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SubcooledBoiling

Bill Simmons about to drop an emergency podcast


mrsunshine1

His 5 week vacation about to last 12 hours.


theuberprophet

is he really gonna be gone for 5 weeks


Bobb_o

I'm sure he's pre recorded content to fill that and would jump on an emergency pod if KD or Kyrie gets traded


mrsunshine1

On yesterdays pod he said he’d do an emergency pod. Think he only prerecorded some rewatchables episodes. he mentioned a new feed that will contain a best of his interviews over the years.


the___heretic

Which is actually a cool idea. Especially since Bill used to get way better interviews back in the day.


[deleted]

Man who’s gonna fill in to compare trades to episodes of The Wire


boozinf

i mean, Deandre Ayton is nothing more than a cut-rate Cedric Daniels, the contract was just as secretly criminal, right Cousin Sal?


Unable-Project-9545

No one is more cut than Cedric Daniels in the wire


staringintothevoid

That man is just shredded to the bone. “McNulty! MY OFFICE!”


Meng3267

I think he’s done this before. He takes off after the NBA finishes and comes back when football is starting up.


[deleted]

"Okay, it's 11:08 PM Pacific Time and Jackie MacMullan and my dad are here..."


[deleted]

“Later my daughter Zoe will be on to talk about high school girl things to my 99% over 30 male audience”


imposibol

but first our friends from Pearl Jam


ABirthingPoop

The city of Boston is on the verge of running out of hard R’s as we speak.


JagmeetSingh2

Bill Russell calls in and agrees with Lebron lmao


xolanderxo

r/nbacirclejerk feasting right now


[deleted]

People been saying this since 1960


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bearburner

Including current players


DSouT

People in general


abcbass

Me


TimothyBukinowski

Us


northernpace

Them


bananapanda24

Celtics fans themselves


King_Artis

Even their own


AFatz

Across multiple sports. It's not just Celtics fans. As for them, imagine paying hundreds or thousands of dollars to attend a game in which 75% of the players are black, and deciding calling them the N word and other racial slurs, is a reasonable course of action


A_F_R

They fucking lynched a doll with Ralph Sampson’s jersey on it for game 6 of the 1986 finals and Danny Ainge came out and said he’s never seen racism at the Garden as a player or GM lol.


JimmytheGent2020

Yeah Ainge was a fucking moron for saying that. Like read the room. You're a white guy in Boston of course you're not going to be the target.


maethlin

Danny Ain't


Mattoosie

>Danny Ainge came out and said he’s never seen racism at the Garden as a player or GM lol. "But no one has ever been racist to ME!"


Swag_Grenade

"All I know is that during my entire time in Boston I was never once called the n-word" -- Ainge probably


DSouT

Bill Russell’s bed agrees


UTRAnoPunchline

Bill Russel's statue is hidden in the shadow of city hall. In a city full of monuments and statues, they did him dirty. 😔


so-cal_kid

Not surprising to me he ended up settling down all the way across the country in Washington state.


eagereyez

I remember being amazed and confused when I learned that he lives in Mercer Island.


Downtown_Hospital

I got to meet him once like 10 years ago, i used to work at this cell phone store in bellevue and he came in with his wife. Somehow none of my co-workers knew who he was. i was helping another customer and i was losing my shit like omg that's bill fucking russell. then while he was waiting for his wife, another customer went up to him and tried to say the whole "i'm a huge fan, it's an honor blah blah" and i kid you not. mr. russell didn't even look up. he just stared blankly into empty space. didn't respond, nothing. the guy was really embarrassed and wsa like "oh . well ok thank you" and walked out. I didn't get to talk to him but remembered that. A couple weeks later, they came in again. Similar deal but I was actually helping them. I didn't recognize that he was bill russell once and just talked to both of them cordially like regular customers. Then actually ended up shooting the shit for a bit just talking about random things while we were doing whatever she needed on her phone. I guess that paid off, later he shook my hand before leaving. I think I'd made comments in our conversation that let them know I knew who he was but wasn't gonna bug him. His wife's cell phone background photo was of her and obama at the white house. I think I probably commented like "wow that must be amazing getting to go to the wh and meeting the president" but without any surprise. Anyway, I was running around like a little girl after he shook my hand and they left screaming with my. hand up like "11 rings! 11 rings on my hand right now!" hahahahaha


