Raptors/Rockets Trade 2 of 2

[RaptorsGM]

Raptors and I have interesting teams.  

Yao, Mihm, Peja, House, Davis vs. Okafor, Dalembert, Battier, Pettit, Billups.  Neither team with a bench to speak of

True that, but who needs great players coming off the bench? I have lots of good defenders, and that should be good enough.

As for the Asian-White thing..whatever. When I look at Yao Ming, I see a tall man whose skin is white.

[RaptorsGM]

And Boozer was always a good enough defender. Opposing PF's never really killed me.

[CelticsGM]

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As for the Asian-White thing..whatever. When I look at Yao Ming, I see a tall man whose skin is white...

... which normally is HUGE reason to stay away from such a player. Well, I hope we don't get into a ridiculous black-white debate again after that "Nash is MVP" debacle is about to move from the front pages ...

[NetsGM]

Asians are not white (just like Arabs are not white).

And the color of one's skin is not a reason to stay away from them.

Sorry, both comments were ignorant at best, racist at worst.

[KingsGM-old]

i don't think that rasicm is issue with this...me too, i'm white but i also prefer black players more...i don't know, i just have more confidence in them..

[NetsGM]

Well, that's stupid.

Of course, that's not as harsh as staying away from the players, like the Celtics said, or calling the debate "ridiculous".

But hey, I'll take my titles anchored by a Bird/McHale frontline.

[KingsGM-old]

well, if bird, mchale or yao comes along i don't mind either...

[NetsGM]

Last time, Yao's not white.

[RaptorsGM]

Yes he is white. Obviously you didn't cath was i was saying. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT RACE. I'M TALKING ABOUT SKIN COLOR. COLOR=WHITE.

[NetsGM]

You cannot call someone white without speaking of their race.  The two are intertwined.  When you call someone "white", that has racial meaning, no matter how you meant it in your own head.

Calling someone white, then claiming that you didn't mean it by race, is the definition of an ignorant statement.  For proof of that, just look at the responses to the comment.