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OK to root for your race/ethnicity in sports? (1 Viewer)

TheIronSheik

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Seems like this is acceptable in boxing to an extent. But if someone said they pulled for Wisconsin because they have a lot of white players, people might find that wrong.

Just wondering what the rule is when it comes to this? Is there? Seems like it shouldn't be a big deal, yet I can't see it going over well if it was done. Thoughts?

 
It's not exactly race related.....but If I were like an Arab, Indian, Jew, Korean, Australian, FOB African or something like that.....I'd probably find myself rooting for athletes of my ethnicity/country....particularly if it were in the 4 major American sports. I'm of Irish decent and I Find myself rooting for Fit Finley, Sheamus and Hornswaggle in wrestling.......

ETA: In regards to strictly American and the 4 majors.....I actually root against the white guys in the two black dominated sports....mainly because they always seemed to be in Boston on either the Celtics or Patriots.

 
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TheIronSheik said:
Seems like this is acceptable in boxing to an extent. But if someone said they pulled for Wisconsin because they have a lot of white players, people might find that wrong.

Just wondering what the rule is when it comes to this? Is there? Seems like it shouldn't be a big deal, yet I can't see it going over well if it was done. Thoughts?
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I pull for the underdogs, which of course had to be the white guys.

 
The way I always saw it is that it's OK if you are rooting for your own race but not if you are rooting against another race.

"I like Peyton Hillis because you don't see a lot of white runningbacks" = OK

"I hope Prince Naseem loses because he's a terrorist." = NOT OK

 
I always root for my race, the human race, in any sporting event. Haven't had a problem with that yet. I think rooting against a specific race could get you in trouble though.

 
I should add that I thought it was really cool when that crazy ******** blew up for the Knicks a few years ago even though I am not Asianed.

 
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The way I always saw it is that it's OK if you are rooting for your own race but not if you are rooting against another race.

"I like Peyton Hillis because you don't see a lot of white runningbacks" = OK

"I hope Prince Naseem loses because he's a terrorist." = NOT OK
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Yeah. This makes sense. Although, you could say that people may take you rooting for your race as rooting against theirs. Whether they're right or wrong, it's still a touchy area to be in.

 
TheIronSheik said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
The way I always saw it is that it's OK if you are rooting for your own race but not if you are rooting against another race.

"I like Peyton Hillis because you don't see a lot of white runningbacks" = OK

"I hope Prince Naseem loses because he's a terrorist." = NOT OK
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Yeah. This makes sense. Although, you could say that people may take you rooting for your race as rooting against theirs. Whether they're right or wrong, it's still a touchy area to be in.
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It is a touchy area. But there is a difference between saying "I find myself rooting for Peyton Hillis because he's a white RB" and "I don't like Matt Forte because he's black". I guess.

 
TheIronSheik said:
TenTimes said:
I always root for my race, the human race, in any sporting event. Haven't had a problem with that yet. I think rooting against a specific race could get you in trouble though.
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Racist.
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You don't even know, but I'll try to put it in to perspective.

Remember when Kasparov played Big Blue about 20 years ago in that rigged farce of a publicity stunt chess match or whatever that was. During that bull#### I snuck in to my high school library and sodomized 14 computers, hate crime style.

Wanted to do the same when Watson played jeopardy, but I couldn't, I'm grown up now <_<

 
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Ha!

I think this was the 1st thread I ever saw in the FFA back in like 2004??

"Is it OK to for the white guy in Basketball"

Something like that

 
Thunderlips said:
It's not exactly race related.....but If I were like an Arab, Indian, Jew, Korean, Australian, FOB African or something like that.....I'd probably find myself rooting for athletes of my ethnicity/country....particularly if it were in the 4 major American sports. I'm of Irish decent and I Find myself rooting for Fit Finley, Sheamus and Hornswaggle in wrestling.......

ETA: In regards to strictly American and the 4 majors.....I actually root against the white guys in the two black dominated sports....mainly because they always seemed to be in Boston on either the Celtics or Patriots.
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You know it's been like 30 years since the Celtics were a particularly white team, right?

 
Jason Williams was my favorite basketball player when I was growing up. But to be fair, he was a white guy who wanted to be black.

 
I'm an underdog rooter, which generally leaves me cheering for teams dominated by my fellow caucasians. Except in the biggest sport on the planet.

:numberonefanofsenegalfutbol:

 
I was in Vegas during the 2nd weekend of the final four playing blackjack with some buddies right before the WI/AZ game. The dealer was an old lady, and I told her that I was worried about WI winning because they had so many white guys. She gives me a fist bump and says, "white guys." She then went on this crazy racist/gun/religion rant that lasted another 30 minutes. It was really freaky. Of course, it was at Casino Royale, and anything goes in that place.

 
Seems odd to me to be honest. That being said, when I have no one to root for, I look for any reason I can to hate one of the teams and/or players.

#icantwatchwithoutcaring

 
Cjw_55106 said:
Seems odd to me to be honest. That being said, when I have no one to root for, I look for any reason I can to hate one of the teams and/or players.