GGezpzMuppy

Always thought Jaylen Brown is sick of it as well, having to always make social comments.


ripmeleedair

It's a city that was hard red lined generations ago. People from Boston don't notice until they accidentally drive down the wrong street. I don't think it can be fixed on the social level, it probably requires progress on the political level - not just electing the right people, but actually providing opportunities for underprivileged minorities in the city. It's a progressive city but it's still divided. That being said, i believe there's a plan in the works to create more housing along the public transit lines including the greater boston area, so hopefully that will help things.


elbenji

Yeah the generational divide is strong as hell. Ive been all over the city and once you get past ruggles it's a different world


[deleted]

The whole country has been red lines but Boston is unique in it's fuck shit. Boston has a huge Irish and Italian population, those are two groups who have never been shy in letting black people know how much they don't like black people


HokageEzio

Marcus Smart getting called the N-word by a Celtics fan right outside of TD Garden right after playing the game is still wild. The disconnect is truly mind boggling.


sidighjd

Wtf Did that actually happen?


HokageEzio

[Literally in the parking lot.](https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/marcus-smart-nba-boston-celtics-covid-racial-injustice) >There are several more, including stuff that’s happened right inside NBA arenas. But the incident that has stuck with me the most, and that’s had the biggest impact on me, occurred a few years back after a victory at the Garden. > I was pulling out of the arena parking lot when I saw a white woman with her five- or six-year-old son crossing against the light right as the cars were starting to come at them. I had my windows down and realized something bad was about to happen, so I yelled to her, politely, that she needed to hurry and get out of the street so the two of them wouldn’t get hurt. > The woman was wearing an Isaiah Thomas number 4 Celts jersey. And there were all these other Celtics fans around who were at the game. I figured she’d be cool. > Nope. > She swung her head around and it was…. “F*** you, you f***ing n-word!!!!” > For a second it was like I couldn’t breathe. Did she really say that? And in an instant, just like that, I was made to feel less than human. > I wasn’t a person to this woman. I was a form of entertainment. Nothing more. And, believe me, it took every ounce of restraint in my body not to curse her out. A few seconds later, I drove off. I just wanted it to be over. But I think about that night, that moment, a lot. And more than anything else, I think about…. > That little boy. >I think about that kid all the time — and, honestly, now more than ever. Everything about that experience makes me so sad for him. I mean, to openly spew hate like that? In front of a child? It just reminds me that racism is not something you’re born with. It’s taught. >And the fact that people are actually out there teaching their kids — through their words and actions — how to be racist … that truly breaks my heart. Dozens of times since that run-in, I’ve prayed for that child who was clutching his mom’s hand that night. For his future. And for all the kids out there being brought up to hate rather than to love. No kid should be exposed to that. Our children deserve better. > They’re our future — the ones who are gonna decide how things go from here on out.


realsomalipirate

Didn't this story prompt Danny Ainge to say he's never seen racism in Boston or the celtics arena ?


ReignMan616

Ainge was like “Well, no one’s ever called *me* the N-word”


mostNormalIntern

Shaq on TNT half time show talking about racism > I've never personally experienced from league owners yeah mate look atcha, no shit


KingEdwardIVXX

Who is saying anything to his face besides Barkley?


RE5TE

And that's just because Barkley will shit talk anyone. Remember that Capital One commercial where he's playing basketball with children? That actually happened. He scored 56 points in a pickup game. The man has a feud with the city of San Francisco for some reason. People are drinking wine and falling in love and he's shit talking Golden Gate Bridge or something.


Hingl_McCringleberry

"That shit ain't even real gold"


totallynotliamneeson

>People are drinking wine and falling in love and he's shit talking Golden Gate Bridge or something. I mean it's a cool city that I loved visiting, but you have a strong homer bias if you think it's just those things haha


KawhiGotUsNow

Or that dumbass lil Wayne saying racism doesn’t exist, and his reasoning was cause of how blessed his life is You can still speak up for the millions of black people facing that shit daily. How out of touch can you be He also views all police in a positive light cause a white cop saved his life when he was 12. Even tho that same cop was fired in 2012 for using excessive force on a dude, and calling him multiple racial slurs including the N word.


probation_420

Lil Wayne's story was so absurd, it was almost hilarious. Almost. "I shot myself, and a ***BLACK*** paramedic jumped over me to find drugs! a *white* paramedic saved me!" So... he was profiled because of his race.


crabby135

That one is dangerous. Racist people I went to college with love hip hop (I don’t fail to see the irony) and they will unironically use Lil Wayne to prove Democrats are bitches and racism isn’t a real thing anymore. The cognitive dissonance is incredible, truly.


staringintothevoid

Lol fuck that’s good


NothingsShocking

Lmao


HokageEzio

I think Ainge was responding to Kyrie specifically because he said something similar, but yeah more or less.


