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jimotis4heisman;752364; said:i never understood racism in the workplace or on a team. dont you want to be the best? dont you want to win/get the contract etc? i never got it. i could see how maybe stuff happens in social situations i guess. but i never ever understood it in a competitive situation...
OSUsushichic;752152; said:The number of people who thought Hardaway's comments were OK is appalling. :(
ok youre right. discrimination? is that the proper word? i realize now aftertyping that racism isnt the right word.Are you talking about racism here? In case you didn't know, both these guys are black.
bassbuckeye07;752367; said:Ive been waiting for an athlete to step up and say somthing like. I dont mind if he's gay if he gets 12 9 and 5...or.... if he gets me the ball I dont care about his sexual orientation. If you get the job done you get the job done.
Sky;752383; said:I missed this...could you explain?
Sky;752382; said:The majority of posts in this thread follow the "lets protect gay people" attitude but lets consider another issue here. Working with a gay person is a lot different than playing on a team with a gay person.
Most of us go to work and at the end of the day we leave our coworkers behind. We don't have to hang out with them, we don't have to shower with them, hell, we don't even have to ride home with them. But a sports team (and especially a pro sports team) is a lot different. You have to travel, eat, attend meetings, practice, make promotional appearances, etc... with your teammates. So whether or not you like them, you are forced to spend a lot more time with them. They can't ask for a cube on the other side of the office or avoid the water fountain if they don't like a certain person.
Just like Amanachi has every right to be gay, Hardaway has every right to hate gays. And while most of you think he is wrong, I think a lot of us would second guess our opinion if we were on a team with an openly gay athlete. Guys, they don't let us shower with women for a reason.
I believe it's a privacy issue when nudity is involved, similar to why guys & gals don't share locker rooms.OSUsushichic;752405; said:So, why wouldn't you want to be in a locker room with gay people? Are they some kind of communicable disease? Are you afraid they're going to hit on you? So many people have this idea that gays are going to come onto them or somehow "threaten" their "manhood." It's such bullshit. If you think this, then you obviously have never been around gay people.