Thanks for adding some actual facts and perspective to something I honestly think is blown out of proportion. The body is clearly Stallone, initially I thought it was Adonis with chimpanzee head added. I get it was an 'ignorant' throw away statement by a guy who hardly speaks the language from a completely different culture and who is in the business of knocking people unconscious. We are quickly becoming a limp dick PC society where no words need be spoken to write a man completely off and for us to proclaim to know his soul.
It's probably thrown around because the word itself has been diluted till words of ignorance can be equated to actions of hate. A person wearing a t-shirt with a negative image but does no actions to validate the meaning of the shirt--- is now a person just as guilty of someone who wont wear such a thing; but does actions that validate hatred in the name of one race over another.
This is 7 pages of a brainfart moment.
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Kov needs to be made aware of his actions and the consequences of having those ignorant beliefs.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
Maybe I am giving the guy to much leeway as I love watching him fight but I can't believe that Kovalev is racist in any meaningful way. I just don't see an actual racist with white supremacist beliefs allowing himself to be trained by a black trainer. Is he racist in the sense that he'll make racist remarks and has some prejudices, probably, most people are. Is he racist in the sense that he believes black people are subhumans and should be slaves, doubt it. Shitty thing to do but who the f knows I'm not in the dude's head...Also in another sport this might be a huge deal but in boxing we routinely root for less than savory characters..
Last edited by armin; 04-24-2015 at 02:34 AM.
Basically he needs to "Americanize" himself for lack of a better word and understand everything he does and says is under scrutiny in a Country with a shameful history in regards to race. Educate himself and adapt to his surroundings. The cultural and societal teachings, experiences and languages are worlds apart between many countries. Hell even states in the U.S. Where I live many many locals refer to themselves as "Coonass". Say that outside of the state and next thing you know you are in the Klan or some shit. Its no excuse for being a dummy, but I really do not believe those mentioned, Broner, or a Hopkins or a Kovalev are racist. At least not the racism and true hate I've seen.
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