ark Hasiuk, a columnist with the Vancouver Courier, wrote a rather interesting (and by interesting, we mean, racist and offensive) column the other day, saying the NBA is "ghetto" in a "gutter" and run by a money-hungry David Stern, who is cashing on the black players of the league.
Players whom Hasiuk describes as to "wear saggy shorts, roll in posses and cuss on camera."
One would think that's enough insensitive and hate, but no, Hasiuk, who thinks hip-hop has long been dead, characterize the culture as "flamboyant chauvinism, jailhouse lingo, black ink tattoos".
We hear you asking. Yes, Hasiuk is white.
We honestly don't know what to think. Racial stereotypes and racism are alive and well, even in the most welcoming of places, Canada.
Yes, we can, Canada. Yes, we can! Learn it!
Players whom Hasiuk describes as to "wear saggy shorts, roll in posses and cuss on camera."
According to a New York Times report, more than 70 per cent of black American children are born out of wedlock. Most NBA players hail from poor neighbourhoods--and despite token college careers--graduate from broken public school systems. They are often ill-equipped to handle multi-million-dollar contracts, or the expectations of a community desperate for positive male role models. To be fair, the NBA, like other professional sports leagues, is a business. And it's not responsible for the endemic problems of black America. But considering basketball's influence on black popular culture, the NBA has a responsibility to produce a "positive" product, not the ghetto garbage we see today.
One would think that's enough insensitive and hate, but no, Hasiuk, who thinks hip-hop has long been dead, characterize the culture as "flamboyant chauvinism, jailhouse lingo, black ink tattoos".
We hear you asking. Yes, Hasiuk is white.
We honestly don't know what to think. Racial stereotypes and racism are alive and well, even in the most welcoming of places, Canada.
Yes, we can, Canada. Yes, we can! Learn it!
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