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Monday, March 31, 2008

Sports The controversial LeBron covers you may have missed

Posted by Pete Kotz on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:29 PM

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LeBron: Clueless dupe, or promoter of racism?
There’s been quite the brouhaha over the Vogue cover featuring LeBron James and Tom Brady’s current flame that was shot by Annie Leibovitz. The not-so-subtle King Kong reference has given rise to a furious debate over the depiction of black athletes, with pundits far and wide hoping to set the new land-speed record for sphincterism. But did you know that LeBron has been appearing in racially insensitive cover shots since high school? That’s right. The guy is practically a walking advertisement for the Klan. Here are some of the other controversial covers you might have missed…
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The message the photographer is trying to convey is obvious: Though LeBron drives a car worth more than your house, he’s little more than a field hand. Okay, so he’s a very rich and adored field hand, but his neck is still rightfully under the boot of The Man, where it belongs.
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In this view, LeBron is an assassin, and the photographer is clearly equating throwing a basketball -- commonly referred to on the “streets” as “the rock” -- with throwing an actual rock. The message: LeBron is really a masked rioter who throws stones at police, because that’s what black people like to do on their lunch hour.
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That little head lock on Jimmy Kimmel might look playful to the untrained eye. In reality, it’s a subtle commentary on Lebron as the mean older brother who picks on little white guys who talk too much. Underlying message: Don’t talk so much, whitey, because black people are mean and give really hard noogies.
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Haha! Clearly LeBron has the maturity of a little high school girl blowing a bubble during class. Message: Though black men give hard hard noogies, they’re really part girl and have posters featuring Troy Polamalu naked on their bedroom walls.
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Here we go again, the most insideous stereotype of all: Black people are little more than cartoon amphibians created by Jim Henson. Really, shouldn’t this kind of racist imagery have died with Walt Disney?
– Vince the Polack

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In the words of the commercials for my favorite beer "brilliant!"

Posted by Bigekilla on April 1, 2008 at 4:29 PM | Report this comment
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Giggle.

Posted by JR on April 1, 2008 at 4:50 PM | Report this comment
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Dude, LeBron need not ever grow up.

Posted by tsa on April 1, 2008 at 5:15 PM | Report this comment
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well played! thanks for trying to lighten this matter up. its all getting a bit ridic... George http://sportstsar.com/

Posted by Sports Tsar on April 1, 2008 at 5:57 PM | Report this comment
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Thats fuckin HILARIOUS dude...excellent job

Posted by NYsportsGUY on April 1, 2008 at 6:13 PM | Report this comment
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Hahhaha well done.

Posted by Andrew Vazzano on April 1, 2008 at 6:34 PM | Report this comment
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Troy Palamalu naked? Oh, sorry. Got distracted.

Posted by scrawl on April 1, 2008 at 7:24 PM | Report this comment
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chode!

Posted by akj on April 1, 2008 at 9:45 PM | Report this comment
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Nicely put!! I always like to see another mockery of Lebron James. Daniel - www.laballtalk.com

Posted by LA Ball Talk on April 2, 2008 at 1:58 AM | Report this comment
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?

Posted by BETCATS on April 2, 2008 at 8:10 AM | Report this comment
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There is no "lighting the matter up" the Vogue cover is indeed depicting King Kong. Further Men's Health disqualifies as they ONLY put Black men on the cover if they are celebrities. I had a subscription and canceled for that reason.

Posted by Kevin on April 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM | Report this comment
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"The message: LeBron is really a masked rioter who throws stones at police, because that’s what black people like to do on their lunch hour." Dude, you are waaaay off base here. Black people don't have jobs.

Posted by F. Gary Gray on April 2, 2008 at 9:00 AM | Report this comment
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Kevin, you're an idiot.

Posted by Josh on April 2, 2008 at 9:01 AM | Report this comment
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Hilarious.

Posted by Gourmet Spud on April 2, 2008 at 9:09 AM | Report this comment
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your right we dont have jobs (blacksonblonds.com) but hey..

Posted by nate on April 2, 2008 at 7:29 PM | Report this comment
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Making fun of Kermin was uncalled for! ;o) Interesting that nobody made a stink about depicting white women as eternal, helpless victims. In green dresses. x

Posted by Canuckfcuk on April 2, 2008 at 11:52 PM | Report this comment

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