‘Moose’ demonstrates fundamentals of racism

When it comes to racism, this site has always held the opinion that, while the pain inflicted by it is wrong, the participants of it are hilarious. For every racist that proposes a racist idea or commits a racist act, two things always happen:

  1. The racist says that they do not hate “people of color,” “the blacks,” “Chinamen,” etc.
  2. The racist jumps through logical hoops to explain how their moment of racism was not racially motivated.

The story of Don “Moose” Lewis and his attempts to create the All-American Basketball Association has both elements in spades.

Like Martin Luther King, “Moose” also has a dream: to create a basketball league that focuses on “fundamentals” instead of “street ball,” to get rid of players “flipping you off or attacking you in the stands or grabbing their [crotches]” and–most importantly–to make sure players are all “natural-born United State citizens with both parents of Caucasian race [to be] eligible to play in the league.”

Surely it’s not racist if your solution to one gun incident and the playing-style, look and language is to not allow any non-full blooded white people into your league, right? He’s just saying that the actions of two black NBA players proves in his mind that all non-white players are the problem and certainly not “All-American” material.

Wait, that is racism? Like the very definition, only “Moose” lacks the balls (heh) to actually say what’s on his mind?

Well, that sucks. We were looking forward to a slowed-down version of the game minus talented players, ball-handling ability, slam dunks and recognizable teams. Basically, we kind of hoped they got their chance to compete at a retard level.

(Special thanks to Matt Staggs.)