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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
I know what Aliu said, thanks.
And yes, I believe it is absolutely a possibility that is how it was intended. But just because people intend something one way, doesn't mean others take it that way.
I am not saying Peters isn't racist, nor will I say he is. I'm saying with 1 quote that can easily mean something different than how Aliu took it, it's not enough information to state he is a racist.
I'm not sure what your background is, or what you have experienced in your lifetime, but you do come off across as extremely jaded on this subject.
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Well, I don't think it can "easily" mean something else. The entire explanation is incoherent. Why would someone who finds the word "N#####" so offensive and upsetting that he has to angrily and publicly ban hip hop music (or at least hip hop music that uses that word) from the dressing room, by berating the only black person in the room (incidentally, the one person who might legitimately be offended or hurt by that word), then needlessly and gratuitously use that same offensive and upsetting word towards the only black person in the room (incidentally, the one person who might legitimately be offended or hurt by that word)? How does that make any sense? Or am I crazy?
I hope I don't come across as extremely jaded on this subject. I have tried to express, several times, sympathy for Bill Peters and the sincere hope that he can put all of this behind him. I do have a black wife and a mixed race young son. Maybe that affects how I look at these things? I suspect it does. In my professional life, I also give advice/litigate workplace issues like this from time to time. That probably affects how I look at these things too.