Why does Hopkins say racist comments...

[sparked_85]

I haven't read this thread.

But how many attempts where made to 'out' a fellow poster as a racist?

[D.C.]

i dunno why white folks get so mad about this.... their the ones who own everything

1. I don't own ****.
2. Neither does anyone else I know.

Would you like a millionaire white guy saying, "I'd never work with those monkeys!"? Or a top white boxer saying, "I'd never lose to a black ****** boy!"?

I doubt you would.

The average white guy is no different than the average black guy. We all have the same goals and aspirations.

[Pullcounter]

1. I don't own ****.
Would you like a millionaire white guy saying, "I'd never work with those monkeys!"? Or a top white boxer saying, "I'd never lose to a black ****** boy!"?

how do you know they don't say things like that?

[keepthemhandsup]

how do you know they don't say things like that?

that is a good point.....

[alframsey]

how do you know they don't say things like that?

They blattently do say these things, and it wrong. What i think he was trying to do is get you to see why people may be offended by it!

[D.C.]

how do you know they don't say things like that?

How do you know they do?

I've yet to hear one come out in public and say it.

[Sin City]

Joe Calzaghe should of said something along the lines of: I'm going to beat this niggers ass! A white man should never lose to a black!

and when the black folks got upset.. all he would have to say is "he was just trying to promote the fight!" because that obviously makes it ok, right?

[El Dominicano]

Joe Calzaghe should of said something along the lines of: I'm going to beat this niggers ass! A white man should never lose to a black!and when the black folks got upset.. all he would have to say is "he was just trying to promote the fight!" because that obviously makes it ok, right?

See but B-Hop said he'd never lose to a white boy. If Joe would have responded that way...he would have been jumping the gun.

[Johnny Vincent]

Well if calling a white person white boy is racist then is calling floyd monkey racist,I've read that many times on this forum or how about ****** thrash is that racist?

How is ****** trash racist? It refers to people who act "******". This means having 0 class and bad manners. I dont even think calling somebody white trash is racist.

None of this is the point. The point is Bernard Hopkins is an athlete and has a responsibility not to act like an ignorant ass.


This kind of behaviour shouldnt be tolerated or accepted by the boxing community in 2008.

[Trevbutler]

I think above all Hopkins should be thankful for the sport of boxing. He tries to act like he is a better man because he came from prison and made his life better. If it were not for boxing he would still be in a prison somewhere. It irritates me because I start to like hopkins until I hear him talk.

Watching the Pavlik fight I was excited for Hopkins he accomplished a lot. Then afterwards he walked over to Pavlik and what started out good as a talk to tell him to keep his head up. He had to be a dip**** again and bring race into it. Was it really needed? I dont think Pavlik needed to "fight like a black person" to beat the black fighters he has in the past.

You guys can argue it all you want, but from the way Hopkins talks you can tell he thinks white people are inferior when it comes to fighting.