Woody McCorvey...

[TigerWhite]

...Dabo doesn't even go to the restroom without consulting McCorvey. So, I'm certain he was the first person Dabo confided in when this incident happened. It's time for Woody to speak out. Also, just curious...did this incident take place the week leading up to the home game with Pitt?

 

[Esso Porch]

I've seen threads calling for former players, current coaches and administrative guys to speak out. Maybe it's time for Dabo to speak up

 

[BKFrost]

Help me out, If a word was so demeaning and hurtful why would people use it ?

 

[CFlowers8511]

...Dabo doesn't even go to the restroom without consulting McCorvey. So, I'm certain he was the first person Dabo confided in when this incident happened. It's time for Woody to speak out. Also, just curious...did this incident take place the week leading up to the home game with Pitt?

Pitt was 2016 but to your point I’d be curious to know when this happened in 2017.

 

[tigerworx]

I've seen threads calling for former players, current coaches and administrative guys to speak out. Maybe it's time for Dabo to speak up

Respectfully disagree.

Words are....., well,...words.
Lots of coaches have had their speech writers coin wonderfully thought out phrases.
Great.

Dabo has a track record that is unmatched.
You know, or should.
If not, suggest someone look it up.

To coin a new phrase....... Actions TRUMP words.

 

[tigerworx]

Help me out, If a word was so demeaning and hurtful why would people use it ?

Don't get me started.
Just research my replies for the last day or so.......

Agree wholeheartedly.

I grew up with "Sticks and Stones will break my bones.....

So I guess mean and hurtful things are NOT NEW????????

Oh well.

 

[Da Swami]

...Dabo doesn't even go to the restroom without consulting McCorvey. So, I'm certain he was the first person Dabo confided in when this incident happened. It's time for Woody to speak out. Also, just curious...did this incident take place the week leading up to the home game with Pitt?

LoL

 

[Cocks are Number 1]

...Dabo doesn't even go to the restroom without consulting McCorvey. So, I'm certain he was the first person Dabo confided in when this incident happened. It's time for Woody to speak out. Also, just curious...did this incident take place the week leading up to the home game with Pitt?

Nice classic Bronco. I drove one through college, and built another after.

 

[Da Swami]

Help me out, If a word was so demeaning and hurtful why would people use it ?

It would be a lot simpler if white people didn't use it.

 

[TylerHumpFrow13]

Pitt was 2016 but to your point I’d be curious to know when this happened in 2017.

2020 season hasn't happened yet. Didn't the articles say 3 years ago? so 2016 would have been 3 years ago.

 

[CFlowers8511]

2020 season hasn't happened yet. Didn't the articles say 3 years ago? so 2016 would have been 3 years ago.

Thought it specifically said 2017 but I could be wrong

 

[TylerHumpFrow13]

Thought it specifically said 2017 but I could be wrong

Maybe so. I thought I remembered the article interviewing Greenlee saying 3 years ago, but don't quote me on that.

 

[Esso Porch]

Respectfully disagree.

Words are....., well,...words.
Lots of coaches have had their speech writers coin wonderfully thought out phrases.
Great.

Dabo has a track record that is unmatched.
You know, or should.
If not, suggest someone look it up.

To coin a new phrase....... Actions TRUMP words.

So Dabo doesn’t need to address the reports of the Pearman/Greenlee interaction but Woody McCorvey does?

 

[BKFrost]

Help me out, If a word was so demeaning and hurtful why would people use it ?

these kids throw the word around like its nothing and some how im supposed to fill guilty if I have overheard or heard someone say somethin

It would be a lot simpler if white people didn't use it.

I hear black guys using it more

 

[GamecockTears]

It was 2017.

 

[tigerworx]

It would be a lot simpler if white people didn't use it.

WHAT?

So, it's okay for some people to use it and others not?

Then, how the hell can we get rid of this word.

Talk about a double standard........

Come on, Man.
You're better than this.

What if HUMANS didn't use it?

 

[BKFrost]

these kids throw the word around like its nothing and some how im supposed to fill guilty if I have overheard or heard someone say somethin
I hear black guys using it more

and don't tell me what I know

 

[Esso Porch]

WHAT?

So, it's okay for some people to use it and others not?

Then, how the hell can we get rid of this word.

Talk about a double standard........

Come on, Man.
You're better than this.

IMO it's pretty simple

The history of the word is that it is a word used in a very derogatory manner by white people to demean black people. It was used in a very hateful way for a long time. Well then black people slightly changed the pronunciation of the word and started using it as a term of endearment. There are some white people who thinks this now gives them the right to use the word again. I'm not really sure I understand the logic there

You don't get to use a term in an extremely hateful manner for a long period of time and then get to start using it again when the victims turn around and adopt a variation of that word as their own. Now I know that neither you nor I are old enough to have been around when the N-word originated but it is pretty easy to respect the wishes of our fellow humans who find it offensive.