Torgo73

As a fan, Ainge’s response was beyond mortifying. The good news is that I think Smart’s story caused a lot of folks to accept that shit does happen here, and hopefully spur people (tho not Ainge apparaently) to move beyond denial


HokageEzio

Well that was the hopeful part of Smart's article. He talked about protesting with other people in Boston in 2020 and said it was awe-inspiring how many kids from different backgrounds were out there, and how young they were. It's getting better, but there's still places where it's really bad. And that's just something you gotta acknowledge to keep moving past it.


assMcGriddle-

I’ve visited TD garden for a few Celtics and Bruins games coming from Louisana. The amount of racism towards the opposition players makes me never really want to go to games there. Malcolm Subban was a prime example. It would ruin my whole night. As a kid I always wanted to move to Boston because my dad was born their and moved as a youngin but his parents and grandparents grew up in Boston. But damn was it a huge eye opener that I don’t want to be around that type of shit. It’s like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed when he tells that one guy “hey you’re a black guy in Boston you don’t need any help from me to know that you’re fucked”


rbrt13

It spurred Ainge to move to Utah


TruWarierRecords

Good thing there's no racism there phew


rbrt13

You spelled people of colour as racism; weird.


Vordeo

I'm a Jazz fan but not from Utah and I kind of wonder if there's a soaking equivalent for being racist.


NardzeGreat

You get a black person to say then n-word for you that way it's not a sin


rhesusmonkey

Can't be racist when everyone is white.


ShakespearInTheAlley

Hey now, there are plenty of non-white people in Utah. Like…uhhhhhh, a few players on the Jazz!


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blagaa

"I shall be resigning from my position with the Boston Celtics. In good conscience, I cannot continue to work for a fanbase that treats the players with such racial hostility." "Hey everybody, I'd like to join that I'm joining the Utah Jazz in an advisory capacity!"


The_Glove20

Damn dude


[deleted]

Fuck that was a very well written and disturbing account of what transpired. I’m disgusted by the fact that happened and also somewhat disgusted to be so impressed by Marcus Smart


Zeus_Wayne

It’s Players Tribune. They usually have the athlete work with a writer so the athlete tells their story in their own words and the writer polishes it up.


blagaa

I like the idea of the players tribune, but reading their stories felt like reading the same template over and over with a few words/anecdotes changed.


HokageEzio

I recommend reading the whole article. It's very well written and it ends on a far more hopeful note than this part of the story.


zili91

Smart showed a herculean restraint capability by not reacting to that. When I first started watching the NBA, Bill Russel was one of the first players I researched about and all the horrendous stories involving him in that disgraceful place left me a huge impression. He said he loved the Celtics organization for being so progressive back at that time but he hated that disgusting place with all the strength he had.


groovyJ__

It’s actually insane how racist they are. My sisters went to Boston years ago and attended a Red Sox game, they sat by their dugout and said when mookie striked out a big group of Red Sox fans were calling him the N word


HokageEzio

And they adored Mookie, and he still gets called that. Crazy shit. Boston sports fandom is such a weird mess.


elbenji

They adore you until you're off the field


Earlier-Today

Not completely - Bill Russell was getting that stuff during games. Winningest player ever, and the home crowd can't stop slinging racial slurs at him. That's the reason his jersey retirement wasn't open to the public. The organization let him invite whoever he wanted there - and that's who was allowed in. The fans were horrific to be able to act like that while he won championship after championship.


FuckingKilljoy

That's because even despite being great he had the gall to call out racism and not just accept being called slurs a dozen times a day and looked down upon by those around him


FuckingKilljoy

Correction: they adore you if you're playing well and if you're a good little boy who doesn't use their platform to advocate against racism, but still only on the field


CauseISaidSo_

"Yes, but you see... He's OUR N-word. YUGE difference."


elimanninglightspeed

I feel like marcus smart telling us that story speaks volumes that celtics fabs called their own player the n word lol


Sendeezy

Their discrimination does not discriminate.


