some predetermined racial constructs.

It reminds me of the Dr. Seuss quote: "Today you are you. That's truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you"

KCWolfman · 12-16-2012, 12:18 PM

Proof that you can be a minority race and still be as big a racist bigot as a white male Klan member.

Valiant · 12-16-2012, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudy Was Offsides.

It can be perceived that way. Apparently Rob Parker thinks so. I don't think the issue is necessarily any one of those things, but its the fact that he apparently lacks oppositional traits--besides the braids, I guess.

Yet so many Blacks voted for the honky Obama and like Tiger Woods too now right??

**MahiMike** · 12-16-2012, 01:50 PM

I always knew there was a 'cause'. Do we have any cornball brotha's here that can explain it to us?

**MahiMike** · 12-16-2012, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by KCWolfman

Proof that you can be a minority race and still be as big a racist bigot as a white male Klan member.

Chris Rock is surprised by this comment...And Dave Chappell...and every other black comic.

KCWolfman · 12-16-2012, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MahiMike

Chris Rock is surprised by this comment...And Dave Chappell...and every other black comic.

Jamie Foxx isn't.

http://youtu.be/XNhPeAd4t-k

Molitoth · 12-16-2012, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Setsuna

. Nah just black. I don't call you a european american or a mexican american or a south american american do I? That's bullcrap.

I can't stand it when people refer to blacks as African-American. I don't know why this term has been accepted as the politically correct way to refer to someone's skin tone. The majority of blacks in America are not from Africa.

IMO if you are going to refer to someone as their skin color, at least call them "browns".... because nobody is "black" either. Granted, I am not White on the color palette.

ShowtimeSBMVP · 01-08-2013, 02:00 PM

ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk

ESPN fires Rob Parker http://wp.me/p14QSB-6SM5

Rob Parker, the commentator who created controversy when he questioned whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is a “cornball brother” because he has a white fiancee, has been fired by ESPN.

“Rob Parker’s contract expired at year end. Evaluating our needs and his work, including his recent RGIII comments, we decided not to renew,” an ESPN spokesman said in a written statement.

ESPN can spin this as simply a decision not to renew his contract, rather than a firing, but the reality is that ESPN specifically stated on December 20 that Parker had been suspended for 30 days, and as of December 20, ESPN was expecting Parker back at the end of his 30-day suspension. (He made the comments on December 13, so a 30-day suspension from that date would have ended on January 12.)

So why did Parker’s discipline change from a 30-day suspension to termination? ESPN isn’t saying, but it may be that the network was unhappy with a recent interview Parker gave in which he said that ESPN knew what he was going to say on the air before he said it. In that interview, Parker also seemed to backtrack on his previous apology, complaining that people took his “cornball brother” statement out of context.

Parker has long been known for drawing attention to himself by stirring up controversy, and it’s unsurprising that he eventually took it too far and got himself fired. But ESPN is hardly blameless in all this: Parker made his comments on ESPN First Take, a show that celebrates provocation, and at first ESPN’s producers were so pleased with Parker’s comments about Griffin that the network re-aired the comments on Best of First Take. It was only later, after ESPN was criticized for airing the comments, that the network apologized.

And now, much later, ESPN has finally done what many viewers said it should have done from the beginning, and fired Parker.

AussieChiefsFan · 01-08-2013, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk

ESPN fires Rob Parker http://wp.me/p14QSB-6SM5

Rob Parker, the commentator who created controversy when he questioned whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is a “cornball brother” because he has a white fiancee, has been fired by ESPN.

“Rob Parker’s contract expired at year end. Evaluating our needs and his work, including his recent RGIII comments, we decided not to renew,” an ESPN spokesman said in a written statement.

ESPN can spin this as simply a decision not to renew his contract, rather than a firing, but the reality is that ESPN specifically stated on December 20 that Parker had been suspended for 30 days, and as of December 20, ESPN was expecting Parker back at the end of his 30-day suspension. (He made the comments on December 13, so a 30-day suspension from that date would have ended on January 12.)

