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Chapter 284 Racial Discrimination Storm

In early February, the NBA officially ended the All-Star voting.

The result was released.

Xie Hou defeated Yao and O'Neal with an overwhelming advantage of 3.6 million votes and was elected as the voter leader for two consecutive years.

With more than half a month left before the All-Star Weekend, the Pacers still have many games to play, but inside Indiana, there were huge waves caused by an interview.

It was the day of the All-Star voting deadline to hold a press conference with Larry Bird, which was the routine.

The vote king of each team will hold such a meeting to thank the fans, but this year is different.

First of all, it's a scene.

"Thanks to the fans for their support, I will continue to work hard."

People who can't even say such words cannot become the vote king. Fans all know that your thanks are fake, but it sounds comfortable to say them through the mouths of those they support.

Then, Xie Hou talked about his expectations for the All-Star Game.

Some people hope he will participate in the skills competition, some people hope he will participate in the dunk competition, and some people with bad intentions hope he will participate in the three-point competition.

With his current shooting feel, he is very hopeful to break Jordan's record.

Xie Hou was not interested in the individual competition, so he could only say: "I may participate in the future."

Next, it was Bird's turn. According to the normal procedure, the interview ended here. Bird came out to say a few words of official words and everyone ended happily.

However, a white journalist named Jesse Obach asked Bird: "How do you view the phenomenon of fewer and fewer white stars in the league?"

There is a clear chain of contempt in American society. Elite whites—elite blacks—petty-bourgeois whites—petty-bourgeois blacks—plus other races. If this continues, whites will always be superior to others.

Although black people have won many zz for themselves by jumping up and down, the white people are still the ones who really hold the authority.

Sports leagues are a program that emphasizes talent and athletic ability. Anyone with a stubborn mouth has to admit that black people are indeed more suitable for this type of ball sports that emphasizes physical talent and athletic ability.

Looking around, there are only four white people who have been selected for the All-Star this year: Nash, Nowitzki, Big Z and Ginobili.

Those who are interested can find that none of these people are native white people, and all of them are white Europeans.

As the greatest white star in history, Bird said: "It means other white people need to work harder."

Obach continued, "Some people think the current rules make blacks more suitable for the sport, what do you think?"

As the greatest white basketball player in history, Larry Bird said a sentence that has been learned by countless descendants, but at that time it left him in prison for racial discrimination: "A discerning eye can see that basketball is developing upward. Faster, higher and stronger will always be the mainstream of this sport. Even for me, it is the same."

"Even as you?"

"Yes, basketball is a black sport, I just tried to adapt." Bird said the famous saying of later generations1.

1: In various forums in my country, as long as people discuss the impact of race on basketball, someone will move on this sentence, including me.

However, this sentence brought Bird not applause, but the questioning was a burst of fierce criticism.

White people don’t like this sentence: “You mean white people are not as good as black people? Where do you put your butt as a white person? If you want to be black so much, then ask you to have plastic surgery and be a real black person.”

Black people don’t like this sentence: “What? Why do you say basketball is a black sports? Is it because we have a great athletic ability? Is it because we have developed limbs? Why do you say this? What are your intentions? Are you racist?"

Xie Hou, who was present, also disliked this sentence, but he did not realize how much trouble this sentence would cause to Bird: "Larry, I don't agree with you. Why is basketball a black sport? I want to legitimate the name of the yellow people!"

The press conference ended in a hidden and turbulent manner.

The next day, Bird's public opinion swept across Indiana and spread to other parts of the United States.

Ironically, those who jumped out to accuse Bird were not professionals.

But those who don’t play basketball at all, don’t watch NBAs, and specifically stand up for all kinds of correct speeches and criticize those who make incorrect speeches.

Bird fell into a huge negative public opinion.

In order to prevent the situation from expanding, Pacers Operations President Donny Walsh announced the suspension of Bird's director's work on the same day.

When this incident reached the training center, there was a mutiny on the training ground.

"What's wrong with Larry?"

"Basketball is a sport for black people!" Miller roared, "How many black people are there in the first ten miles of history? How many white people?"

He was right, but some people just couldn't hear it by stuffing donkey hair in their ears.

"I understand your mood, but this is the world we are in. People like Larry can't be too tempted."

