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Reverend Al Sharpton is calling for a boycott of the Knicks unless coach and General Manager Isiah Thomas issues a formal apology for testifying that it was alright for black men to refer to black women as bitches. Thomas' distinction became public last month after a deposition was released in the sexual harassment suit of Anucha Browne Sanders. The female executive was suing the Knicks organization after she was fired while accusing the team, and Thomas, of sexually harassing her. Thomas testified that it was okay for black men to refer to black women as bitches, while he considered it less acceptable for white men to do so. Sharpton objected:
"We are calling on him to apologize because of what came out during the deposition . . . when he said it was all right for black men to call black women 'bitches.'"The discrimination lawsuit is becoming a neverending headache for the Knicks organization. Sanders was awarded $11.6 million after suing the team when she was fired. Now Sharpton is threatening to boycott Madison Square Garden unless an apology is issued by Thomas. The Knicks have been terrible recently. Last season the team went 33-49, despite one of the highest payrolls in the league. The last time they reached the playoffs was in 2004 when they were swept in the first round by the Nets.
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wow. Al Sharpton finally doing something right for a change.
it's not one of the highest payrolls in the league, It's the DE FACTO highest payroll in the league.
Would someone please stab Sharpton in the throat?
Is Sharpton personally going to boycott MSG? How much money does he personally pump into the place? Or is he speaking on behalf of all black people? Cause then all the players are going to need something to do.
One thing you can be sure of is that the league itself won't take any action against the Knicks. That's because the other teams just adore them. While in part it's because the Knicks provide an easy opponent, it's mostly because the team's obscenely bloated payroll forces it to pay tens of millions of dollars each season in "luxury tax," money that goes to other teams.
So we have to boycott the Knicks because Isiah Thomas is a pig? I would boycott them because they suck ass so much.
Uh oh! http://www.imsorryalsharpton.com/
why?
why should Isiah be singled out for
bringing to light, what HAS BEEN a
growing problem, not just in the black
community but in ALL communities?
shouldnt we be thanking him? His trial
has helped bring to the surface what
many will not speak of.
Isiah being "forced" to apologize does
not solve the root of the problem.
Al Sharptons a joke, he stopped being
relevant a while ago.
if he really wants to make a difference
please stop holding press confrences
and just stick to helping local
communities.
Life's a bitch, you wish you were me.
Yeh, what a fine humanitarian Sharpton is - I think a desire to be King Pimp is more like it...
It might be a small chance, but Sharpton is a reverend with daughters who MIGHT really be offended by this. I am an atheist without kids and I think this kind of talk over and over is damaging to girls and women.
Then why isn't he going after Snoop Dog or 50, or the record producers? I guess it's easier to kick a man while he's down - what a wimp Sharpton is...