<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>P/1: In hindsight I should have used different examples. I didn't consider the Trayvon Martin family, and I apologize to them for that.</p>— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban/statuses/469586066220281856">May 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>P/2: beyond apologizing to the Martin family, I stand by the words and substance of the interview.</p>— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban/statuses/469586582664912897">May 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>P/3: I think that helping people improve their lives, helping people engage with people they may fear or may not understand,</p>— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban/statuses/469587830856249344">May 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>P/4: and helping people realize that while we all may have our prejudices and bigotries</p>— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban/statuses/469588234943873024">May 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>P/5: we have to learn that it's an issue that we have to control, that it's part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it</p>— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban/statuses/469588482181308418">May 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>You can find the rest of my interview here <a href="http://t.co/WjGQYOw6Bz">http://t.co/WjGQYOw6Bz</a></p>— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban/statuses/469589378927693825">May 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I was thinking about that same quote. The issue that no one has address is WHY some people are prejudiced towards young blacks in hoodies or whites with tattoos. The obvious answer is the high crime rate associated with these groups. It's simply a matter of safety.
Bingo This is nothing more than CYA He seems IMO to have a need/want to protect Sterling to protect himself Rocket River
Just completely listened to the full interview... I have more on an issue with what Cuban said at the end of his interview... "Because it does my company no good, it does my customers no good, it does society no good if my response to somebody and their racism and bigotry is to say, 'It's not right for you to be here. Go take your attitude somewhere else.'" Its does the world good to rid ourselves of racist and bigots...if you don't agree then you've never been REALLY discriminated against...I mean REALLY. No place for that in 2014....no tolerance. Comments like these leads me to believe that he is ok with what Sterling said....yes I'm reaching but how else would I take it. Now I'm not losing sleep over it at all, but it makes one wonder.
First off, I'm African American and I think Cuban's a reasonable guy. I just think he exposed his insecurities being a rich white man. All it takes is a black kid in a hoodie to scare you? Lmao. C'mon Mark. It's not that serious
I think that's very presumptuous of you. The problem with the first sentence is: how do you define a racist/bigot? Its not like someone is either a racist or they aren't. Its a spectrum, and a majority of people aren't at the poles but are somewhere in the middle. I would go so far as to say that it is entirely possible for a decent person to be a little racist. No one's perfect. We're better off being open with eachother about our biases and trying to understand where eachother are coming from, rather than staking an extreme "zero tolerance" position that is unnecessarily antagonistic and inhibits freedom of expression.
I've always thought it was funny how intolerance is met with intolerance and how some feel like it's okay to discriminate against some for their beliefs in an effort to reduce discrimination. People really are simple creatures.
It's not insecure if they have guns and you don't. Or if they spend all day stewing in anger and involving themselves in violence while you are using your brain to make money. Whether it's a skinhead or a black guy in a hoodie, there are certain connotations of violence and gang related business that you would be foolish to ignore trying to be "secure with the world around you." Nothing insecure about it and the statistics of black criminals don't lie. That being said i doubt cuban's neighborhood has anyone in hoodies. Let me tell you, if the world was full of people as smart AND TRANSPARENT as Cuban there would be no violence.
pretty sure the crime rates of white people in jeans is pretty high too. all white people in jeans are suspects!!!!
One of them is a convicted felon for insider trading. The other has been convicted of cocaine possession, pled guilty for gun possession and unlawful use, and tries for murder charges. They have also been named in an affidavit claiming that he and the makers of the “Girls Gone Wild: Doggy Style” tape lured two underage girls to take their tops off for the camera by offering them mar1juana and ecstasy. WELP sounds like the stereotypes work out here.... http://richwatch.net/snoop-dogg-is-a-convicted-felon/
Insider trading has a more resound affect on everything else. Remember trading places when "Duke & Duke" tried to corner the orange market? Martha Stewart tried to corner a few things in her illegal trading. What she did was much more significant than what a Snoop Lion did by a million fold as it would affect more people.
Sounds like you've proven my point. It's a difficult thing to do. With respect, I'm not inclined to think all teenagers are thieves if my purse gets stolen. I don't think your mom's weak at all. We all have different strengths. Because this is the internet, I don't know anything about you, nor you about me, so let's not make assumptions. I lived in a heavily black, poor part of Brazil for a while. I was held up at gun point and/or people attempted to steal my possessions multiple times. Through the whole experience, I came out believing in the statement I just made. There are a lot of good and bad people out there. Be smart, but don't be scared of an entire group of people. You're hurting yourself in that case. People's reaction to the Donald Sterling situation have reduced my faith in humanity as much as Sterling's comments did. Righteous mob anger is counter-productive.
Um, that is a hypocritical argument you can make for any white collar crime. ibankers at goldman sachs are the biggest criminals from a financial scale perspective and there is probably a domino effect that leads to more gun and drug usage from the have nots as a result. but considering snoop made his fortune by promoting the """gangster life""" of drugs and violence, and that he openly flaunts his wealth from this as the american dream... he definitely had a bigger effect on affecting the youth. i mean you are obviously trying hard to play devil's advocate and don't really believe what you type, but that i'd clarify that.
