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Originally Posted by Textcritic
...This is a case of shocking ignorance on Deynzer's part. He is not celebrating an icon. He is not appropriating a party theme. He is mocking and denigrating a guy he barely knows (Aliu only played ten games in Colorado), and he is doing so by exaggerating patently obvious and dehumanising racial stereotypes. It's pretty difficult to see this as misguided ignorant fun—it strikes me as cruel and hateful. On it's own, the picture is bad. In the context of what Aliu experienced and the story he tells about it, it is horrific.
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I agree with everything you are saying about Deynzer. He definitely should have known better in 2011 and should have lost his job then too. I should have articulated better that in both cases Peters and Deynzer did cross a line in my opinion that needed to be held accountable.
My point was that without this dialogue I don't know if I would have had the courage to stand up to either incidents at the time as a twenty year old. Reading about Aliu's experiences is important because it shows how crappy these types of incidents are and that they aren't just a joke. People that stand up for others or themselves are true heroes as it helps the cycle of ignorance to stop.
What is cannon blathering on about?