Comments for davidleong.info http://wordful.wordpress.com context :: commentary :: culture Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Beating a Dead Horse by david http://wordful.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/beating-a-dead-horse/#comment-5016 david Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:59:12 +0000 http://wordful.wordpress.com/?p=1138#comment-5016 interestingly, i guess given the context, i almost expect racism to be a given in the sports world (along with sexism, classism, patriarchy, etc). it may still be offensive, but i hold no illusions of the practicality of policing sports commentary. as much as i hate to admit it, cultural sensitivity has its limits, and fighting for thoughtful language in the extended locker room isn't a struggle i care to engage. but someone should! interestingly, i guess given the context, i almost expect racism to be a given in the sports world (along with sexism, classism, patriarchy, etc). it may still be offensive, but i hold no illusions of the practicality of policing sports commentary. as much as i hate to admit it, cultural sensitivity has its limits, and fighting for thoughtful language in the extended locker room isn’t a struggle i care to engage. but someone should!

]]> Comment on Deadly Viper Bull$hit by Kelsey http://wordful.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/deadly-viper-bullhit/#comment-5015 Kelsey Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:20:54 +0000 http://wordful.wordpress.com/?p=1131#comment-5015 your predicted zondervan response kills me - because how many times have we heard it before?!? "our focus group included orientals...we like sushi and have adopted asian babies." your predicted zondervan response kills me – because how many times have we heard it before?!? “our focus group included orientals…we like sushi and have adopted asian babies.”

]]> Comment on Beating a Dead Horse by Nathan Brixius http://wordful.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/beating-a-dead-horse/#comment-5012 Nathan Brixius Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:48 +0000 http://wordful.wordpress.com/?p=1138#comment-5012 Yes, McCarver is a jackass. Also there was Bob Griese's recent comment about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya going off and eating a taco. It's amazing how often sportscasters and athletes have these sorts of attitudes [Jimmy the Greek, Al Campanis, Reggie White, ...], particularly when you consider that sports often seem to connect those from different racial and economic backgrounds more deeply than, for example, schools, workplaces and churches. A little more context on McCarver's comment: "Godzilla" is also WS MVP Hideki Matsui's nickname, first applied (derisively) in Japan because of his complexion. I have no doubt that if McCarver were to be asked about his comment, he would point to Mastui's nickname as the reason. If push came to shove, I also have no doubt that friends of different racial backgrounds would come forward and vouch for him. Then it would be back to us to speculate what actually lies in his heart. Great post, David. Yes, McCarver is a jackass. Also there was Bob Griese’s recent comment about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya going off and eating a taco. It’s amazing how often sportscasters and athletes have these sorts of attitudes [Jimmy the Greek, Al Campanis, Reggie White, ...], particularly when you consider that sports often seem to connect those from different racial and economic backgrounds more deeply than, for example, schools, workplaces and churches.

A little more context on McCarver’s comment: “Godzilla” is also WS MVP Hideki Matsui’s nickname, first applied (derisively) in Japan because of his complexion. I have no doubt that if McCarver were to be asked about his comment, he would point to Mastui’s nickname as the reason. If push came to shove, I also have no doubt that friends of different racial backgrounds would come forward and vouch for him. Then it would be back to us to speculate what actually lies in his heart.

Great post, David.

]]> Comment on Beating a Dead Horse by 206up http://wordful.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/beating-a-dead-horse/#comment-5011 206up Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:40:23 +0000 http://wordful.wordpress.com/?p=1138#comment-5011 Did you hear Tim McCarver's comment during Game 6 of the WS last night? He noted that the game was being shown live in Tokyo and that, at the time of the first pitch, it was still very early there. He followed that with, "Even Godzilla is still asleep at that hour!" Nice Tim, thanks for neatly packaging all the contributions the Japanese have ever made to humanity into a single, mostly irrelevant, pop culture reference. Did you hear Tim McCarver’s comment during Game 6 of the WS last night? He noted that the game was being shown live in Tokyo and that, at the time of the first pitch, it was still very early there. He followed that with, “Even Godzilla is still asleep at that hour!” Nice Tim, thanks for neatly packaging all the contributions the Japanese have ever made to humanity into a single, mostly irrelevant, pop culture reference.

]]> Comment on Deadly Viper Bull$hit by joshua koh http://wordful.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/deadly-viper-bullhit/#comment-5010 joshua koh Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:15 +0000 http://wordful.wordpress.com/?p=1131#comment-5010 they used the word "ORIENTAL"??? jenny tells me the only thing you can call oriental is furniture sigh they used the word “ORIENTAL”??? jenny tells me the only thing you can call oriental is furniture

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