During halftime of tonight’s Cavs/Lakers encounter, TNT’s esteemed roundtable of blowhards tackled Tim Hardaway’s ill-advised remarks about how he’d react to a gay teammate. While the Chuckster and Reggie Miller were both unreserved in their condemnation (Miller in particular, suggested that Hardaway seek counseling, and predicted his former teammate might never work in the NBA again), Kenny Smith had an unusual way of looking at the subject.
“My reaction to John Amaechi was it’s not a big deal…he’s trying to sell a book off his sexual preference. Which doesn’t make sense to me. We know there are white rappers. We all know there are black people in the suburbs. “
With all due respect to the hardships endured by white rappers as varied as MC Paul Barman, David Faustino and El-P, this was a terrible analogy, and perhaps one Smith would like to rescind. Grandmaster Bud Bundy had a choice whether or not to release the compact disc shown above (and perhaps he made the wrong one). John Amaechi, however, had as much say in being born gay as Kenny had in being born black.
I can think of nothing whiter than a rap album with “Styx” on the cover.
I prefer his earlier stuff with the Outlaw Posse featuring Brian Austin Green.
“Grandmaster Bud Bundy had a choice whether or not to release the compact disc shown above (and perhaps he made the wrong one). John Amaechi, however, had as much say in being born gay as Kenny had in being born black.”
Terrible comparison.
Bud Bundy had no choice being born white, just as Amaechi had no choice being born gay.
Bud Bundy had a choice whether or not to release his album. Amaechi had a choice whether or not to play in the NBA.
The difference is that athletes have shown less tolerance for gays than the rap industry for whites.
I really really HATE the whole ‘borne gay’ thing. Mainly because it’s simply not true. Babies are not born with ANY sexual preference. Babies are not born alcoholics. Babies are not born with a taste for meat. Conversely babies are not born vegans either.
I also hate the comparison to RACE. Homosexuals are Male or Female. Homosexuals are White, Black, Asian or what have you.
If being a Homo’sexual’ is a race, then why not Polygamists (they are illegal like Homosexuality USED to be) and frankly who are they really hurting (well regarding the Mormons anyways)? I won’t even mention sexual preferences like beatiality and necrophilia.
Bottomline is LIKE homosexuality it IS a sexual preference and has been proven NOT to be biological. So please get your facts right. Amaechi was NOT ‘born gay’.