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Is this racist to you?

Posted by David (aka David) May 27 '20, 09:30

I'm watching CNBC, and the interviewer asks Chapek about the NBA. Here's the phrasing:

"Is there a risk associated with bringing hundreds of people from those leagues and the production onto your property when you're also dealing with guests at a time like this?"

Responses:

Nope -- nm - JD May 27, 09:40
Nah -- nm - Krusty May 27, 09:36
Maaaaaybe. But I doubt that was the intent of the comment. -- nm - TWuG May 27, 09:35
I don’t but I think it’s solely the “those” word. If it’s “these” leagues, I don’t think twice. -- nm - Will Hunting May 27, 09:33
I don't think so? - pmb May 27, 09:31 8
- It felt like an implication that those NBA athletes would infect the paying white people at the parks to me. - David May 27, 09:32 7
  - Given that the guests are also an infection risk, I would have phrased the question differently. - Roger More May 27, 09:47
  - I didn't read it that way at all. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 27, 09:38 2
    - And as the NBA is testing like crazy, the risk is more-so the other way. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:39 1
      - That's the thing. Since we know that, it felt like a "reassure our white viewers" question. -- nm - David May 27, 09:41
  - I read it as both ways (the infection risk, not racism). -- nm - Spawn May 27, 09:38
  - I don’t know the NBA, I get that it’s predominately black. But it can’t be exclusively so, is it? -- nm - Qale May 27, 09:35 1
    - I think it's around 75% black -- nm - decline May 27, 09:37
I don't read it as such. -- nm* - prayformojo May 27, 09:31

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