Koolaid_Man
12-14-2013, 07:10 PM
So Jim Brown decided last week to clown MJ and Kobe....just those two only....I guess he recognizes they're almost one in the same :lol but Kobe hits back hard on the old black dude....while MJ takes it like a champ :lol
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Koolbreezey/img24338193_zps5f7fdc1b.jpg
"It surprised me in a sense that it came out of left field," Bryant said. "I mean, I've never even met him, so it came out of left field but I do think it's a great opportunity to have these conversations, to have this discussion.
"I think no matter where you come from, whether you come from Italy, whether you come from Inglewood [Calif.], whether you come from London, it doesn't matter. Ultimately, the conversation is that it doesn't matter what color skin you are to begin with. But, I think it's a good place to start to have a good conversation and try to educate one another and try to improve as a society from it."
^ the non-media translation...fuck that old ass salty ass broke ass jealous muthafucka :lol
Before practice on Thursday, Bryant tweeted about an idea that a "global African American" was an inferior shade to the "American African Americans" as his reaction to the entire ordeal. He cited that it wasn't like the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr or the recently deceased Nelson Mandela.
A "Global" African American is an inferior shade to "American" African Americans?? #hmm (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hmm&src=hash).. that doesn't sound very #Mandela (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Mandela&src=hash) or #DrKing (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DrKing&src=hash) sir
When asked about his tweet, Bryant clarified his feelings further:
"If it's a major issue that involves a quality or a perception of racial quality, I feel like that's something that's a big enough message that needs to be addressed," Bryant said when asked about the tweet. "Obviously it's a sensitive topic for everybody, but I think the best thing to do is not dance around it but to go at it with a full head of steam and generate conversation about it. So, that's how I try to measure it."
Regardless of where the two legendary athletes stand with each other and on this subject that takes far more than a few quotes and excerpts to fully discuss, Bryant has no intention of hashing things out with Brown and finding a solution or common ground for the two hard-headed individuals.
"No," Bryant said. "There's nothing to talk about. We have different perceptions and different views on it, clearly. So, the thing that I'm trying to do always, what I've been trying to do, is try to educate our youth going forward, no matter what color skin you are -- be it African-American or white or whatever the case may be -- just try to talk about having a bright future and how to help kids going forward and progress as a society as a whole.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Koolbreezey/img24338193_zps5f7fdc1b.jpg
"It surprised me in a sense that it came out of left field," Bryant said. "I mean, I've never even met him, so it came out of left field but I do think it's a great opportunity to have these conversations, to have this discussion.
"I think no matter where you come from, whether you come from Italy, whether you come from Inglewood [Calif.], whether you come from London, it doesn't matter. Ultimately, the conversation is that it doesn't matter what color skin you are to begin with. But, I think it's a good place to start to have a good conversation and try to educate one another and try to improve as a society from it."
^ the non-media translation...fuck that old ass salty ass broke ass jealous muthafucka :lol
Before practice on Thursday, Bryant tweeted about an idea that a "global African American" was an inferior shade to the "American African Americans" as his reaction to the entire ordeal. He cited that it wasn't like the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr or the recently deceased Nelson Mandela.
A "Global" African American is an inferior shade to "American" African Americans?? #hmm (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hmm&src=hash).. that doesn't sound very #Mandela (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Mandela&src=hash) or #DrKing (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DrKing&src=hash) sir
When asked about his tweet, Bryant clarified his feelings further:
"If it's a major issue that involves a quality or a perception of racial quality, I feel like that's something that's a big enough message that needs to be addressed," Bryant said when asked about the tweet. "Obviously it's a sensitive topic for everybody, but I think the best thing to do is not dance around it but to go at it with a full head of steam and generate conversation about it. So, that's how I try to measure it."
Regardless of where the two legendary athletes stand with each other and on this subject that takes far more than a few quotes and excerpts to fully discuss, Bryant has no intention of hashing things out with Brown and finding a solution or common ground for the two hard-headed individuals.
"No," Bryant said. "There's nothing to talk about. We have different perceptions and different views on it, clearly. So, the thing that I'm trying to do always, what I've been trying to do, is try to educate our youth going forward, no matter what color skin you are -- be it African-American or white or whatever the case may be -- just try to talk about having a bright future and how to help kids going forward and progress as a society as a whole.