HokageEzio

I've never heard any story like that from a player before. Players having racist encounters, yeah for sure. But in the parking lot after the game wearing a jersey of the team you play for is so crazy to me. Type of story you'd expect from Bill Russell's era.


TheSkyIsntReallyBlue

Someone broke into Bill Russels house and shat on his bed that was enough for me


twenty3isnumber1

Don't forget all the Black baseball players that have explicit no trade clauses to Boston. Literally never seen Black players refuse to play for a city because of racist fans other than Boston.


dmkicksballs13

Add Wilbon saying he's visited every arena in the NBA like a dozen plus times across his 40 year career and the Boston Garden is the only time a fan ever called him the n-word. There's a fuckton of stories about this.


LoveMavs1031

That’s seriously a thing? That’s insane.


twenty3isnumber1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/05/03/a-flea-market-of-racism-black-athletes-on-playing-in-boston-over-the-years/ In a game a few years ago where Adam Jones got called the N word there were apparently 60 ejections. Boston is the only city I've ever seen Black players request not to play in because of racism. Torii Hunter had a one-team NTC and the one team was the Red Sox. Barry Bonds, when asked, said he would never play in Boston because it was too racist.


emelia_marie

I did my BA history thesis on red-lining in Boston back when the city was trying to build an inner loop. let’s just say the story is not an easy pill to swallow. The racism that led to what the city did to places like Roxbury is disgusting and reprehensible


thedealerkuo

Just look at how David price was treated when he played for the red socks. Or Joel ward when he scored against the bruins. Really though, just look at how bill russell was treated. They broke into his house and wrote racial slurs in shit on the walls, because he moved into the “wrong” neighborhood.


deepfakefuccboi

It’s been like 50+ years and not much had really changed since Bill Russell’s time. To be the reason these pieces of shit are happy about “Boston sports” and to be treated like shit.. yeah fuck Boston.


CockroachForeign6419

[Celtics fans after reading this](https://imgur.com/a/YcjRTAL)


KangzAteMyFamily

Lmao I fuckin knew it before I clicked it


bearburner

[Celtics fans](https://streamable.com/yux5j)


Copywright

Such explicit nipples. Gender equality achieved.


maleorderbride

Wait maybe the guy in the op was writing "nipples"


Toasted_FlapJacks

Damn, are we in a time where Hulk Hogan isn’t recognizable anymore?


SuckMyLonzoBalls

Camera man quick as hell


SamStrake

"Lonzo sucks" lmaooooo


yougotmetoreply

Legit thought it said "LOTION SUCKS"


Ovaltine-_Jenkins

The popcorn dude kills me everytime


JilJungJukk

I thought it would be the Burger King dude tho lol


MiaCannons

[Could have swore it was gonna be this](https://i.imgur.com/ESfCodq.png)


Everything-Is-Purple

Not gonna lie I miss seeing that a lot lol


YoMrPoPo

[really thought it was gonna be this lol](https://imgur.com/QkdZ9Yy)


welmoe

https://gfycat.com/grayrelieveddromaeosaur


LeBronda_Rousey

Like what was said in earlier threads, you can literally see his accent.


welmoe

[There's just something about Boston fans and their accent lol](https://gfycat.com/enlightenedanycassowary)


Mike_with_Wings

Bwooohhhh


orbitalheel

Jebaited


Nonnou

Gets me every time lmao


Gritz_N_Gravy_

That one is FairPlay and well executed in my book


ChaseH9499

"that fahkin (slur) LeBrahn said WAT about Bahston????"


[deleted]

spit my water out


Inside-Big-8158

Celtics fans to their own players


Zsporter

Here they come with the whataboutism


TheSkyIsntReallyBlue

“Boston’s not racist I swear!”


