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Originally Posted by Point Blank
Again, no one is saying it isn't race based. But even if it is, so what? Is it offensive or harmful in any way? I highly hope that society hasn't become so sensitive to think that it is.
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I don't really want to derail the thread, but I'm not sure what to say if you can't see it is reductive to identify and relate to someone first and foremost through their race. I'm not advocating colour-blindness, but do you not think it is somewhat unfair to Ho-Sang to be critiqued in basketball terms when he doesn't and has never played basketball? Is this happening to other prospects where they're communicated to by way of racial stereotypes?
I don't really know what you mean by 'harmful'. Again, I really don't think it's a big deal and not 'harmful' in the broad scale of things, but I do think it is somewhat unfair and inappropriate. Moreover, people should be aspiring to do better in their dealings with each other (in particular with young people), rather than simply saying "meh, I'm not going to question myself on this one, because I don't think it's a big deal".
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Originally Posted by Point Blank
Lots of Swedish prospects get compared to Swedish players in the past, same goes for Russians and Finns even when there are likely better comparisons that aren't from the same country.
Although I understand comparing Ho-Sang to other black players likely just because of their skin color is sillier than comparing players from the same country, still, if that is offensive then everytime a Swedish prospect gets compared to a Swedish player, it should be slightly offensive as well.
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Swedish isn't a race so your analogy doesn't hold. Canadian system prospects get compared to Canadian players, so it's consistent to compare Swedish system prospects to Swedish players. By your own reasoning, Canadian prospect Ho-Sang is getting the sort end of the stick here when he's compared only to other black players, as opposed to Canadian players generally, no?