Well, as I am sure we all knew would be the case when Gilbert ripped James, either Jackson or Sharpton would somehow have to turn this into a race issue. I, for one, loved what Gilbert did showing his fans how much he does care about the team and the city, but as one would expect Jesse Jackson did not agree as seen in the link below. Sorry if this has already been posted.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5372266

"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
-John Wooden

Is Jackson really serious?

http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1655654&forum_id=52

I agree with Jesse Jackson.

I mean, offering a guy a $130MM contract, forcing a man to pick cotton for you on a platation for no wage. It's splitting hairs.

It's amazing how many morons America gives the spotlight to.

if you have the $ you can buy as much of the spotlight as you want.

Jackson makes his money off of slavery references. If he didn't make them, who would?

Only in Amurca.

Mike Wilbon from PTI sat and blasted Gilbert. He said that the first thing that came to his mind was slave owner like Jackson.


Absolutely ridiculous.

Every time jesse jackson opens his mouth, he becomes the mouthpiece of ignorance, reflecting poorly on African Americans everywhere, which I resent.

I really wish he would STFU, but that'd be asking for too much.

Gilbert is a racist? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Jackson and Al Sharpton are two of the worst racists in America.

You shouldn't talk about kettles that way.

Not that anyone would watch this on purpose, but out of curiousity, I watched "Good Hair" with Chris Rock...about the insane amounts of money black women spend on weaves.

He interviews Sharpton, who goes on a tirade about black women wearing their oppression on their heads and when will black culture get out from under whites and asians exploitations of their lack of self esteem.

Those two men could make a racial issue out of just about anything.

I think we all can agree that black women should stop wearing weaves

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I think we all can agree that black women should stop wearing weaves

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Agreed. My mom and sisters all have their hair "locked," and it looks MUCH more appealing.

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Jackson attended Sterling High School, a segregated high school in Greenville, where he was a student-athlete. Upon graduating in 1959, he rejected a contract from a professional baseball team so that he could attend the racially integrated University of Illinois on a football scholarship.[2] One year later, Jackson transferred to North Carolina A&T located in Greensboro, North Carolina. There are differing accounts for the reasons behind this transfer. Jackson claims that the change was based on the school's racial biases which included his being unable to play as a quarterback despite being a star quarterback at his high school. ESPN.com suggests that claims of racial discrimination on the football team may be exaggerated because Illinois's starting quarterback that year was an African American, although it does not mention factors besides the quarterback's race which may have contributed to this perception (such as team dynamics or interpersonal interactions with other players on the team).[3] Jackson also mentions being demoted by his speech professor as an alternate in a public-speaking competition team despite the support of his teammates who elected him a place on the team for his superior abilities.[2] Jackson left Illinois at the end of his second semester after being placed on academic probation. Following his graduation from A&T, Jackson attended the Chicago Theological Seminary with the intent of becoming a minister, but dropped out in 1966 to focus full time on the civil rights movement.[4] He was ordained in 1968, without a theological degree; awarded an honorary theological doctorate from Chicago in 1990; and received his Master of Divinity Degree based on his previous credits earned, plus his life experience and subsequent work, in 2000

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Over the course of this mans whole life, he has had a sense of entitlement. I am black and I deserve to get what I want because my people were oppressed. He transferred colleges stating that they wouldnt let him be QB since he was black and he was a "star" in high school. Sounds to me like he wasn't as good as advertised.

And Im going to go out on a limb and say that his "superior abilities" for speech included playing the race card and talking down white people. How many professors in that time period are going to be ok with you doing that?

A prima donna from day one.

[This message has been edited by mazag08 (edited 7/15/2010 10:15a).]