The Dark Guy

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...over-vancouver-sun-dark-guy-caption-1.2776325



Jordan Subban not holding a grudge over Vancouver Sun 'dark guy' caption


Vancouver Canuck prospect Jordan Subban said he believes a caption published in a Vancouver newspaper that identified him as "the dark guy in the middle" was a "pretty honest mistake" and that he's moving on and focusing on hockey.

The Vancouver Sun has apologized for posting the photo, which also appeared on the Province website briefly on Tuesday night, after Subban scored the opening goal against the San Jose Sharks in the Canucks' first preseason NHL game.

Sun deputy editor Gillian Burnett and the newspaper changed the caption after concerns about it began to circulate on Twitter.

"I had a chance to talk with a representative from the paper, and it seemed like a pretty honest mistake — it wasn't really intentional, from my understanding," Subban, a Toronto-born defenceman, told CBC News Wednesday evening.

"It is what it is, and I've moved on."


The Vancouver Sun has apologized for the caption that accompanied this photo of Canucks prospect Jordan Subban. The caption, which included the words 'dark guy in the middle,' was changed. (The Vancouver Sun )

Subban, 19, said the caption was obviously a mistake but that he didn't think anyone was trying to target him.

"I'm not really going to hold a grudge or anything," he said, adding that he has more important things to worry about than what people are saying about him in a newspaper.

Subban, drafted 113th overall by the Canucks in 2013, was sent back to the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League on Wednesday.

He is the brother of Montreal's star defenceman, P.K. Subban, with another brother, Malcolm, a goalie in the Boston Bruins' system.

"dark guy in the middle"


can anybody explain why this is offensive?

 

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would anybody be offended if larry bird was identified in this photo as "the white guy"?

 

[Tambora]

can anybody explain why this is offensive?

No.

 

[Tambora]

would anybody be offended if larry bird was identified in this photo as "the white guy"?

No.

 

[musterion]

Its only allowable for leftists to call attention to it. Else its racism.

 

[The Berean]

would anybody be offended if larry bird was identified in this photo as "the white guy"?

Whitey is da debbil!!

 

[musterion]

I thought Jordan was around 6'6 and Byrd was taller.

 

[The Berean]

I thought Jordan was around 6'6 and Byrd was taller.

Looks like Jordan is standing on a stool. He was generally listed at 6'6" while both Bird and Magic were listed at 6'9" during their playing days. But in this photo Bird is way taller than Magic.

 

[Sandycane]

"dark guy in the middle"


can anybody explain why this is offensive?

It's inappropriate and unnecessary.
"Man in the center" or "Third from left" would have conveyed the same message without reference to ethnicity.

Think about it...

If someone is talking about a group of white men, they don't say, "Those white men." They say, "Those men," because it's generally assumed you are talking about white men, unless other ethnicity is specified.

However, it's been my experience, that when a group of black men are talked about, they always say, "Those Black men," to clearly distinguish them from white men, instead of saying, "Those men."

If Subban had not been "dark," the caption would have read, "third from the left," or "center."

 

[Angel4Truth]

Its only allowable for leftists to call attention to it. Else its racism.

Right - example:

Immediately after seeing the photo, guest and actress Pia Glenn said in a singsong voice, “One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just isn’t the same.”

Harris-Perry and her guests, including radio host Jamie Kilstein, The Daily Beast’s Dean Obeidallah and comedian Judy Gold, found Glenn’s joke irresistibly funny.

“And isn’t he the most gorgeous? My goal is that in 2040, the biggest thing of the year will be the wedding between Kieran Romney and North West,” Harris-Perry said, referring to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s baby daughter. “Can you imagine Mitt Romney and Kanye West as in-laws?”

“I think this picture is great,” Obeidallah added. “It really sums up the diversity of the Republican party, the RNC. At the convention, they find the one black person.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...to-picture-of-romneys-black-adopted-grandson/

 

[Tambora]

Think about it...

I did.
And you seem to be like most these days --- just looking for any little rinky-dinky excuse to make a mountain out of a molehill.

With so many real problems in the world, this is so minute that it doesn't deserve any special attention at all.

 

[Sandycane]

I did.
And you seem to be like most these days --- just looking for any little rinky-dinky excuse to make a mountain out of a molehill.

With so many real problems in the world, this is so minute that it doesn't deserve any special attention at all.

The OP asked a question. I answered it.
If you don't like, or agree with my answer... oh well.

Calling someone out by saying "the dark one," to me, isn't quite the same as saying, "the one with the red hat."
... heck, they should have at the very least said, "The African American."
... or should that be "African-Canadian"?

 

[OCTOBER23]

WE ARE ALL MIXED BECAUSE ADAM WAS REDDISH BROWN

FROM THE EARTH AND

EVE WAS SNOW WHITE FROM A WHITE RIB.

 

[Tambora]

The OP asked a question. I answered it.
If you don't like, or agree with my answer... oh well.

Calling someone out by saying "the dark one," to me, isn't quite the same as saying, "the one with the red hat."
... heck, they should have at the very least said, "The African American."
... or "should that be "African-Canadian"?

I didn't have problem at all figuring out which one they were referring to as "the dark guy
in the middle".
No problem. Easy. Plain and simple.
There was no offensiveness to it at all.
None. Zero. Nada.

 

[Sandycane]

I didn't have problem at all figuring out which one they were referring to as "the dark guy
in the middle".
No problem. Easy. Plain and simple.
There was no offensiveness to it at all.
None. Zero. Nada.

It's inappropriate and unnecessary.

 

[Eeset]

It's inappropriate and unnecessary.

Do you have any experience with Canadian culture?

 

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The OP asked a question. I answered it.
If you don't like, or agree with my answer... oh well.

Calling someone out by saying "the dark one," to me, isn't quite the same as saying, "the one with the red hat."
... heck, they should have at the very least said, "The African American."
... or should that be "African-Canadian"?

is he from africa?

It's inappropriate and unnecessary.

so is hockey

and canadians

 

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suppose it was a team of all caucasians and one had just returned from the carribean with an awesome tan

would it be inappopriate to identify him as "the dark one"?

 

[Sandycane]

is he from africa?



so is hockey

and canadians

Good question. Maybe he is Cuban, or Jamaican.
The point is, there is only one middle spot in that photo, so saying, "the dark one in the middle" is unnecessary.

 

[Sandycane]

suppose it was a team of all caucasians and one had just returned from the carribean with an awesome tan

would it be inappopriate to identify him as "the dark one"?

No. He would be called "the cracker with a sun tan."