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Old 11-26-2006, 11:39 AM
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http://nfl-gossip.aolsportsblog.com/...o-black-ances/

Or are racial comments taboo only for whites? Or can these be distinguished from other controversial high-profile racial comments?

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On Dan Patrick's radio show on Monday, ESPN analyst Michael Irvin was discussing what he sees as the great upside of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. About three and a half minutes into his appearance on the show, Irvin said Romo is a good athlete, then suggested that must mean he has an ancestor who is black.
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"He doesn't look like he's that type of an athlete," Irvin said of Romo. "But he is. He is, man. I don't know if some brother down in that line somewhere, I don't know who saw what or where, his great-great-great-great-grandma ran over in the 'hood or something went down."
Patrick tried to suggest to Irvin that he shouldn't go there, but Irvin was having none of it, continuing:
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"If great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandma pulled one of them studs up out of the barn, 'Come on in here for a second,' you know, and they go out and work in the yard. You know, back in the day."
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Old 11-26-2006, 11:44 AM
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Yes, he should apologize.
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Old 11-26-2006, 11:47 AM
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Doesn't bother me. The whole black/white thing is so last decade. It's all about Muslims these days.

Irvin was probably on crack anyway.
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Old 11-26-2006, 12:24 PM
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So what Michael Irvin said is similar to Kramer saying 50 years ago we'd have a fork up your arse, and yelling the N word over and over? I don't see the similarity.


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So what Michael Irvin said is similar to Kramer saying 50 years ago we'd have a fork up your arse, and yelling the N word over and over? I don't see the similarity.


Poor rich white boys.
Sounds more like what Jimmy the Greek said about 20 years ago or so. And he got canned almost immediately for it.
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"If great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandma pulled one of them studs up out of the barn, 'Come on in here for a second,' you know, and they go out and work in the yard. You know, back in the day."
Irvin obviously said that as a joke. Since when are people so uptight?
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"If great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandma pulled one of them studs up out of the barn, 'Come on in here for a second,' you know, and they go out and work in the yard. You know, back in the day."
Irvin obviously said that as a joke. Since when are people so uptight?
Because if a white guy said the joke then he would most likely be canned.
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Or are racial comments taboo only for whites? Or can these be distinguished from other controversial high-profile racial comments?
I think Michael Irvin should apologize.
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So what Michael Irvin said is similar to Kramer saying 50 years ago we'd have a fork up your arse, and yelling the N word over and over? I don't see the similarity.
I think you have Kramer on the brain.

I'm almost 99% sure that NoName was asking about the difference between Irvin's comments and "other controversial high-profile racial comments" made by white sports commentators.
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