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Tim_IN
Joined: Jan 13th, 2011
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I feel like Jalen Rose's comments weren't over the line... If he would have said "I hated Duke because they were all rich and spoiled growing up." Just because he used the Uncle Tom term it caused a stir. Still should've worded it better and really made it clear that that's how he fealt when he was 17.
Posted Mar 16th 2011 3:37PM
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gopackgo1213
Joined: Jan 14th, 2011
Posts: 112
Yeah I don't think it was really that bad either. It does upset me though that he implied because the Duke kids are from good homes and educated that some how they are less black... That's just ignorant and stupid.
Posted Mar 16th 2011 7:36PM
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iamtheschwab
Joined: Jan 14th, 2011
Posts: 113
Jalen Rose didn't hate Duke players because he thought they were Uncle Tom's... He hated them because they were always good. Think about it, did he hate black players that went to Princeton? No because Princeton had no chance to win a title every year.
Posted Mar 17th 2011 5:06PM
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