While I agree. If you say nobody leaves the ship, now days they could see that as being racist toward bringing Africans over to be slaves. So in fact you would now be racist for saying that.
Does Creighton's McDermott Keep His Job?
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While I agree. If you say nobody leaves the ship, now days they could see that as being racist toward bringing Africans over to be slaves. So in fact you would now be racist for saying that.
He'll get canned if he has said/done other things to upset players in the past and they come forward with more information. If they (current/former players) don't say anything soon, he'll keep his job.
Very poor choice of words to use and he's got to be smarter than that being a major figure-head at Creighton. He really said a horrible/dumb thing to his team.
Good on him apologizing right away, acknowledging it was a really stupid thing for him to say. Didn't sugar coat anything either, he owned up to it.
Very poor choice of words to use and he's got to be smarter than that being a major figure-head at Creighton. He really said a horrible/dumb thing to his team.
Good on him apologizing right away, acknowledging it was a really stupid thing for him to say. Didn't sugar coat anything either, he owned up to it.
I guess agree to disagree. I think his intent does matter.
I guess what I look to is his players and others present. If they accept an apology and believe it was not ill-intentioned that's good enough for me.
Try again.You’re always just one small step from figuring it out and I don’t want to just give you the answers. That won’t help.
Slaves came to America on ships, did all ships carry slaves? See where this is going? Now do plantations and reservations.
That's exactly what I was saying. No not all plantations had slaves, not all ships had slaves. So basically I am right. No matter what you can accuse someone of being a racist. They still have plantations in the south. It's basically almost a southern word for Farm.
It shouldn't matter what anyone on this site or the twitter mob thinks about any of this. He said it to the players. It sounds like he either immediately caught his own mistake or one of the players pointed it out to him. Either way, they are the ones that know whether his apology was sincere or if it was manufactured. If it was sincere - which it appears that it was by all accounts so far - then lesson learned and life goes on.
Yeah I don't know where you are going with this. The point is a lot of things can come off as racist if they get interpreted that way. McDermott made a statement and everyone knows he didn't mean anything racist by it.
He shouldnt lose his job. There are still plantations in the world, and anyone who took it as a slave reference is too sensitive. He apologized and its over. Not a big deal, and he probably should have said something different. I dont even think it should have made news.
If McDermott gets fired over this and Ferentz continues to keep his job it would truly be a travesty.
Go tell a bunch of black dudes that they should go work on a plantation. See how that goes for you while you’re trying to explain that there are still plantations today and they shouldn’t be so sensitive.
it’s not up to white people to decide if it’s a big deal.
A Creighton assistant coach was bothered by it.
Should he have said it, no, should he lose his job, no. When people get mad and frustrated they screw up the words sometimes. A brain fart. He apologized, move on.
This I truly don't understand. Firing McDermott actually being considered for using a very objectionable word twice with not other issues in 10+ years. Ferentz safe despite 22+ years of documented objectionable behavior and tacit support of racism.
If they worked on a plantation, I am sure they would be sensitive. I don't personally know any "black dudes" that have worked on a plantation or farm (either or). But I appreciate your suggestion....thanks!
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