So why did Parker’s discipline change from a 30-day suspension to termination? ESPN isn’t saying, but it may be that the network was unhappy with a recent interview Parker gave in which he said that ESPN knew what he was going to say on the air before he said it. In that interview, Parker also seemed to backtrack on his previous apology, complaining that people took his “cornball brother” statement out of context.

Parker has long been known for drawing attention to himself by stirring up controversy, and it’s unsurprising that he eventually took it too far and got himself fired. But ESPN is hardly blameless in all this: Parker made his comments on ESPN First Take, a show that celebrates provocation, and at first ESPN’s producers were so pleased with Parker’s comments about Griffin that the network re-aired the comments on Best of First Take. It was only later, after ESPN was criticized for airing the comments, that the network apologized.

And now, much later, ESPN has finally done what many viewers said it should have done from the beginning, and fired Parker.

Mother****erJones · 01-08-2013, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Setsuna

Was wondering why if youre a Jags fan, why you had Bray as QBOTF for KC

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ThaVirus You gotta kill a few people Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $1602369	I understand what this guy is trying to say, but its pretty much all around reeruned. My main issue with it is that its divisive and that's all that really needs to be said.. But to go a bit further, I also don't like it because it just seems so arbitrary. Ok, so he has braids in his hair and that makes him 'blacker' somehow? What if he had dreads? Would he be even more black? Would he be 'more black' for liking fried chicken and playing basketball? How about driving a Cadillac? Does a Hispanic person not liking rice and beans make them 'less Hispanic'? And to highlight the fact that he has a white fiance? That was his worst move, in my opinion. First of all, it basically makes it seem like you're against interracial dating/marriage, and secondly you sound like a complete idiot for commenting on someone else's feelings. Who gives a shit if he's gold and she's silver? If they love each other that should be all that matters.. Like I said, I understand what the guy is saying because I've seen that general line of thought in action before; but trying to grasp that type of mindset is tough because its so damn stupid. Be yourself; you don't have to be defined by some predetermined racial constructs. It reminds me of the Dr. Seuss quote: "Today you are you. That's truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you"
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01-08-2013, 02:00 PM	#148
ShowtimeSBMVP Chiefs Join Date: Feb 2009 Casino cash: $3406009	ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk ESPN fires Rob Parker http://wp.me/p14QSB-6SM5 Rob Parker, the commentator who created controversy when he questioned whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is a “cornball brother” because he has a white fiancee, has been fired by ESPN. “Rob Parker’s contract expired at year end. Evaluating our needs and his work, including his recent RGIII comments, we decided not to renew,” an ESPN spokesman said in a written statement. ESPN can spin this as simply a decision not to renew his contract, rather than a firing, but the reality is that ESPN specifically stated on December 20 that Parker had been suspended for 30 days, and as of December 20, ESPN was expecting Parker back at the end of his 30-day suspension. (He made the comments on December 13, so a 30-day suspension from that date would have ended on January 12.) So why did Parker’s discipline change from a 30-day suspension to termination? ESPN isn’t saying, but it may be that the network was unhappy with a recent interview Parker gave in which he said that ESPN knew what he was going to say on the air before he said it. In that interview, Parker also seemed to backtrack on his previous apology, complaining that people took his “cornball brother” statement out of context. Parker has long been known for drawing attention to himself by stirring up controversy, and it’s unsurprising that he eventually took it too far and got himself fired. But ESPN is hardly blameless in all this: Parker made his comments on ESPN First Take, a show that celebrates provocation, and at first ESPN’s producers were so pleased with Parker’s comments about Griffin that the network re-aired the comments on Best of First Take. It was only later, after ESPN was criticized for airing the comments, that the network apologized. And now, much later, ESPN has finally done what many viewers said it should have done from the beginning, and fired Parker.
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