Minnesota T-Wolves Deemed "Too White"

[VandyDelphia Mike]

Remember when civil rights leaders dreamed of a day when people were judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character?

[Lee.]

Yeah well.

Didn't the 1989 Twins go through this too?

[The_Admiral]

I want to say the 2004 or 2005 Astros didn't have anyone who wasn't white. Must have been 2005. I think Richard Hidalgo was still on the '04 team.

[TheOldRoman]

I want to say the 2004 or 2005 Astros didn't have anyone who wasn't white. Must have been 2005. I think Richard Hidalgo was still on the '04 team.

Not 2005. Willy Taveras, Jose Vizcaino and Ezequiel Astacio are black, and there were several other Hispanic players. I mean, the guys mentioned aren't black Americans, but then again, they only make up about 8% of players today.

[Funky Bunky]

I want to say the 2004 or 2005 Astros didn't have anyone who wasn't white. Must have been 2005. I think Richard Hidalgo was still on the '04 team.

You're far off. They had Willy Tavares, Wandy Rodriguez, Humberto Quintaro, Orlando Palmeiro, and Jose Vizcaino. They were a majority white team, but they had some non white players too.

I want to say the 2004 or 2005 Astros didn't have anyone who wasn't white. Must have been 2005. I think Richard Hidalgo was still on the '04 team.

Not 2005. Willy Taveras, Jose Vizcaino and Ezequiel Astacio are black, and there were several other Hispanic players. I mean, the guys mentioned aren't black Americans, but then again, they only make up about 8% of players today.

Not 2004 either, as they had Beltran, Dotel, and a few others.

[Funky Bunky]

I'm surprised nobody's complained about hockey yet.

[Kevin W.]

No, the complaints about hockey are only from hipster types who whine about the violence. Hockey's never about race, unless you're from Boston.

[Brass]

No, the complaints about hockey are only from hipster types who whine about the violence. Hockey's never about race, unless you're from Boston.

Can you provide evidence that those with the racist tweets were actually from Boston?

[aci]

Can't wait til The Onion gets ahold of this and requests hiring quotas for white people in basketball.

[The_Admiral]

I want to say the 2004 or 2005 Astros didn't have anyone who wasn't white. Must have been 2005. I think Richard Hidalgo was still on the '04 team.

You're far off. They had Willy Tavares, Wandy Rodriguez, Humberto Quintaro, Orlando Palmeiro, and Jose Vizcaino. They were a majority white team, but they had some non white players too.

I want to say the 2004 or 2005 Astros didn't have anyone who wasn't white. Must have been 2005. I think Richard Hidalgo was still on the '04 team.

Not 2005. Willy Taveras, Jose Vizcaino and Ezequiel Astacio are black, and there were several other Hispanic players. I mean, the guys mentioned aren't black Americans, but then again, they only make up about 8% of players today.

Not 2004 either, as they had Beltran, Dotel, and a few others.

Okay, there was some year that the Astros were too white and it set people off. I remember this.

EDIT: http://us.generation-nt.com/houston-astros-roster-has-no-black-players-topic-29588861.html

Oh it was just Joe Morgan complaining that no one was an African-American.

[pcgd]

No, the complaints about hockey are only from hipster types who whine about the violence. Hockey's never about race, unless you're from Boston.

Can you provide evidence that those with the racist tweets were actually from Boston?

Well every twitter user from those stories that has an active account still hails from New England and either had Bruins or Patriots images as their backgrounds, or is tweeting about the Bruins still. At least the first 4 I found. Most of the accounts had been deleted because of the notoriety I'm sure.

Come on now, you know Boston doesn't have the best history when it comes to racism. Doesn't mean everyone there is racist.

[OnWis97]

No, the complaints about hockey are only from hipster types who whine about the violence. Hockey's never about race, unless you're from Boston.

Can you provide evidence that those with the racist tweets were actually from Boston?

Well every twitter user from those stories that has an active account still hails from New England and either had Bruins or Patriots images as their backgrounds, or is tweeting about the Bruins still. At least the first 4 I found. Most of the accounts had been deleted because of the notoriety I'm sure.

Come on now, you know Boston doesn't have the best history when it comes to racism. Doesn't mean everyone there is racist.

And that's the key. It's realistic to say that many of those tweets came from "Boston Sports Nation" (i.e., New England) whether or not you can prove it, but so what? As sad is it is to say this, that would probably have happened in any market. There are idiots everywhere.

[ESTONES6]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be rolling in his grave seeing the type of civil rights "leaders" that are at the forefront these days. Its a disgrace.

[Nyk33]

These civil rights leaders are the racists, not the Timberwolves.

This actually makes me want to pull for them now as opposed to being against them.

[illwauk]

These civil rights leaders are the racists, not the Timberwolves.

This actually makes me want to pull for them now as opposed to being against them.

Mentalities like yours are exactly why stuff like this gets aired in the media in the first place.

[DelayedPenalty]

I'm surprised nobody's complained about hockey yet.

It's true. He's not complaining about the Wild or the Twins, just the Timberwolves. All he's done is implied that basketball is a stereotypically black sport and made himself look prejudice because there are too many white people playing a "black sport".

[Nyk33]

These civil rights leaders are the racists, not the Timberwolves.

This actually makes me want to pull for them now as opposed to being against them.

Mentalities like yours are exactly why stuff like this gets aired in the media in the first place.

Please explain this.

There is nothing wrong with being sympathetic to a team being unfairly criticized as being racist.

[illwauk]

These civil rights leaders are the racists, not the Timberwolves.

This actually makes me want to pull for them now as opposed to being against them.

Mentalities like yours are exactly why stuff like this gets aired in the media in the first place.

Please explain this.

There is nothing wrong with being sympathetic to a team being unfairly criticized as being racist.

Because you're still letting what some alleged "black leader" in Minneapolis said about the T-Wolves be the sole factor in determining your allegiance to them (even if you are disagreeing with what he said). That treads a little too close to the "put the uppity negro in his place" mentality that we now know is finally being shoved into the dustbin of history (where it belongs).

[Eye]

These civil rights leaders are the racists, not the Timberwolves.

This actually makes me want to pull for them now as opposed to being against them.

Mentalities like yours are exactly why stuff like this gets aired in the media in the first place.

Please explain this.

There is nothing wrong with being sympathetic to a team being unfairly criticized as being racist.

Because you're still letting what some alleged "black leader" in Minneapolis said about the T-Wolves be the sole factor in determining your allegiance to them (even if you are disagreeing with what he said). That treads a little too close to the "put the uppity negro in his place" mentality that we now know is finally being shoved into the dustbin of history (where it belongs).

It's not "put the uppity negro in his place" as you put it. It's probably more "Call this guy out for being a jackass."

[McCall]

These civil rights leaders are the racists, not the Timberwolves.

This actually makes me want to pull for them now as opposed to being against them.

Mentalities like yours are exactly why stuff like this gets aired in the media in the first place.

Please explain this.

There is nothing wrong with being sympathetic to a team being unfairly criticized as being racist.

Because you're still letting what some alleged "black leader" in Minneapolis said about the T-Wolves be the sole factor in determining your allegiance to them (even if you are disagreeing with what he said). That treads a little too close to the "put the uppity negro in his place" mentality that we now know is finally being shoved into the dustbin of history (where it belongs).

No, it's rooting for a team for being unfairly labeled due to race. No different than rooting for a predominantly black team because they're being discriminated against. Prejudice goes both ways in color. Luckily, these guys are pretty clearly idiots and their views aren't catching on.