Twitter was buzzing this morning about Mark Cuban’s interview on racism. His candid statements about prejudice and bigotry were not only honest but CORRECT … so says ESPN host Stephen A. Smith.
Check out his reaction & let us know what you think…
Via TMZ:
“I took no issue whatsoever with what Mark Cuban said … not only because he was forthright, very candid and honest … but also he happens to be correct,” Smith said.
Smith was referring to the hypothetical situation Cuban brought up during an interview at the GrowCo conference in Nashville … where he said, “I know I’m prejudiced and I know I’m bigoted in a lot of different ways. If I see a black kid in a hoodie on my side of the street, I’ll move to the other side of the street. If I see a white guy with a shaved head and tattoos, I’ll move back to the other side of the street. None of us have pure thoughts; we all live in glass houses.”
Cuban has taken some fire for the comments, but Smith says the people attacking the Dallas Mavericks owner are missing the point.
“Yes he spoke about hoodies and how if he saw a black individual with a hoodie he’d walk across the street because hes uncomfortable with that imagery … obviously, he also alluded to a white individual with tattoos all over his body, his face and his head, he’d walk back to the other side of the street.”
“So if you’re gonna have a problem with what he said about the black person with the hoodie on, then you gotta have a problem with the white person he alluded to with tattoos all over.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t see a problem with that whatsoever. I don’t think there’s any ethnic group in America that should take issue with it as a personal affront to them as if he was isolating them or talking about them. He was simply being honest, forthcoming and very open about some of the fears and prejudices that he may have.”
Smith concluded, “I applaud his honesty and I took absolutely positively no offense to what he had to say.”
