Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 9:30 am  |  65 responses

Rick Kamla is Sorry

The NBA TV analyst used a racially insensitive term as he narrated highlights of the New Jersey Nets, and offered the requisite apology afterwards: “In his NBA.com video recap of last Friday’s Magic-Nets game, NBA TV analyst Rick Kamla made the unfortunate mistake of referring to New Jersey forward Yi Jianlian as a ‘Chinaman.’ Turner Sports spokesman Jeff Pomeroy said Kamla was not aware of the connotations of the word, and meant nothing malicious or offensive by it.”

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  • http://fashionsensei.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/jackie-moon.jpg Jackie Moon

    The correct term is Oriental.

  • http://idunkonthem.blogspot.com/ albie1kenobi

    as a chinese person myself, i didn’t even know “chinaman” is a derogatory term. i bet most chinese don’t either. i read up on the history of the term, and with that knowledge, am i offended by this term? no not really.
    btw, where’s AlbertBarr’s quote from?

  • Yoda

    I like how when it something does’nt offend them, they can’t understand why its offensive , and dismisses it as being overstated. But it was to some, he apologized , props to him, just dont do it again “Americaman”

  • Rusty

    Dude should be sorry for ever stepping in front of a camera

  • http://www.manutd.com Z

    when people don’t have any arguments to offer, they just ridicule what others are saying by exaggerating it and taking it out of context. nobody said that kamla is racist but what he said was. this has nothing to do with being zombies or too pc. chinaman is a derogatory term and it’s not how a tv dude should refer to a a chinese player. all that other stuff is noise.

  • http://www.alllooksame.com Tarzan Cooper

    albie, you have never heard of “the big lebowski”?
    all the dude wanted was his carpet

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Co-sign Z.
    I noticed it the other day when I was watching the highlights of the Nets game, and I just thought “What?” Although I am pretty sure Kamla is not a racist, that was not right and its good that he apologized for it.
    @ CDUB: You’re a freaking idiot if you think its understated that he apologize. The word “Ch*naman” has historical connotations that are the same as calling a black man “n*gro.” But you’re just an ignorant, blabbering idiot who doesn’t know how to use sarcasm without making yourself look like an ignorant, blabbering idiot.
    Maybe you should go back to history class, jack@ss.
    @ albie: How can you not have known? Guys like you need to shut up and stop acting like it’s okay, when its not. I’m not that offended by Kamla’s remarks because I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean them but the way you’re going about it is completely wrong.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Tarzan’s link confirms that he is a redneck.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Tarzan’s link makes him look like a redneck.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    It’s great to have Russ back on the comment trail.

  • WillIAm

    I totally agree with tavoris. It’s pathetic how people leave comments here without even knowing what chinaman really means. PLEASE google it! It’s just like the N-word.

  • Ga

    This redneck needs to be fired!!!

  • mykalroze

    I agree that all the people here with the same, ignorant justifications in defense of this Kamla guy go and study the history behind the C word and they’ll see it is indeed just as bad as the N word.

    Would they also respond the same way if Kamla casually referred to a Black player as an N word?

  • http://www.alllooksame.com Tarzan Cooper

    teddy double posting makes him look like a tard. my link? for the eighty ninth time, its educational, go to it and look around, simpleton.

  • chintao

    On Teddy’s recoomendation, I peeped Tarzan’s site. The only thing that offended me was the idea of Onsen eggs. They don’t bathe with the eggs, do they? Anyway, on the issue at hand, I’d have to co-sign Phil L.

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