Throwdown":1osqhdc2 said:
lol I really can't think of one fan base that would have a problem with a player talking in slang. Its crazy, I only see it with Seahawks fans.
It's because Seattle is the most "politely racist" city I've ever lived in. Don't get me wrong, I love Seattle. But seriously, take a look around.
Wallingford, Fremont, Ballard, Ravenna - the whole north end is entirely white. I have never seen a major city on the East Coast or California that is so white-washed. People talk about it being "a great place to raise kids" which is why real estate values have spiked in the north end. I've had friends who live in Ballard tell me it's not "just white" because they have an Asian neighbor. I have to remind them that whites haven't been scared of Asians since WWII. Asians are basically white people in modern America.
Then look at the south end. Rainier Valley, MLK, Kent, Burien - lots of minorities. The areas where blacks are especially concentrated - the Central District and Rainier Valley - have very few white people living there. Rainier Beach High School, where I help mentor students, has almost 100% black students. As a result, it is the smallest of the schools in the Seattle school district, with less than 300 total students, and has the smallest class sizes (and Seattle City Council keeps trying to shut it down because they say attendance is too low to keep it open).
Seattle is a city where parents can send their kids to whatever school they want, but RBHS is about to be closed because no white parents will send their kids there.
RBHS has some of the highest test scores in Washington State, and has been recognized by the State of WA as an exceptional school. But talk to any white Seattleite, and they shudder at the idea of sending their kids there because it's in the middle of Rainier Beach, so it's obviously a horrible school with bad programs and high crime. I tell them our graduation rate was the highest in Western WA last year, and that we sent 27 students to Ivy League schools on scholarships and they act shocked.
Because, obviously, black students can't achieve the way the kids at Bellevue High School do. This is a real misconception that actually exists. Most Seattle area residents have no idea that Bellevue is one of the lowest performing schools in the region academically and has a very low secondary acceptance rate. Also, crime at Bellevue High School was actually higher than Rainier Beach by a significant amount. But every white parent in WA wants their kids in Bellevue High School and it has falsely earned a stellar reputation.
I could continue. My Ethiopian neighbor could tell you stories too. He's told me some about the "polite racism" he experiences in Seattle, that he never experienced in Chicago. Anyway...