LeBron is acting like he wants to be the bad guy, so he's going to get what he wants. Therefore, he has himself to blame. Not the way people look at his skin.

Allanfan20 wrote:I would agree with LeBron that race does always play a factor, so in a sense, he's right. The people who are more likely to judge by race are going to get a lot more angry just because he's black. However, this is way beyond race. LeBron is a global megastar and also the so called "Golden Child" or at least used to be percieved that way. He was beloved in basically the entire state of Ohio (Or at least it seems that way) and he took advantage of that but then threw it away. The way he handled that situation was very poor and out of taste. Does he deserve to have the hate thrown at him the way it is? Absolutely not. It's getting pretty out of hand. However, if he didn't toy with Cleveland and 5 other franchises, and just handled this in a much more tasteful manner, then the backlash wouldn't be nearly as strong.

LeBron is acting like he wants to be the bad guy, so he's going to get what he wants. Therefore, he has himself to blame. Not the way people look at his skin.

Good post. I was going to post something similar, but you beat me to it.

loweyecue wrote:Can't argue with the data though as much as I hate what he did. If the data presented in the article is correct and I would seriously question its correctness, then race would seem have played a part in this.

The data just show that luck of class and loyalty is more of an importance to whites that black respondents of this pool.
This 2 thing are a history in America antways so these whites are out of touch with reality.

loweyecue wrote:

arkrud wrote:

loweyecue wrote:Can't argue with the data though as much as I hate what he did. If the data presented in the article is correct and I would seriously question its correctness, then race would seem have played a part in this.

The data just show that luck of class and loyalty is more of an importance to whites that black respondents of this pool.
This 2 thing are a history in America antways so these whites are out of touch with reality.

May be may be not, if what you are saying is true then white guy doing this would have gotten the same response from both demographics. It's certainly possible unfortunately there is no data for that.

What I found surprising is how stark the difference in numbers is, which is what would lead me to question the data.

People are always less critical to people alike. This is human nature and it is nothing wrong about it.
To gain respect from all kind of people is not an easy task, and it is very easy to screw it up.
Which LeBron did by listening to a bunch of idiots from his inner circle.

Never before Lebron had an athlete conducted such a farce. Remember when the floated the idea of the lebron sneakers branded by city?

I'd be interested to know if they did did a cross tab for education & pro sport allegiances.

If LeBron would have spoke out and gave hints that he was going to Miami or just let the Knicks know that he had no plans of coming to New York. If we knew that we just might have saved some money. LeCon Conned us like he did everyone else. And that TV show!! He said he have the kids 3 million dollars. He could have done other things to raise money for the boys and girls club. LeCon may win 5 championships but he will never be the champ he could have been. His sales are down and his crew has no respect but in Miami. I'll tell you something else. His agent better hold on to LeBron for as long as he can because other agents who has been in it a long time got his number and a plan to move him out.

when i saw this posted you knew that many would chime in VERY negatively about lebron as narcissistic, etc.

am i saying lebron's "team" is right?

no, but the fact that we dismiss this notion so quickly, the same as when bonds was vilified, and claims that part of the backlash was related to his race and even in the new episodes of ken burns 'baseball' documentary gerald early comments about how the conversation about performance enhancing drugs changed when clemens name entered the conversation. michael vick and michael jackson also come to mind...

i think that lebron and co's response, if this is true, is linked to a history of black athletes being treated differently, and the challenge for some of us less well off financially, white folks' willingness to acknowledge this when we feel either victimized, or not able to see how one can still feel as an "outsider" or "victim" when one has money...

again, do i think this was a good idea to state? no, but we don't live in any such "post-racial world" yet despite our own best intentions of creating it...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/01/lebron-james-race-and-%E2%80%98the-decision%E2%80%99/

This rationalizing and denial will allow Queen James to feel good about himself when he looks in the mirror. It is a cynical and face-saving spin, and most definitely untrue.

Just another reason to not respect the little man who would be king.

SupremeCommander wrote:thıs guy ıs a moron and hıs PR 'team' (AKA freeriding homeslices) is the worst ever assembled.

'LBJ, I know how we can appeal to the whıte audıence agaın--PLAY THE RACE CARD!!!'

come the eff on

Play the race card? How did he play the race card when he responded honestly to a question? He didn't get behind a soap box with a prepared statement.

O'BRIEN: "Do you think there's a role that race plays in this?"

JAMES: "I think so, at times. It's always, you know, a race factor."

This is all he said. So please explain again how he used a race card?

Uptown wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:thıs guy ıs a moron and hıs PR 'team' (AKA freeriding homeslices) is the worst ever assembled.

'LBJ, I know how we can appeal to the whıte audıence agaın--PLAY THE RACE CARD!!!'

come the eff on

Play the race card? How did he play the race card when he responded honestly to a question? He didn't get behind a soap box with a prepared statement.

O'BRIEN: "Do you think there's a role that race plays in this?"

JAMES: "I think so, at times. It's always, you know, a race factor."

This is all he said. So please explain again how he used a race card?

Responding to a question is not an excuse for coming across like self absorbed d-bag. If your wife asks you whether or not she gained weight, would "answering the question honestly" be an appropriate excuse?