Donnie Walsh, who usually doesn't go to the office to meet and talk to everyone, came to the training center to calm the players' emotions.

"I also said something as I wish. Why doesn't the team suspend my work?" Xie Hou asked.

Walsh's glasses covered his gaze well, and he said to Xie Hou: "Arthur, that's different."

"Why is it different? I said basketball is a sport for yellow people. Do other races agree with this sentence? Why don't American Asians come forward to oppose me?" Xie Hou asked back.

Miller said sarcastically: "Because those prodigy are very happy to see people like you appear, it can change the public's view of Asians."

"Yes, before Arthur, I thought that all Asians were math geniuses and chess masters."

"It's not Arthur. I think Asians are all small-eyed and have a shallow voice."

"Asians are indeed all nerds."

These people say a word, regardless of Xie Hou's Asian light, their faces getting darker and darker.

"Listen, these guys are talking too much more than Larry, why aren't they stopped working?"

“Because they didn’t talk about this in public.”

Of course, Xie Hou could distinguish the difference between public statements and private statements. He just couldn't accept Bird's step down in this way.

"Sir, how bad is it?" Xie Hou asked.

Walsh has no emotions on his face, and many times, he is like a robot. This is his occupational disease, and he is the kind of professional management person who does not want to have any connection with the players.

Only in this way can he not act on his own personal relationship when he needs to make a deal that is beneficial to the team.

The friendship between Shehou and Bird obviously exceeded the boundaries between players and management.

"It's worse than you think, Arthur," Walsh said. "I paused Larry's job, but he still paid him a salary, and he needed to avoid the limelight."

Just like all the stars who make mistakes are closed indefinitely?

It turns out that it is as black as a crow in the world.

Xie Hou still couldn't accept Bird leaving his job for such reasons, even if it was temporary.

Therefore, after returning home, he turned on his computer and started to report the Internet's speech output with his personal Shet account.

"Basketball is a yellow race sport!"

"We invented the fast break, and we were the first to use jump shots!"

“I think yellow races are better than other races in many ways, but also admit that other races have something better than us.”

"Does my remarks be considered racist?"

"Who will suspend my work?"

In order to vent his anger, Xie Hou sent 60 cheats in a row within half an hour.

Unfortunately, the influence of these Shetters is limited to the Internet itself. Shetter's influence is increasing day by day, with a market value of US$900 million, but it is still not the most mainstream social tool. It is just very popular among young people and has a tendency to develop and promote it to all age groups.

Even so, Xie Hou initiated the vote of "Do you support Larry Bird's return to work?" and the vote of "Do you think Larry Bird's words are racist?"

However, among these voting options, there are only two options: support and abandonment, and not discrimination and abandonment.

Some people don't even make trouble.

As the popular king on Sheet's website, Xie Hou also joined forces with other stars to launch a vote.

In just one day, more than 500,000 people participated in the voting, and this movement to entertain themselves gradually evolved into a wave of influential online public opinion.

The most difficult situation was the team that played against the Pacers the next day.

The guest who came to visit was 76 people in Philadelphia. The core member of the company, Aaron Iverson, also opened a Sheter account, but he did not respond to Shehou.

Xie Hou naturally regarded him as the kind of person who "thinks Bird is racist."

In fact, Iverson just doesn't understand how to play the computer. Shett's account has been handed over to his friends and posted some bad remarks all day long, and he wouldn't care about this matter at all.

No matter how much Xie Hou is, just like Iverson's hostility towards the away game is just "you guys come here."

The 76ers were very unfortunately the target of the walkers' vent.

In the Banker Life Stadium, the Pacers were in excellent condition, scoring a high score of 131 points and winning a big win.

Xie Hou scored rebounds and 5 assists, and he put a lot of energy on the offensive end tonight, because nothing can show his attitude more than offense.

The 76ers lost regretfully, which brought questions from many media.

When asked by Bird, Xie Hou said publicly: "It's very stupid to suspend Larry's work. He is the bond between us and the management. If he loses him, the bond will be broken."

"I don't think Larry is discriminating against anyone, just like I advocate basketball is a yellow race every day, why doesn't anyone think I am a racist?"

"I still say the same thing. I think basketball is a yellow sport, and this view will remain unchanged until death!"

Xie Hou held a shocking press conference with resentment.
Chapter completed!
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