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i was just asking a simple yes/no question, he implied a bunch of shit that wasn't there.

You didn't answer my question

ECN, how pissed off do you get at amusement parks when handicapped people get to cut you in all the lines?

pretty sure most people that write that crap would HAVE to be women. can you show me where magic says he is only hiring black people?

isn't oxygen, lifetime, etc meant to target women?

[expletive]ING BLEW MY TRIG TEST got a 77 :( :( :( this is me right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykVuLVhw7MY

Things in the US are never going to be as good as Canada when it comes to bigotry and racism. That is the bottom line. I have heard people bitch about the NBA doing their Latino Nights before, because "this is america and we speak english." That is the stupidity of some people in this country. In all honesty, we are all people, but different races and different nationalities have some unique cultural practices. I am just stating the obvious when I say there is a clear difference between growing up in a black household and growing up in a white household. For starters, look at the large gap between median income between black and white households from 2006: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104552.html Here is the median income in 2009: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0695.pdf I know we are all humans, but there are obvious divides in society. I don't agree with them, but they are there. I don't have a problem with a guy like Magic Johnson trying to improve the lives of the black youth. When you realize that a greater percentage of black children grow up under the poverty line than white children when looking at a fair sample size, you realize that these kids do have different environments when growing up. Yes, there are white children who grow up in a similar or worse atmosphere, don't get me wrong. Magic is trying to give these kids tv characters to aspire to be like that are similar to them and send a positive message. As a white child in the United States, I grew up watching Mr. Rodgers' Neighborhood. A lot of the stuff in this show applies to EVERYONE, but if I grew up in the inner city, I would never be able to relate to the things he discussed, because it was aimed at children growing up in the suburbs. I really didn't want to touch on this, but your Apple argument is flawed in the sense that Apple is a multibillion dollar corporation, and Magic Johnson is trying to provide diversity programming on television. No one is stopping white people from watching this channel or producing content for this channel, but at the end of the day, I'm not sure if many white people would be interested in it, because it is not catered towards them. The same way that CMT, BET, cable news, etc don't cater towards me in a way. You don't see me getting mad because CNN and Fox News hire people of a certain political bias to be commentators on their network. Was Bill Cosby in the wrong for hiring a bunch of relatively unknown black actors to star in the Cosby Show, which is one of the most successful television shows of all time? No. Was it wrong of him to create the show Fat Albert, which was targeted towards the black youth, to send motivational and encouraging messages? No. The messages in both of those shows still applies to everyone, and they are allowed to be watched by anyone, just like this show. TCS is also interesting to study, because people were taken aback at the time of the thought of a *gasp* successful black family living in the suburbs. Thankfully, that show was able to show that black families are indeed not much different from white families, and hopefully Magic's channel will have similar content to reinforce that message bee tee dubs, i don't think we should compare Magic's network to BET, because I believe he wants it to be the opposite

We already have a guy averaging a double double complimenting Bynum

http://online.wsj.com/article/APd9c80dc8d8fd4dbf9820de46a7deec8d.html Woah they're letting hispanics own TV networks now too! stop discriminating against me!!!

This doesn't say blacks only. Like I said, he's not going to deny a good show made by a white person.

you can look up to people of other races but it is easier to look up to someone similar to you. notice the Chinese Americans and Taiwanese americans embracing lin the most? And please elaborate on someone being discriminated against for being white

talk about a bounce back for Portland after last night

well that is what i get for not reading. if he comes over for free, i have no problem since we lack offense at the starting SF position. his defensive liability won't be too much of a problem if he is splitting a lot of time with Barnes and MWP

how are we getting Beasley without giving up Pau? If we don't give up anyone besides Barnes and MWP or both, I don't have a problem with it

i have a friend in gen chem 1 for science majors here and the lab class portion of it is kicking his ass :o

all i wanted to do was win a vita

Pau is just too consistent and isn't a headcase. I would MUCH rather have a mature player like Pau, despite whatever his shortcomings may be, in comparison to a player that at times seems rather immature and puts up a worse FGA-points ratios than Kobe

much better BY FAR

you can't really oppress a majority. the majority of this country is white. look at the most popular television shows. how many black people are in 2.5 men? the big bang theory? modern family(although this show does a good job at portraying other minorities)? i mean god forbid someone wants to create shows that young black children can relate to. all magic is trying to do is help black actors, producers, and writers get into the television/film industry. is that really such a harmful thing? who does it harm? majority races aren't discriminated against, but you can bet your ass that minority races are. hell, we even make jokes about that in pop culture. i mean holy cow, he's just trying to show black kids that black people are no different than white people, and ecn is trying to crucify him for doing that. do you also oppose telemundo because it is marketed at SPANISH SPEAKING AUDIENCES? HOW DARE THEY NOT BE CAUCASIAN, LAND-OWNING, PROTESTANT MALES!!!!!!!!!!!! If you look at the FULL article and not just the ecn snippet, you can see that magic is just trying to help young blacks interested in a television career out and is trying to produce a positive image for kids to look up to.

are there any positive portrayals of black families on television? since the cosby show, not really. i don't see what the problem is with a guy trying to portray a positive portrayal of black people on television is. magic is trying to give young black kids growing up in bad areas a positive role model on television to look up to. people easily connect with those similar to themselves. you guys are acting like he is trying to harm someone, when in all honesty, he is just trying to spread a positive message to kids

if you're a white guy and you make a good program that meets his desires, he isn't going to deny your program because you're white lmao

so do you want free enterprise and free speech or not? i highly doubt the writers for shows aired on telemundo are white. this isn't hurting anyone, you just want to make a big deal about it. if you produced a show portraying positive views of black people, i highly doubt he would reject it because you're white you know he is implying that he wants to give black people a place to showcase their work, basically giving them an opportunity that may not be there for all of them. getting a show on tv isn't an easy feat, so it sounds like he is trying to encourage and help some black youths live their dreams. of course, only your troll persona could find a problem with this.