Sunday, September 25, 2011

Spectator throws banana peel at black sportsman; observers claim racism

This was an incident in Canada at an ice-hockey game. I am not entirely clear why a banana peel is racist. "Banana" as a racial slur is usually used against Asians. I guess the image is of monkeys eating bananas. In that case it seems to me that the racism is lodged in the heads of the moaners.
The Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings played in a neutral site exhibition game Thursday night in London, Ontario. While the 4-3 win for the Red Wings was the result, the story was an apparent racist incident during the shootout.

Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds was in the middle of his shootout attempt when a fan inside the Labatt Centre threw a banana peel in his path. Simmonds, of African-Canadian decent, wasn't shaken by it and beat Red Wings goaltender Jordan Pearce.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

WTF? What isn't a racist incident then?

Bird of Paradise said...

Say anything to get the nationwide medias attention and obamas attention as well

Anonymous said...

who cares if it was or wasn't? he didn't break any laws. move on.

Anonymous said...

and quit being so sensitive

jwenting said...

"In that case it seems to me that the racism is lodged in the heads of the moaners"

Isn't it almost always the case?

Anonymous said...

Might it not have something to do with slipping/tripping over (as if ice wasn't already slick enough)???

Anonymous said...

Detroit fans are well known for throwing octopi on the ice... maybe this person was confused as to what he held in his hand?

Bird of Paradise said...

In all the cartoons they were always slipping on banana peels and falling down and cars would skip when it ran over a banana peel