Kobe Bryant comments on Trayvon Martin

[MarcusGarvey]

I don't expect players to be politically aware, these are different times, the sacrifices of the past has afforded them that luxury. But if your black man radar don't go off around the circumstances that led to Trayvons death then you Carlton as kid when young Will told him he's black, "I am!?"

 

[Olorun22]

https://twitter.com/kobebryant/status/449250370288504834

I'm confused. .what is he saying

 

[usmarin3]

Where my nigga Chris Childs at when you need him!

 

[MR.CJ]

i been telling niggas for years kobe aint shit....

back in the day in philly he let one of his homies go to jail becuz he refused to testify. a nigga he went to school with...a nigga that helped him put out that wack ass record he did

Whoa

 

[blackrain]

The Shaq quote came out a few days ago before this quote did. AIn't like he just said randomly "Shaq was lazy" They talked about it on ESPN. This whole interview needs to drop because these random quotes just seem all over the place and not even in context with the questions these articles are putting with them.

 

[playmaker88]

The Shaq quote came out a few days ago before this quote did. AIn't like he just said randomly "Shaq was lazy" They talked about it on ESPN. This whole interview needs to drop because these random quotes just seem all over the place and not even in context with the questions these articles are putting with them.

Yup

 

[soul rattler]

So he's a coon for prioritizing facts over race? Or is this just an undercover Kobe hate/troll thread?

 

[O.G.]

So he's a coon for prioritizing facts over race? Or is this just an undercover Kobe hate/troll thread?

Tawana Brawley situation?

 

[Inglewood_B]

So he's a coon for prioritizing facts over race? Or is this just an undercover Kobe hate/troll thread?

Both to be honest.

 

[Inglewood_B]

I don't see what context that quote can be put in to make it less shitty.

But yeah just chalk this up to another "Kobe is a fuck nigga" non basketball related thread.

Just sit back and laugh at the jokes.

 

[DaBull]

^ under-rated post

 

[ericb4prez]

So he's a coon for prioritizing facts over race? Or is this just an undercover Kobe hate/troll thread?

Kinda like Hov and the Barney's scandal lol

 

[MD_PROPER]

Not a Kobe fan, but can't even call him a coon.

He wasn't raised like me, he not from where I'm from, so I wouldn't expect him to understand what real brothas already know...smdh

More than one way to be a lost nigga...

 

[Cigarello Slim]

It took y'all this long to figure out there was some cornballery in his heart under that Laker's jersey?

I've noticed symptoms since they played at the Forum.

Corny rap verses


I mean damn how you let "Stickman" Reggie Miller get the best of you in a scuffle?


Y'all hero man

 

[texasdaking88]

Hobe Cryant

I say that outloud sometimes just for the hell of it

 

[2stepz_ahead]

So he's a coon for prioritizing facts over race? Or is this just an undercover Kobe hate/troll thread?

when it comes to black crime.....most likely no one else cares about facts...thats why so many black men are found guilty even when the facts support innocence.

but black people should wait for the facts?

and dont everyone else put race first before asking for facts? i have not seen one case where a black man is presumed innocent until proven guilty.....that for everyone else except black people...we are guilty an have to prove our innocence.

or is it some of yall got a little money an dont have to live in the real world

 

[momanpr100]

What he said is true. If trayvon was white and the shooter was black no one would give a fuck. Or if it was a black on black crime no one would give a fuck.

 

[Meta_Conscious]

What he said is true. If trayvon was white and the shooter was black no one would give a fuck. Or if it was a black on black crime no one would give a fuck.

irrational fear of black on white crime is what drives the CJ system, so your first point is weak.

black on black crime is used to justify disproportionate sanctions that predate it...

weak talking points that have no basis in reality.

the point he was trying to make is hollow when one considers historical and social facts...

 

[stringer bell]

https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/449487829555748864
https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/449488926257201152
https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/449489398930087936
https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/449490229255487488

You know Tobe fucked up when even Jason Coonlock starts making sense...

 

[yroholla]

I agree to an extent with Kobe. However, I think a case like Trayvon-Zimmerman does deserve some recognition from someone like Kobe tho. If he is referring to that case in particular i think he over did it. Now what I do respect about his comments is that at least we know for sure thats how he really feels. Too many niggas out here giving safe politically correct answers just to not ruffle feathers in the black community. The most pro black nigga could be living foul as Shit but we would never really know. All we can go by is whats quoted so we take it and run with it cause thats all we got.