#icantwatchwithoutcaring
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Yeah. I don't get to vote for many Arab guys. Just wondering what the consensus was.

 
randall146 said:
Thunderlips said:
It's not exactly race related.....but If I were like an Arab, Indian, Jew, Korean, Australian, FOB African or something like that.....I'd probably find myself rooting for athletes of my ethnicity/country....particularly if it were in the 4 major American sports. I'm of Irish decent and I Find myself rooting for Fit Finley, Sheamus and Hornswaggle in wrestling.......

ETA: In regards to strictly American and the 4 majors.....I actually root against the white guys in the two black dominated sports....mainly because they always seemed to be in Boston on either the Celtics or Patriots.
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You know it's been like 30 years since the Celtics were a particularly white team, right?
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Jazz are still white, though, aren't they?

 
TheIronSheik said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
The way I always saw it is that it's OK if you are rooting for your own race but not if you are rooting against another race.

"I like Peyton Hillis because you don't see a lot of white runningbacks" = OK

"I hope Prince Naseem loses because he's a terrorist." = NOT OK
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Yeah. This makes sense. Although, you could say that people may take you rooting for your race as rooting against theirs. Whether they're right or wrong, it's still a touchy area to be in.
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A price we pay now for a centuries long span when racism was more publicly accepted.

A big part of combating racism has been people no longer sitting quietly by for public displays of it. Unfortunately if an act looks close to something that was often done for racist reasons, it may get caught up in that.

While having to walk more softly around certain topics (white on black primarily) may not be perfectly fair, I think the gains towards an equal society make it necessary at this point in our history. Hopefully someday it will stop being an issue entirely.

 
It's human nature to gravitate towards those that you identify with. It's also human nature to be afraid of those that you don't identify with.

Both are an indicator of a lack of self awareness/intelligence/maturity IMHO.

So is it okay? Yes, it's human nature to a degree. Should we expect everybody to increase their wisdom and grow beyond this, probably not. You can't fix stupid. Not everybody has the intelligence and/or environment to overcome these instincts.

 
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TripItUp said:
It's human nature to gravitate towards those that you identify with. It's also human nature to be afraid of those that you don't identify with.

Both are an indicator of a lack of self awareness/intelligence/maturity IMHO.

So is it okay? Yes, it's human nature to a degree. Should we expect everybody to increase their wisdom and grow beyond this, probably not. You can't fix stupid. Not everybody has the intelligence and/or environment to overcome these instincts.
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Are you saying stupid people root for their own race? :confused:

 
Officer Pete Malloy said:
The way I always saw it is that it's OK if you are rooting for your own race but not if you are rooting against another race.

"I like Peyton Hillis because you don't see a lot of white runningbacks" = OK

"I hope Prince Naseem loses because he's a terrorist." = NOT OK
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Pretty sound philosophy.

 
Thunderlips said:
It's not exactly race related.....but If I were like an Arab, Indian, Jew, Korean, Australian, FOB African or something like that.....I'd probably find myself rooting for athletes of my ethnicity/country....particularly if it were in the 4 major American sports. I'm of Irish decent and I Find myself rooting for Fit Finley, Sheamus and Hornswaggle in wrestling.......

ETA: In regards to strictly American and the 4 majors.....I actually root against the white guys in the two black dominated sports....mainly because they always seemed to be in Boston on either the Celtics or Patriots.
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What? I think someone has a bias against the awesome city of Boston. :thumbdown:
 
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TripItUp said:
It's human nature to gravitate towards those that you identify with. It's also human nature to be afraid of those that you don't identify with.

Both are an indicator of a lack of self awareness/intelligence/maturity IMHO.

So is it okay? Yes, it's human nature to a degree. Should we expect everybody to increase their wisdom and grow beyond this, probably not. You can't fix stupid. Not everybody has the intelligence and/or environment to overcome these instincts.
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I guess it's not really a whole lot stupider than some of the other reasons people choose to root for one athlete over another, like "a rich dude who lives near me was willing to pay him more than a rich dude who lives farther away".

 
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Hockey fans typically don't run into this problem.
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I pulled for Iginla when he came into the league mainly because he was black. Also liked Anson Carter. Admittedly, I also like Peyton Hillis and Jimmer Fredette. I rooted a ton for Michael Chang too.

The optimistic take here is that we'd like to see equality. I'd use soccer as an example of the ideal where race likely has no bearing because the great soccer players span all races.

 
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TheIronSheik said:
TripItUp said:
It's human nature to gravitate towards those that you identify with. It's also human nature to be afraid of those that you don't identify with.

Both are an indicator of a lack of self awareness/intelligence/maturity IMHO.

So is it okay? Yes, it's human nature to a degree. Should we expect everybody to increase their wisdom and grow beyond this, probably not. You can't fix stupid. Not everybody has the intelligence and/or environment to overcome these instincts.
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Are you saying stupid people root for their own race? :confused:
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No, I'm not saying that.

 
I usually find myself rooting against white basketball players.

Typically, they are terrible defenders that stand around all day waiting to jack up 3's. Some might decide they want to grab a rebound from time to time, but it will always come at the expense of actually trying to play defense. Lazy punks, the lot of'em.

 
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