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UConn Women’s Basketball coach, Geno Auriemma, held a press conference recently and defended the mostly white Stanford team. He said that at “white kids are always looked upon as being soft.” He also said that the media underestimates the mostly white Stanford team because the don’t look like UConn players Tina Charles and Maya Moore who are African American.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/typeflow/ typeflow

    racist

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/my9get8/ my9get8

    I dont think he is racist…he is just stating aloud something that we think everyday

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/typeflow/ typeflow

    then we are racist

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/upstart_22/ upstart_22

    The funny thing is that I hear more from white people that white athletes are “soft” than from Blacks. But if you actually know anything about sports you respect game when there is game, regardless of race. Its like picking the winner of a game based on the color of the team’s jersey: unscientific and pointless!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Phat_lip/ Phat_lip

    not racist towards blacks

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Montaa/ Montaa

    ITS THE TRUTH A TEAM OF BLACK KIDS SEE A TEAM OF WHITE KIDS. ITS ON THEY THINK THEYRE SOFT.REALLY IF IT COMES TO BASKETBALL THATS JUST HOW IT IS.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/omegas3/ omegas3

    he has a point

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/typeflow/ typeflow

    if it was hockey it would be the other way around

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Quasi_Who/ Quasi_Who

    He was speaking the truth. It wasn’t racist!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Esoteric_Dredz/ Esoteric_Dredz

    I give him much respect for having the guts to come out and say it. It’s the truth. Sportscasters have all types of buzzwords in sports that basically reinforce stereotypes.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JJ_lawva01/ JJ_lawva01

    it wasnt racist…it wasnt tactful though either. some people shouldent be allowed to say anything.

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