| The remark wasnt intended to be racist, it was intended as a compliment. |
when you, in your initial response, said:
| Making a "racially insensitive" remark is not the same as being a racist |
it occurred to me that was a possibility (albeit an unlikely one) even tho it seems to me that anyone who thinks of black people in that way (and how else would he have spoken the word if he didn't?) is perched on the cusp at very least.
if, on the other hand, one thinks it is somehow complimentary to qualify a black person using the phrase you've cited, there's no question in my mind one is not only a racist, but also a stupid racist.
whether or not the object of his 'compliment' took offense isn't the issue. the player isn't on equal footing with the coach and, thus, may not be willing to speak his mind freely. he may be embarassed for the asshole. he may not wish to attract further attention to himself. even if, for some reason, he thought it was the coolest thing the coach ever said, it doesn't absolve the idiot. while he may be a less hateful racist than some others, he's no better than, say, a black woman who thinks of you as generous white trash.