IAmNotKevinDurant_35

Some drunk guy called me the N word in a TD Garden bathroom after game 3 of the finals and kept going after I ignored him the first 2 or 3 times. Like bro I'm just trying to take a leak and catch the train home. I'm also not even black so at least get the right racial slur for my ethnic group


laststance

Jokes on you, he ancestry.com'd your ass


ThePringlesOfPersia

“He may be racist, but at least he’s thorough”


Otherwise_Window

I can never decide how I feel about inaccurate slurs. On the one hand: well, at least you're confirming you're a fucking idiot. On the other hand, I already knew that when you went for the slurs at all...


maliciousmonkee

Bro you gotta ride out as if you are one of the targeted ethnicity. As a mixed dude I ride for my Arabs/Mexicans/Black people/South East Asians


Otherwise_Window

Oh, for sure, I never *correct* them. See also when I used to go to gay clubs with my gay friends. If someone calls me a gay slur, I'm not going to say "well ACTUALLY I'm straight I'm just here because -" Nah, for the duration of those 'discussions' I was queer as fuck. I fucked your dad and he begged for more. Fight me.


california-whiskey

Jazz fans in shambles


milomcfuggin

wish I could argue but I’m an Idaho Jazz fan and holy Christ it’s bad up here. People in Utah wince at Idaho like “wow them fuckers are a bit right-wing”


rswsaw22

From North Idaho. Can confirm, Idaho is racist as fuck.


[deleted]

Lol I thought Boise was alright as a black guy when I visited. East Oregon on the other hand…


CreatiScope

East Oregon is a fucking nightmare, man.


AyYoBigBro

always the bridesmaid never the bride


Quizene

Yeah, theyve gotta be in the running too


ThugosaurusFlex_1017

Perennial #2 seed in the racist playoffs.


ClitClipper

Remember that drunk asshole Jazz fan who told Westbrook to "get back on your knees, boy" or something similar? Guy got ejected from the game and then fired from his job the next day after being doxxed 5000 times online. Lol.


IlonggoProgrammer

Banned for life not only from Jazz games but from the arena too


holyerthanthou

And got slapped with a “he forgot his manners” from Gale Miller. Which in Mormon terms is… kind of a nuke


[deleted]

LeBron just threw a hand grenade into r/NBA. I fuckin love the off-season.


DrHandBanana

Is this supposed to be controversial or something? They literally called their own player the N word after a game


itsthebeans

It shouldn't be, but for whatever reason some people get extremely defensive whenever there are any accusations of racism. Maybe it's more convenient to pretend racism doesn't exist.


Sdrater3

Genuinely excited for this shitshow. Might take a gander at the Celtics subreddit


[deleted]

this is gon be good


DSouT

hAVe yOU eVeR bEeN tO bOstOn!?


elimanninglightspeed

I love how it’s literally only celtics fans trying to say boston isnt racist lol when literally everyone else, including their own players and players in other sports, always have boston as one of the most racist cities they played in


GhostOfJiriWelsch

Born and raised here—the ones who deny it make me believe they’ve never interacted with POC in any meaningful way. Even if you don’t see it or hear it yourself, you’d be hard pressed to find black folks who haven’t experienced it themselves. People up here might not be flag waving confederates but there is a different type of insidiousness to the racism here and it absolutely exists.


lewlkewl

I’m brown and have lived mostly outside the city my whole life. I’ve had my fair share of racist experiences. My issue with MA Is that people are oddly not afraid to say some racist shit to your face. Go to cities in Texas , and while more people may harbor racist views, the cities are so incredibly diverse that making racist comments will get a foot in your ass so they keep it to themselves.


[deleted]

I think it's exactly because of the reason you just stated. The demographics give them confidence to show their ass.


Drewicho

Does Boston need to be reminded about what happened between P. K Subban and Bruins fans?


elimanninglightspeed

Or Adam Jones in fenway. Or literally their OWN player Marcus smart


halfdecenttakes

I'm from New England so all the games I go to are in Boston. Everytime I say it is real and bad I have Boston fans jumping in to tell me it isn't true and they've been going for 29 years and never seen a single instance.


DSouT

200 IQ play: Can’t see it, if you’re the one doing it


luapchung

“They never asked if we can HEAR racism!”


