Devon Alexander and the Chinese situation

Without getting into the whole racist thing on this, if Devon really wanted a listening audience, I think he could have used a better angle such as instead of people in his community giving money to other businesses, how about encouraging the building the black-owned business community up. Offer something to his community instead of just harboring resentment. If he senses the need for economic justice in his town, how about taking some of the money he has earned and opening a small chain of soul food restaurants in his community. Hell, I wish someone would open some in my area. I was raised in East Oakland and there used to be more soul food restaurants than there are now. I live not far from there but I'd go anywhere for good soul food. I will say this, I was always treated with way more respect at black-owned establishments, especially the Black Muslim Bakery, than I have ever been treated at Chinese restaurants. Some of the wait staff at Chinese restaurants are downright rude and unaccommodating. I don't take it too personal because there is a sense of rush and lack of personal customer service at times and that may be more cultural than what I perceive as rudeness which does happen often in my experience. Devon should have used the approach of establishing an urban presence with self-sustaining black-owned businesses and the message behind community building if he perceived such an issue with the Chinese restaurants. Perhaps he is jealous/envious of their success in his neighborhood, or he had a bad experience which is sounds like since some of those restaurants can have rude people or perceptibly rude people working there. Simple cure - use his power and money to change things by improving his community with more dining options or other businesses. I think he had a bad experience or a legitimate perception that he took and snowballed into his own judgment and this clouded his opinions and from there he took his uncontrolled emotions to public. He should funnel his emotions into productivity and community involvement, rather than community depreciation.

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This thread again. He was making ignorant comments and was racially discriminating against Chinese people. He went about it the wrong way and made a fool of himself.

11y ago

megas30

Someone tell me how do Jamaican ppl refer to Asians or Chinese ppl...it seems like the use of "Chinaman" got the feathers ruffled...f*ck the soft political correct cornball sh1t...Devon didn't change the game....he just know how to play it....the lines have been drawn and the war is on....name calling is allowed if murdering unarmed boys is....stop crying and adapt to the new world where the hidden hatred is no longer hiding....ride for yours because I'm going hard for mines!! I'm in my bag strong these days...I can't wait for sh1t to get really gully though!! :boxing: We in Jamaica, use the term "Chiney" but our motto is "out of many one people", so it is more cultural for us. Never heard of anyone got offended by it.

11y ago

northstar

Uh, what? He can't open and run a business without calling for racial boycotts against Asian businesses? Nobody is saying he isn't allowed to run a business. In many black neighborhoods, businesses belonging to other racial/ethnic groups abound; you typically won't see that type of thing in the neighborhoods of other ethnic groups.

11y ago

5310

Uh, what? He can't open and run a business without calling for racial boycotts against Asian businesses? Nobody is saying he isn't allowed to run a business.

11y ago

northstar

No. I was born in a very dangerous country and I've seen what oppression is like... The "oppression" you imagine in the United States is absolute pure comedy. The things Devon said were a perfect example of someone who has never experienced oppression a day in their life but has been TOLD they're experiencing it. He has been conditioned to think that all he has to do to get what he wants is bring up his race. He couldn't think of another way to promote his crappy BBQ shack so of course... Racially slur Asians and accuse them of "taking our money". Yes you are trolling. You're insinuation that blacks are genetically inferior is a testament to your trolling. Also, there's truth to what Devon said. Black's in this country would be better served to build and support black owned business; just about every ethnic group in this country does this. Most successful ethnic groups have strong economies. Why shouldn't black Americans try to do the same?

11y ago

5310

You're obviously trolling. No. I was born in a very dangerous country and I've seen what oppression is like... The "oppression" you imagine in the United States is absolute pure comedy. The things Devon said were a perfect example of someone who has never experienced oppression a day in their life but has been TOLD they're experiencing it. He has been conditioned to think that all he has to do to get what he wants is bring up his race. He couldn't think of another way to promote his crappy BBQ shack so of course... Racially slur Asians and accuse them of "taking our money".

11y ago

northstar

No I think it's genetic. You can atomic bomb Asians and starve millions of them and boom they're back on top in a generation. Other groups, they sit around scanning history for minor negative footnotes then use it as an excuse to smoke weed and eat cheetos all day. U mad? You're obviously trolling.

11y ago

5310

These disparities carry on to this day. So do you think the stratification of societies the world over, just happens by accident? No I think it's genetic. You can atomic bomb Asians and starve millions of them and boom they're back on top in a generation. Other groups, they sit around scanning history for minor negative footnotes then use it as an excuse to smoke weed and eat cheetos all day. U mad?

