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CitizenBBN
08-22-2017, 10:08 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/22/espn-pulls-asian-american-announcer-from-virginia-football-game-because-has-confederate-generals-name.html

They moved the color guy for the Virginia football game b/c his name is "Robert Lee". he's Asian American, thus the Lee name, a very common one in the Asian community of course.

I don't know if this shows the ESPN bias we have debated on here, or just their foolishness. Was anyone going to really notice or care about this guy's name, esp. since he's Asian?

How absurd. I didn't post it to rip into ESPN per se, though I think this is just silly, but I did find it funny how touchy people are becoming. Now if it's ESPN being touchy or if they are right and people really would be silly enough to care I'm not sure.

FWIW I agree with Greg Guttfeld on his show, who said it is like an Onion story.

kingcat
08-23-2017, 12:08 AM
No, its every bit as silly as you believe.

Doc
08-23-2017, 12:18 AM
It could be worse. we had Nazi Mohammad on our basketball team

CitizenBBN
08-23-2017, 12:29 AM
It could be worse. we had Nazi Mohammad on our basketball team

I thought it was Jamal Mohammad. :)

Doc
08-23-2017, 05:55 AM
Nazi Jamal Mohammad

UKHistory
08-23-2017, 07:09 AM
ESPN has no journalistic credibility.

badrose
08-23-2017, 07:37 AM
I think anyone who is surprised by this hasn't been paying attention.

Catonahottinroof
08-23-2017, 08:51 AM
Apparently he had input on the decision too. So I wouldn't pin it on ESPN completely. It's more like click bait.....

bigsky
08-23-2017, 10:17 AM
The people making this decision are running the democrats too.

kingcat
08-23-2017, 10:22 AM
Until you is majord in African American Studies at UNC you'z just caint understand

bigsky
08-23-2017, 02:30 PM
Until you is majord in African American Studies at UNC you'z just caint understand Winner!