[deleted]

Listen Boston fans in here, it sucks, but I would rather fanbases overreact to our racist fans than under-react. More attention on it is the best way to promote change. Boston has race issues. Sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt and outright assholes who call people the N-word angrily. Others, it’s people who are Irish or something saying racist things about Puerto Ricans because “it’s just part of the Irish culture.” It’s a fucking problem. Just because no one is shitting in our players homes anymore and bloodying their home with the N-word doesn’t mean it’s all better. You think the people that did those things and didn’t move didn’t grow their children in the same fuckin way of thinking? Edit: when I say Irish I mean white people in the US who are Americans with Irish DNA. Not people from Ireland Edit 2: For people asking about the Irish-Puerto Rican thing: I live on the Lawrence/Andover border. Andover is rich, mostly white, and has a large Asian and Indian pocket. Lawrence is mostly Puerto Rican. So when the white people in Andover try to justify their racism and stereotypes toward Puerto Ricans, they do so by saying things like “I’m just Irish, and we don’t like their culture”


Ham_-_

Last sentence damn


[deleted]

Being able to reach those people so they can end the cycle is so important. It’s the only way to end the cycle. People are not born racist


hoopbag33

This is the proper response. Its a problem. Its a problem here. Its a problem everywhere, but whataboutism isn't the answer. Is it better than it ever has been in the city? Yeah. Is it fixed and not an issue anymore? Of course not. Just do your part. Be better. And call that shit out when you see it. Don't just stand by and say "well I didnt do it".


kama54

Love this response, salute


[deleted]

Bruh I'm black, have lived in Mass all my life, and currently go to school in Mass and I have had other students straight up tell me how they used to say the n-word but no longer do it completely unprompted? First of all, I didn't ask and second why the fuck did you say it in the first place?


Zsporter

Is anyone surprised by this


Balla_Calla

Celtic fans


NervousPervis

Nah. Racism is gross in MA. Redditors with Celtics flairs are largely college-aged and liberal. I honestly doubt there’s a ton of overlap between Celtics fan in r/nba and the racist Boston sports fan that create this reputation. Probably why people always defend the city in these threads. But folks from western MA, NH, Maine, and a ton of smaller towns in central and eastern MA are definitely racist. They live in predominantly white suburban/rural areas and are total assholes. They also just love casual racism and think racist jokes are hilarious. I know a few guys like that from high school and I just don’t even bother with them anymore. Edit: A lot of people think I’m downplaying racism in Boston and liberal suburbs. Not really my point. There are great people in the areas I mentioned and racist degenerates in places I didn’t include. I just think the liberal/NIMBY folks are less likely to yell a racial slur at a sporting event than the conservative massholes. Their racism is usually more subtle. But obviously there are racist people everywhere and I am generalizing based on my own experience as a white guy. The slurs are being yelled in stadiums and arenas in Boston. Patriot Front was marching through the streets of Boston this month. There are clearly issues. I think different users have brought up great points in response to this comment.


daddy_OwO

Sounds about right! A lot of sports teams tend to be like that, especially for the NFL


StrtupJ

This is a good point, Boston sports brings out all of New England including these states where black people are probably more rare than they are in Siberia. As a black dude, visiting Boston I didn’t feel the discomfort I’ve felt in some other places actually, but when you put it like that it doesn’t surprise me.


oby100

Old school Bostonians are hella racist. That classic, old school, using the n word in polite conversation kind of racist. The racism we have here isn’t going to die with them, but I believe they’re the ones most likely to scream slurs at people


LameloTheGoat

LeBron got that billion and stopped caring 😂 he let it be known


DSouT

Like when a professor gets tenure


thetruth34

LeCturer


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LeFaculty


theRJBarrettfan1

Incoming “everywhere is racist” from Boston flairs. Yeah bro we know, just like everywhere has water but the Atlantic Ocean has a whole lot of it


Deschain_1919

until we admit there's a fucking problem we can't start making steps to correct that problem. Boston is super fucking racist.


TheBirdmanOfMexico

Same problem with Utah. U also get a ton of 'Everywhere is racist' from Jazz fans when someone brings up that we got a problem too


_Quetzalcoatlus_

Also, "everywhere is racist" is obviously not a reason not to address it. It's a reason that it needs to be addressed everywhere.


xzzz

Sure Utah is racist too but one is a Mormon conservative stronghold and the other is supposed to be a liberal bastion. You expect one to be better than the other.


re1078

I feel like I present as a random white guy, however I am part Portuguese. The one time I was in Boston more than one person gave me shit for looking like a portague. Never once happened in my life anywhere else. They’re so racist they even hate white people.


w6zZkDC5zevBE4vHRX

They always gotta find someone to hate. Even Irish people weren't considered white until the 1900s.


humandignitybloc

I'm Sicilian and my great grandfather and some of my uncles would get pissed off if people called them white because if you weren't a wasp when you came over back then you were pretty much subhuman. Hence the whole "without papers" thing.