11y ago

northstar

Thanks for proving his point :bottle: Dead-on These disparities carry on to this day. So do you think the stratification of societies the world over, just happens by accident? Your work ethic rhetoric is overly simplistic; it doesn't take into account the differences between the experiences of the black diaspora (currently as well as in the past) and other ethnic groups.

11y ago

5310

In the USA, give me the Asian equivalent of the bombing of "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Cointelpro, and the assassinations of men like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Medgar Evers etc. Don't worry take your time. Thanks for proving his point :bottle: Dead-on. Work ethic wins, crying loses.

11y ago

northstar

They are go getters, true hustlers, they don't play victim, they don't sit around mopping blaming the white man for their ills making them build railroads and treating them like dogs when they were in California, they don't dwell on the past, and saying why do black people like Devon Alexander hate me! they got thick skin, the only thing that offends them is if you insult their honor which is normal. They find ways to make something of themselves, like many of the immigrants who come here they are go getters they are not the type who want to point fingers for their failure. In the USA, give me the Asian equivalent of the bombing of "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Cointelpro, and the assassinations of men like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Medgar Evers etc. Don't worry take your time.

11y ago

SeekDaGreat

The Chinese are VIOLENTLY DANGEROUS, behind the wheel of an automobile. That's all I got to say about that.

11y ago

hectari

The Chinese like most other Asians excel in business. They don't let anything get in the way of their success, including black people. They are go getters, true hustlers, they don't play victim, they don't sit around mopping blaming the white man for their ills making them build railroads and treating them like dogs when they were in California, they don't dwell on the past, and saying why do black people like Devon Alexander hate me! they got thick skin, the only thing that offends them is if you insult their honor which is normal. They find ways to make something of themselves, like many of the immigrants who come here they are go getters they are not the type who want to point fingers for their failure.

11y ago

George_Orwell

The Chinese like most other Asians excel in business. They don't let anything get in the way of their success, including black people.

11y ago

hectari

Who gives a ****, I thought this was a boxing website. As if theres a ****ing conspiracy of asian food corner shops in some ghetto area. Like they're taking up prime real-state anyways haha. What about all of the asian nail salons, I don't hear him talking about that ****. Or how about the asian laundromats. It's all a conspiracy to drive the black people out of business! 8 pages for this **** though lol sers. He doesn't talk about them because those are not his competitors he is opening up a BBQ joint and wants to use race tactics and propaganda to drive blacks away from those establishments. He could have gone about it better and more educated, instead he came off blunt and honest with his racist views. He forgets those Chinese are Americans too are trying to get citizenship, its not like they are making money and not paying taxes, they pay the same taxes as he does. Devon is an idiot for real. This is the same guy who fought in China under Don King promotions, and was saying nothing but nice things about the people when he as there, he is a two face, smile in the chinaman face but secretly hates them.

11y ago

tjones1989

11y ago

MARKAVELLI

What a racist pizz of shlt!!!

11y ago

puga

These are the worst kinds of hypocrites....the ones that cry racism when the doing is being done to them but when its them doing it , its ok....and unfortunately there are lots of these motherf0ckers in the US, that despite the help they are getting from the government(taxpayers money)it still everybody else's fault why their lives are sh1t, instead of blaming the sh1t mentality that they have.

11y ago

Ryn0

What Devon said is what is preached often in black neighborhoods. I can see how people who aren't around that type of talk would see it as racist or offensive but its very common. I don't know whether you meant to word it this way but it doesn't matter whether it is very common in black neighbourhoods, it is 100% racist. "I can see how people who aren't around that type of talk would see it as racist or offensive." Just because people aren't around that type of talk doesn't mean it is wildly racist. It is then up to the individual and the education system to change these views preferably from a younger age. I actually had no idea that Devon Alexander said this, until today but he is an idiot, will outright wish for him to lose badly every time I see him step into the ring. I think he might be the only boxer that I actually truly dislike now, it would have been the case if he had been racist to other ethnic group.

11y ago

rubber_band

Yeah this ignorant ghetto idiot should stick to his little cafe because he's clearly not cared for in boxing. He's willfully ignorant and anyone who supports him should be disgusted. I've also seen a few retweets on his timeline supporting violent acts upon Darren Wilson (the officer who shot the thug who attacked him in Furgeson) just because the officer is white. Disgusting human being. If it was any other boxer this would have blown up and they would have been suspended.

11y ago