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Empty the Bench: Why Does NBA TV Analyst Rick Kamla Still Have a Job After Calling Yi a “Chinaman”?
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Wow. Thanks Fanhouse. You are saving the world! I mean, who knew! RT @DonGeronimoShow: Ah-so. http://bit.ly/4ji3vC? 17 days ago |
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RT @DonGeronimoShow: http://bit.ly/4ji3vC? Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. #lebowski 17 days ago |
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RT @NBAFanHouse NBA TV Analyst Calls Yi Jianlian a 'Chinaman,' Later Apologizes -- NBA FanHouse http://tinyurl.com/ydo9l6a 19 days ago |
Mavs Morning Donuts: Enjoy Them As Best You Can
DallasBasketball.com —
... Damp and part of what CP3 does is launch 3-pointers – where he’s shooting 80 PERCENT! – and the kid cannot miss. You knew Paul was going to get his last night. (Though Quinton Ross might’ve helped, I guess, and maybe someday Roddy …) But at some point, is he going to “get his’’while being inched back to his career 47-percent shooting? DONUT 12: The older I get, the more I learn how little some of us learn. An NBA commentator – a person who writes (and therefore) reads for a living – doesn’t know that calling Yi Jianlian a “Chinaman’’ is offensive ? DONUT 13: Mary Carey is a ...
Rick Kamla is Sorry
SLAM Online —
... The NBA TV analyst used a racially insensitive term as he narrated highlights of the New Jersey Nets, and offered the requisite apology afterwards: “In his NBA.com video recap of last Friday’s Magic-Nets game, NBA TV analyst Rick Kamla made the unfortunate mistake of referring to New Jersey forward Yi Jianlian as a ‘Chinaman.’ Turner Sports spokesman Jeff Pomeroy said Kamla was not aware of the connotations of the word, and meant nothing malicious or offensive by it.” ...
Why Does NBA TV Analyst Rick Kamla Still Have a Job After Calling Yi a “Chinaman”?
Empty the Bench —
... So–and apologies for leading with so many questions–why is it, then, that NBA TV analyst Rick Kamla is still gainfully employed by NBA TV and Turner Sports after calling New Jersey Nets forward Yi Jianlian a “Chinaman” during a recap of last week’s Nets-Magic game? That recap, by the way, was available on NBA.com for almost a week before finally getting pulled down this morning. Tom Ziller on NBA FanHouse: ...
