I had no idea when I made that post early this morning it would turn into what it did. I have been gone all day so I have not read all of it but this incident is not that complicated. The kids in the video did nothing wrong. CONTEXT DOES MATTER! They were simply congratulating each other as team mates. How Boren handles it is important. Just like the last video, he has all the evidence he needs so he should act just as quickly(if he thinks he was right the first time) and announce that what the kids said would be addressed by HC Lon Kruger to the team but the kids said nothing derogatory and would receive no other penalties. If he fails to address it then it definitely shows his move in the first incident was politically motivated and not justice motivated.
I do think there is one other issue that needs to be addressed by head coach's, AD's, and university presidents before it actually happens. There will be a day on the bus, in the locker room, on the side lines where a white player is caught doing this. I know because I have personally witnessed it. With all of the cell phones these days, it will happen. It should be handled the same way. The white player is obviously close to the black player and it is not said in a derogatory way. Some may say it is acceptable and some may say it is not but the ISSUE is doing the RIGHT THING each time not selectively issuing punishment and other times looking away.
I have one other point I want to bring up. It deserves a new thread but I am tired and it is late(for me). Does anyone remember the Larry Cochell incident? It has been several years by my memory recalls that he said the N word off the record to a reporter about a play his black centerfielder made. Larry was not being derogatory but when it was finally reported he lost his job. Every one that knew Larry said he did not have a racial bone in his body. For you younger guys, before the civil rights movement, it was acceptable to use the word. Many of us grew up with it and while it was sometimes associated hatefully, the majority of the time it was just what you said. After the civil rights movement, most blacks wanted to be called African-Americans but after several decades most have dropped that because they just want to be recognized as Americans.
Anyway, Larry was not treated fairly at the time as even his black players stood up for him. Once again, he was removed in order to be politically correct. IMHO. if we want to gradually move past these types of problems, someone has to be big enough to DO THE RIGHT THING. Move past being politically correct. Weight the evidence properly and DO THE RIGHT THING. Over 2 or 3 decades, this problem would go away.
I do think there is one other issue that needs to be addressed by head coach's, AD's, and university presidents before it actually happens. There will be a day on the bus, in the locker room, on the side lines where a white player is caught doing this. I know because I have personally witnessed it. With all of the cell phones these days, it will happen. It should be handled the same way. The white player is obviously close to the black player and it is not said in a derogatory way. Some may say it is acceptable and some may say it is not but the ISSUE is doing the RIGHT THING each time not selectively issuing punishment and other times looking away.
I have one other point I want to bring up. It deserves a new thread but I am tired and it is late(for me). Does anyone remember the Larry Cochell incident? It has been several years by my memory recalls that he said the N word off the record to a reporter about a play his black centerfielder made. Larry was not being derogatory but when it was finally reported he lost his job. Every one that knew Larry said he did not have a racial bone in his body. For you younger guys, before the civil rights movement, it was acceptable to use the word. Many of us grew up with it and while it was sometimes associated hatefully, the majority of the time it was just what you said. After the civil rights movement, most blacks wanted to be called African-Americans but after several decades most have dropped that because they just want to be recognized as Americans.
Anyway, Larry was not treated fairly at the time as even his black players stood up for him. Once again, he was removed in order to be politically correct. IMHO. if we want to gradually move past these types of problems, someone has to be big enough to DO THE RIGHT THING. Move past being politically correct. Weight the evidence properly and DO THE RIGHT THING. Over 2 or 3 decades, this problem would go away.
