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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I don't care if Aliu is a 'punk' - you can't use N-bombs to dress him down a) at all and b) especially not in front of his teammates to humiliate him.
I understand not liking rap music. I understand not being comfortable with words. But someone who's simply uncomfortable with it doesn't do what Peters did to Aliu.
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Agreed. Under no circumstances is this professionally or socially acceptable.
He should've merely told Aliu to turn off the music or wear headphones, instead of trying to shock him by quoting lyrics from the song in question.
If someone was playing the infamous Chris Rock "black people vs n-----s" bit on repeat in the dressing room, and someone lost their cool and said, "I'm sick of that n----- bit, turn that n----- bit off!" That would be the stupidest way to address it, and easily the most offensive way to describe the bit. That clearly can be explained with ignorance, and less malice.
But it's very easy to see how the takeaway could be three fold:
1. n----- bit refers to the bit using the word n----- so much
2. n----- bit refers callously to the comedian telling the bit
3. n----- bit refers to the person playing the bit in the first place
From the letter, BP wants us to believe it was 1. Aliu's tweets make it seem he took it as 3. Most people on social media are taking it as 2 or 3, and reacting as if it was 4.... "turn off that bit, n-----"