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New ClutchFans T-Shirts: Cocaine Curry

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  1. Sooner423

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    Love it! My only hesitation on buying now is that there's still a very real chance he doesn't cut it. I've got to see him line up some threes and snort em up in the season first.
     
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    Don't be so naive. Sadly this isn't just a conversation about drugs - this is about race too. It's why historically there is far more of a stigma around crack but not cocaine despite them being similar drugs - because of who used them...and that stigma manifested in far stiffer penalties for crack offenders than cocaine offenders - again, nearly the same thing, but mandatory sentencing laws disproportionately impacted black men in real ways that continues to have echoes in current generations whether you care to think about it - or have the privilege to not care about it. Remember, the suggestion is Cocaine Curry, not Crack Curry.

    Not trying to call you out or @Clutch because a lot of people carry these same biases unknowingly without the full context but I think it's important to bring awareness that what you think is funny is not actually funny to a lot of families and frankly we can do better than this.
     
  3. Nook

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    Except the shirt isn't really isn't about race - crack cocaine is far worse than just cocaine - there is a reason that it is a lot cheaper and why it became so popular in the 1980's and 1990's. I was a Federal prosecutor and a lot of people went to prison for crack and cocaine. There was also a lot of violence associated with the selling and use of crack. The crimes rates have drastically fallen post the Clinton Crime bill. There is no doubt that a majority of those that were arrested and incarcerated for selling crack were black - as were a majority those that were victims of crack related violence.

    Crack destroyed a lot of people and families - and for ever black man in prison for selling crack cocaine - there were other black people that were victims of violence from crack or the crack trade.

    Either way - it has nothing to with Cocaine Curry.
     
  4. Rinaldi

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    how about french maid Lebron tshirts from diddy parties
     
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  5. ThatBoyNick

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    I’d buy a “Ime banged my wife” shirt for sure
     
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    If it's not about race then why not call it Crack Curry? My point is - there has historically been a social stigma that definitely treads along racial lines around crack and cocaine. For someone who plays the role of being sympathetic to the destruction of lives caused by crack cocaine(yet were in charge of prosecuting those crimes) you seem to be willing to trade all that in for a cheap laugh because....cocaine wasn't as bad as crack? Really? That's.....disappointing to say the least. I stand by my statement that your ability to view that as a joke is a privilege not afforded to everyone equally.
     
  8. DallasThomas

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    I don't mind cocaine at all but my senses are definitely offended by the Curry part
     
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    What's your REAL point about?
     
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  10. Buck Turgidson

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    He's white and from Kentucky so it really should be Meth Marovich
     
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    Maravich is already meth though. Meth Miller is good


    Can we call Whitmore Heroin Hayward?
     
  12. Buck Turgidson

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    It's Maravich, btw, my dumbass didn't notice the typo until it was too late.

    eta: good edit
     
  13. clos4life

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    Subtle comedy at its best. Bravo!
     
  14. Astrodome

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    It's a little about race since "white" is another name for cocaine (due to the color of the drug) and sounds better than white curry. I don't think it is as deep as cocaine is a white person's drug.

    The nickname definitely gets people talking so there's that.
     
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    You can call him Crack Curry
     
  16. Buck Turgidson

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    His momma call him Reed Sheppard, Imma call him Reed Sheppard.
     
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    I doubt Reed is in favor of this, and he hasn’t done enough yet to be compared to Curry. I’ll pass.
     
  18. Buck Turgidson

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    I doubt anyone affiliated with him or the Rockets (or the Coca Cola Corporation) is in favor of this.
     
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