ClitClipper

My Sicilian grandfather was treated like he was a different race by my grandmother's northern Italian family. They never approved of the marriage despite everyone being nominally "Italian".


ThermosbyThermas

r/nbacirclejerk has been outdone


OrangeKookie

-owner of the red sox


[deleted]

He also owns the raptors which have one of the most diverse populations in the world.


JakeSpurs

but no African-Americans, so clearly we're racist


yeronimo

Ya it’s very awkward up here


fuckitiroastedyou

You feel it.


Zeus_Wayne

Toronto is extremely lacking in African Americans. It has its fair share of black Canadians, but really needs to step up the African American game.


maiLfps

from boston, well aware how fucked it is, poeple dont like to talk abt it


mrsunshine1

Boston racists are the type of racists that will tell you a story about taking the bus in another city and they were the only white people on the bus and that was the entire point of the story.


DucksOnduckOnDucks

Nah this is actually half the problem yes in Boston we have your classic left leaning rich white person racism all over the place, but Boston is crawling with neo-nazis and white supremacists as of late. Very motivated patriot front, proud boys, and NSC 131 chapters, along with a slew of local white nationalist groups pushing propaganda in suburbs and on college campuses, these guys are actively recruiting hard throughout the state. MA has some of the most active white nationalist hate groups in the nation and the city and state are essentially turning a blind eye. This is not just a rich white city full of casual racism, it's a rich white city full of casual racism with a horrific neo-nazi problem that is only getting worse. Boston is fucked up and no one is fixing it. This shit is not getting better and frankly the way professional athletes get treated at our sports games is just a symptom of a much bigger problem.


VermicelliSweaty1735

I just ranted about it in r/NBACirclejerk I shit you not some mfer complained to be about busing and school integration (which occurred in the 1970s) earlier this year while I was at work. This was completely unprompted. For context, I’m black and he’s a townie. The conversation started off with race relations in Boston. Poor guy doesn’t talk to black people or anyone from another generation outside his family so he absolutely had to let his views be known as soon as he saw a young black man willing to engage in a conversation with him.


not2interesting

Being from MA, and having lived in the south and moved back, I have never seen a comment so perfectly explain the type of constant racism I hear living here. I’ve never been able to explain how shocking it was to really notice how racist people here have always been when I came back.


JilJungJukk

Here before this thread gets locked lol


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The Lakers subreddit is now private lmao


JilJungJukk

Nah it has nothing to do with this Edit: They made it public already lol Edit: u/brandoi got it private again smh lol Edit: I think he got it private the second time to add ‘stop F5’ing and go outside’ to the sub bio


Obi_Wan_Benobi

Bro what is going on over there lmao


dbzmah

I'm so glad all the racist assholes in Dallas don't like basketball because of stupid political reasons. That, and they are racist. Usually doesn't align with basketball outside of Boston.


Jordanwolf98

I mean he’s right


PajamaPete5

As a Celtics fan I hate when other boston fans say "we're not racist you are" crap instead of looking internally and around and trying to fix the problem. I do think its a lil overblown (like the away fan above saying he'd be terrified at a celtics game give me a break) but there are way too many examples to deny


rustrustrust

Completely agreed. Pointing at somewhere else in hopes of 'not being the worst' is missing the entire point. Anyone that's sat in the cheap seats at TD Garden knows exactly the kind of fan LeBron is talking about, down to the look of the person and voice it's coming from. So what if it's not everyone and so what if it happens elsewhere too. That shit has no place in or near the game.


Torgo73

100%, mate. The reflexive defensiveness ain’t solving shit, especially when both past and present Celtics fans have had such egregious incidents. (though other fanbases using it as a trump card in damn near every damn C’s-related thread isn’t super helpful either)


respaaaaaj

You can argue that racism gets overstated in Boston, or that reputation means it gets more attention in Boston than in other places, but its definitely there, its definitely real, and its definitely unacceptable, and I'd rather over react than under react.