Basket Case
Former NBA backetballer Micheal “Sugar” Ray Richardson has shown his not-so-sweet side - dribbling from the mouth, committing a few foul language plays, and throwing up a few anti-Semitic alley oops for good measure.
“I’ve got big-time lawyers,” Richardson said, according to the Times Union. “I’ve got big-time Jew lawyers.”
And you’re going to need them. You’re going to need them.
When told by the reporters that the comment could be offensive to people because it plays to the stereotype that Jews are crafty and shrewd, he responded with, “Are you kidding me? They are. They’ve got the best security system in the world. Have you ever been to an airport in Tel Aviv?
An airport in Tel Aviv? Like there’s more than one?
They’re real crafty. Listen, they are hated all over the world, so they’ve got to be crafty.”
At 6-foot-5, I’m guessing he has big feet. Which means he must have a helluva huge mouth.
And he continued, “They got a lot of power in this world, you know what I mean?” he said. “Which I think is great. I don’t think there’s nothing wrong with it.
That’s a double negative, so what he’s really saying is that he thinks there is something wrong with it. He’s also saying he can’t talk real good.
If you look in most professional sports, they’re run by Jewish people. If you look at a lot of most successful corporations and stuff, more businesses, they’re run by Jewish. It’s not a knock, but they are some crafty people.”
No, that is a knock.
And anti-Semitism is so back in style.
Update: Some commenters do not think he was being anti-Semitic. Feel free to weigh in.
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
