NFL statement: “The email from Jon Gruden denigrating DeMaurice Smith is appalling, abhorrent and wholly contrary to the NFL’s values. We condemn the statement and regret any harm that its publication may inflict on Mr. Smith or anyone else.” https://t.co/b9IUku9saH
Originally Posted by flinchfree:
Aaah, the ol blame the guy who got strangled to death by cop strategem.
Interesting play.
You sound like a piece of shit too.
Im not blaming him for what happened to him numbnuts. But before that happened to him, he was in fact a fucking piece of shit. And he did not get "strangled by a cop", the autopsy proved otherwise but that's a discussion for another thread that already exists. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
Smith's response was pretty classy:
“This is not the first racist comment that I’ve heard, and it probably will not be the last. This is a thick-skin job for someone with dark skin, just like it always has been for many people who look like me and work in corporate America,” Smith said. “You know people are sometimes saying things behind your back that are racist, just like you see people talk and write about you using thinly coded and racist language.
“Racism like this comes from the fact that I’m at the same table as they are, and they don’t think someone who looks like me belongs,” Smith continued. “I’m sorry my family has to see something like this, but I would rather they know. I will not let it define me.”
That is a classy response. Props to Smith. [Reply]