An All-White Basketball League

[RedLantern]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Candid question: is this legal? Can you overtly discriminate against a specific skin color in this country and prohibit access to a store/team/league on the basis of ethnicity?

I think the league would be vulnerable to a 13th amendment suit.
Edit: Also is in violation of the civil rights act of 1991.

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

does the OP have a daughter or is this theoretical?

Entirely theoretical.

Originally Posted by Philip1978

That an all white league is ok.

Have you read my posts? Do I seem in favor of this idiocy?

 

[underwearer]

Originally Posted by RedLantern

I think the league would be vulnerable to a 13th amendment suit.

a private club can keep anyone out

 

[Philip1978]

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

Have you read my posts? Do I seem in favor of this idiocy?

Yes I have and you do seem to be leaning to it being ok.

 

[RedLantern]

Originally Posted by underwearer

a private club can keep anyone out

This is not a private club.

 

[BDC2823]

Originally Posted by Philip1978

Yes I have and you do seem to be leaning to it being ok.

You're reading comprehension skills are rather subpar at best.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by Philip1978

That an all white league is ok.

It is okay. We call it, the NHL.

 

[Philip1978]

Originally Posted by BDC2823

You're reading comprehension skills are rather subpar at best.

No they are quite fine. Go back are read his posts, at no point does he say it is ridiculous.

 

[MrG]

Originally Posted by Philip1978

No they are quite fine. Go back are read his posts, at no point does he say it is ridiculous.

This was close enough for me:

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

...This is the stupidest idea ever, on so many levels...

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

I agree. However, do you feel that same way about a business? Especially one that uses public facilities? The athletes are employees.

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

It's going to be extremely difficult for this to withstand legal challenge, especially given the fact that they are going to almost have to use public arenas.

Personally, I'd prefer to leave it unchallenged. The league will fail and allowing it to fail will ensure maximum financial penalty for shareholders and sponsors.

Ah, the joys of capitalism.

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

Have you read my posts? Do I seem in favor of this idiocy?

Originally Posted by Philip1978

Yes I have and you do seem to be leaning to it being ok.

You seem to be leaning to being stupid.

 

[Philip1978]

Quote:
Originally Posted by robertorex
you know what, as a person of color, I don't necessarily see anything wrong with wanting to be around and wanting to do things with people that look like you.

I agree. However, do you feel that same way about a business? Especially one that uses public facilities? The athletes are employees.



Your supporting segregation. Not sure what your talking about.

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by Philip1978

Quote:
Originally Posted by robertorex
you know what, as a person of color, I don't necessarily see anything wrong with wanting to be around and wanting to do things with people that look like you.

I agree. However, do you feel that same way about a business? Especially one that uses public facilities? The athletes are employees.

Your supporting segregation. Not sure what your talking about.

"You're" point is a little off, and as another poster referenced, I think your reading comprehension skills could use some work. RobertoRex referenced a clearly private matter. Look at any college/work cafeteria in America (I realize you are from the racial utopia of Canada, but just bear with me) and you'll see a natural (if somewhat unfortunate) tendency of people to segregate themselves. That's fine. I have no problem with all black fraternities, etc....

Who private individuals choose to associate with is an entirely different matter than who an employer chooses to hire, especially if the workplace is a publicly-owned arena.

Understand? I do not think the government should be able to force you to hang around with a certain group of people (which in your eyes is "supporting segregation", I guess). As Martin Luther King once said "I want the white man to be my brother, not my brother-in-law."

I do think the government should be able to legislate desegregation in the workplace and in governmental agencies. Again, another King quote "It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. "

 

[Philip1978]

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

"You're" point is a little off, and as another poster referenced, I think your reading comprehension skills could use some work. RobertoRex referenced a clearly private matter. Look at any college/work cafeteria in America (I realize you are from the racial utopia of Canada, but just bear with me) and you'll see a natural (if somewhat unfortunate) tendency of people to segregate themselves. That's fine. I have no problem with all black fraternities, etc....

Who private individuals choose to associate with is an entirely different matter than who an employer chooses to hire, especially if the workplace is a publicly-owned arena.

Understand?

You're probably correct, must be an American thing.

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by Philip1978

You're probably correct, must be an American thing.

So in Canada, the government can legislate who you associate with?

Or are you saying that Canadians don't naturally, privately self-segregate?

And a new phrase is born - "Canadian Exceptionalism"

 

[Philip1978]

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

So in Canada, the government can legislate who you associate with?

Or are you saying that Canadians don't naturally, privately self-segregate?

And a new phrase is born - "Canadian Exceptionalism"

I think that in Canada different races and nationalites are much more celebrated and encouraged. Which leads to more mixing of races and nationalities.