ESPN Rob Parker asked if RGIII is a brother, "“He’s not really"

[Rascal]

Originally Posted by Smiling Assassin27

I concur. This is not going to end well.

BS. I have yet to defile myself.

I think a black guy said that

[pricejj]

Originally Posted by Eldorado

Allllright! We got a front runner for "The Most Ignorant Thing Said On the Mane Today" award! Let's see if someone can give this guy a run for his money!!

I dislike white racists, black racists, and all other racists equally. The reporter is a black racist who doesn't have a clue.

[ColoradoDarin]

[razorwire77]

Originally Posted by bowtown

RGIII reminds me of Ed McCaffrey.

Dammit. As soon as I saw three pages of thread, I knew I was too late.

[errand]

Originally Posted by HILife

WTF Parker. Thanks for buying into the stereotype. Good job setting black people back another 60 years.

Exactly....I'm thinking that RGIII just wants be judged as a QB...not a black QB. But of course you got clowns like this ESPN moron who wants to keep playing the race angle on their stories and segments. Why not say he's a good QB...what does it matter if he's black or white?

[ghwk]

This thread just needs Tucker Max to start posting in it.

[Smiling Assassin27]

Originally Posted by Rascal

BS. I have yet to defile myself.

I think a black guy said that

Yes, Doc Holliday was black...from the waist down.

[JakeZ01]

There is a simple test to see how black someone is.... ask them if O.J. is guilty or not.

[rmsanger]

@ Parker questioning RGIII's brotha card by bringing up his white fiance'. If anything that solidifies his status as a brotha; marrying a white woman is the in thing.


Parker is just a hater because Stephania and Rachel Nichols won't return his calls.

[Mountain Bronco]

So now you have to be hood to be a brother? Give me a break, that is a bad mentality. How many people would rather count RGIII as a friend versus Vick?

[R8R H8R]

Originally Posted by Rascal

If Stephen A Smith is the voice of reason, you know you are a moron.

This. But good for him for calling out a "brother" for questioning someone else's "brotherness" (is that a word?).

[extralife]

can we just ban that idiot gmatty kid already?

[SouthStndJunkie]

Originally Posted by Boobs McGee

Well THAT was an awkward convo. Really? Is he black? Now we're taking about HOW black someone is on National tv? Wonder how white Peyton Manning qualifies as. Ffs this seems pretty ridiculous.

Peyton Manning is as white as snow.

[El Minion]

Originally Posted by crowebomber

Hey mods, ban some people and kill this thread. We don't need this **** in here.

[maven]

Any pics of the white fiancee?

[errand]

Originally Posted by JakeZ01

There is a simple test to see how black someone is.... ask them if O.J. is guilty or not.

OK, that was funny ...I don't care who you are.

[RedskinBronco]

Richard Deitsch ‏@richarddeitsch
ESPN PR on Rob Parker's comments today on First Take: "The comments were inappropriate and we are evaluating our next steps."

[Lestat]

Rob Parker always says something stupid as hell.
he was the dude who was asking Rod Marinelli about his son in law being his DC when he coached the lions.

[El Minion]

Originally Posted by errand

Exactly....I'm thinking that RGIII just wants be judged as a QB...not a black QB. But of course you got clowns like this ESPN moron who wants to keep playing the race angle on their stories and segments. Why not say he's a good QB...what does it matter if he's black or white?

John Wayne a racist and socialist for white people only, great example

“I believe in white supremacy, until blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them, [the Indians] if that's what you're asking. Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."

[RedskinBronco]

Originally Posted by maven

Any pics of the white fiancee?

[RedskinBronco]

Originally Posted by Lestat

Rob Parker always says something stupid as hell.
he was the dude who was asking Rod Marinelli about his son in law being his DC when he coached the lions.

He also got fired from somewhere, might have been the incident you are talking about here.

[Broncobiv]

Originally Posted by bronco militia

ESPN commentator on RG3: “He’s kind of black, but he’s not really”

Posted by Michael David Smith on December 13, 2012, 3:08 PM EST

Reuters
Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III recently said in a recent interview that he didn’t want to be defined as an African-American quarterback. One ESPN commentator says that raises questions about Griffin.

In fact, ESPN’s Rob Parker said Thursday morning on First Take that as an African-American, he has a lot of questions about Griffin.

“My question is, and it’s just a straight, honest question: Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother,” Parker said. “He’s not really. He’s black, he does his thing, but he’s not really down with the cause. He’s not one of us. He’s kind of black, but he’s not really like the kind of guy you really want to hang out with.”

Parker said he wants to know more about Griffin’s personal life before he can accept Griffin as authentically black.

“I want to find about him,” Parker said. “I don’t know because I keep hearing these things. We all know he has a white fiancee. Then there was all this talk about he’s a Republican, which there’s no information at all. I’m just trying to dig deeper into why he has an issue. Because we did find out with Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods was like, ‘I’ve got black skin, but don’t call me black.’ So people wondered about Tiger Woods.”

Asked by fellow panelist Skip Bayless about the fact that Griffin braids his hair, Parker said that’s an aspect of Griffin that he approves of.

“That’s different, because, to me, that’s very urban,” Parker said. “Wearing braids is, you’re a brother. You’re a brother if you’ve got braids.”

Another panelist on the show, Stephen A. Smith, said he wasn’t comfortable with how Parker had framed his argument.

“First of all, let me say this: I’m uncomfortable with where we just went,” Smith said when asked to respond to Parker. “RG3, the ethnicity or the color of his fiancee is none of our business, it’s irrelevant, he can live his life in whatever way he chooses. The braids that he has in his hair, that’s his business, that’s his life, he can live his life. I don’t judge someone’s blackness based on those kinds of things. I just don’t do that. I’m not that kind of guy.”

I asked an ESPN spokesman whether the network had any response to Parker’s comments on the air and will post it if ESPN does issue a response. But ESPN obviously thought Parker’s comments were worth repeating: When Best of First Take aired on Thursday afternoon, the show ended with a replay of the discussion about Griffin.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...es-not-really/

Midway through reading this article, I thought it was from The Onion!

[Broncobiv]

Originally Posted by RedskinBronco

I don't care if you're black or white...gotta admit, those are nice chi-chi's.

[El Minion]

Originally Posted by RedskinBronco

Except for the boobies, very plain Jane. To each his own.

[RedskinBronco]

Originally Posted by El Minion

Except for the boobies, very plain Jane. To each his own.

I agree. IMO, he could have done a lot better but good for him in terms of sticking with someone who has always been there and real with him. I guess better than some gold digger who would make his life hell.

Just ask chris cooley who just divorced his wife, a former skins cheerleader.

This girl is apparently very close with his family. Counts for something...