"before we can help others deal with racism, we have to be honest about ourselves."
This is exactly what I got out of it.
That being said, I see Mark Cuban doing what Mark Cuban does. Being a troll. An article I read a bit earlier said Cuban has a severe allergy to not being the center of attention and the Donald Sterling fiasco is taking an inordinate amount of spotlight away from Cuban.
If we are all honest with ourselves — Cuban included — we can admit that these comments were really just crafted to put the spotlight back on the eccentric Mavericks owner. It’s common knowledge that Cuban has a violent allergic reaction to not being discussed. He’ll be a son-of-a-gun if people are going to talk about someone other than him and his madcap antics.
What is completely true is that Cuban has a point and is trolling us for a good reason, aside from more attention being paid to him. He’s forcing us to all take one step back and face facts — that punishing Sterling is to inflict a groupthink morality on one single person. We don’t agree with Sterling but it’s never been a crime to be unpopular. If that was the case, Nickelback would be serving a life sentence.
*snip snip*
Cuban is a genius for more than knowing not to trade Dirk Nowitzki. He knows that allowing the NBA to punish people for their beliefs is the same slippery slope to which he made reference weeks ago. Cuban is acutely aware that if Sterling is banned and forced to sell his team today, that in five years someone could be forced to sell their team for being an atheist or speaking out against a war. He’s correct in recognizing this situation as a dangerous precedent, and to blatantly and shamelessly troll the entire country is the best way to smack some sense into us all.
[This message has been edited by Rallaster (edited 05-22-2014).]
This may be a racist statement. Brace yourselves. Here it comes... I personally know of many white folks that are, well, white! I know, I am sorry. I could not help myself.
This is why I have Wichita rated positive. This is why I would like to shake his hand one day. Call it like ya see it, not how you hear it.
People often can't put into words what they are responding to when they want to be very careful about their safety.
People that tend to obscure a look at their face make people more on guard, and react with caution.
Hoodies. Caps that are pulled way low and huge brims. Sunglasses blocking a view of their eyes.
It isn't my fault if one particular race decides to wear their clothing that way. That doesn't make anyone a racist. I don't care what their color of skin is. If they are wearing hoodies, the guard goes up. Black, latino, white, asian. I don't care. Now we don't solely rely on that. We look at other context then. Facial expression if you can see the face. Body posture. Gait. Bagging pants.
That's stereotyping. Guilty. That's profiling. Yeah? So? I'm not intentionally insulting, attacking, or judging anyone. I'm going by percentages, and reacting accordingly to keep myself safe.
But his examples don't apply. You put different standards on people you know versus people you don't know.
So if I am an owner, know the player, and that player wears hoodies, low caps, poopy pants, scowling facial expression of an att-a-tude, I don't care. Whatever. Choose your own lifestyle. I'm not in danger. That is when it can drift into racism. When you know the person, or the group associated with a certain behavior, and so you treat them differently than others due to that. Self-protective profiling of strangers? Nope. Totally reject that as racism. Point being that most people that cry racist don't even know which behaviors reflect racism, and which are not against race at all and are about behaviors.
Originally posted by Wichita: Kick him out of the NBA and force him to sell the team dammit!
We need to get the US Senate involved. Fifty Senators sent a letter to the NFL telling them to learn from the NBA and make the Washington Redskins change their team name.
Yes!! anyone who has an opinion that we don't like or anyone finds offensive we need to kick him out of job or business. or better yet arrest him and put him in jail. We can't have opinions and free thought!!! That's the world we want to live in!
I could not help myself. 