 

[BKFrost]

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[SGTiger]

It would be a lot simpler if white people didn't use it.

It would be even simpler if everyone stopped using it, so that over time it would cease to exist. Is there any other word that needs to disappear more than this one? I guess that's asking way too much.

 

[Maverick369]

WHAT?

So, it's okay for some people to use it and others not?

Then, how the hell can we get rid of this word.

Talk about a double standard........

Come on, Man.
You're better than this.

What if HUMANS didn't use it?

Exactly

Why give a word that kind of power over you? Why give someone who wants to incite you the ability to do so? If the word is all that offensive to you as a race stop using it in every rap song ever and stop associating yourself with it. You aren't being hit over the head with a pipe, it's a word uttered by someone who you don't or shouldn't care about any way. Take the word away from the racist arsenal by stopping to care what they say and stop giving them the satisfaction of knowing it gets to you. They are losers in life so who gives a shit what they think. Sure easier said than done right but nothing is easy any more.

 

[tigerworx]

IMO it's pretty simple

The history of the word is that it is a word used in a very derogatory manner by white people to demean black people. It was used in a very hateful way for a long time. Well then black people slightly changed the pronunciation of the word and started using it as a term of endearment. There are some white people who thinks this now gives them the right to use the word again. I'm not really sure I understand the logic there

You don't get to use a term in an extremely hateful manner for a long period of time and then get to start using it again when the victims turn around and adopt a variation of that word as their own. Now I know that neither you nor I are old enough to have been around when the N-word originated but it is pretty easy to respect the wishes of our fellow humans who find it offensive.

Friend, I almost always enjoy and respect your opinions.
This one is crap.

I am damn near old enough. My family owned slaves back in the day.
They were treated pretty well, by what I can determine.........but SLAVES????????
No. That ain't good.

Negro was the historical term and became "that word".
That was a sad time for our country.
Slaves have been around since mankind.
Of all colors and races.

Truth is, a person's color is the LEAST important thing about them.

It is absolutely ludicrous to imagine that a term, within one society/country, can mean separate things to separate people............UNLESS YOU DIVIDE THEM BY RACE!
Which, perfectly, perpetuates the problem.

Either the word is unacceptable or not.
The WORD.

Not who is using it.
Get rid of the WORD.

And stop defining people and what they can and can't do......or say......by race.

STOP the damn color definition!



Or expect all of this to continue.

 

[okclem]

I've seen threads calling for former players, current coaches and administrative guys to speak out. Maybe it's time for Dabo to speak up

I think maybe it's time for everyone to shut up for a few days.

 

[wmnesbitt]

I dont like the word. No matter who says it.

Let me ask this. Does the definition change depending on who says it?

 

[matthewstigers]

It was said that DJ went and talked to Woody and Jeff Davis who told him to talk to CDS, which he did.

 

[RagsToRiches2]

Friend, I almost always enjoy and respect your opinions.
This one is crap.

I am damn near old enough. My family owned slaves back in the day.
They were treated pretty well, by what I can determine.........but SLAVES????????
No. That ain't good.

Negro was the historical term and became "that word".
That was a sad time for our country.
Slaves have been around since mankind.
Of all colors and races.

Truth is, a person's color is the LEAST important thing about them.

It is absolutely ludicrous to imagine that a term, within one society/country, can mean separate things to separate people............UNLESS YOU DIVIDE THEM BY RACE!
Which, perfectly, perpetuates the problem.

Either the word is unacceptable or not.
The WORD.

Not who is using it.
Get rid of the WORD.

And stop defining people and what they can and can't do......or say......by race.

STOP the damn color definition!



Or expect all of this to continue.

You think the slaves your family held captive against their will were treated pretty well? I’ve read a lot of deplorable things on this board the last week but this may just be the most ignorant and racist of them all. Please consider what you believe about this and if you can humble yourself to do so, repent.

 

[stigers91]

IMO it's pretty simple

The history of the word is that it is a word used in a very derogatory manner by white people to demean black people. It was used in a very hateful way for a long time. Well then black people slightly changed the pronunciation of the word and started using it as a term of endearment. There are some white people who thinks this now gives them the right to use the word again. I'm not really sure I understand the logic there

You don't get to use a term in an extremely hateful manner for a long period of time and then get to start using it again when the victims turn around and adopt a variation of that word as their own. Now I know that neither you nor I are old enough to have been around when the N-word originated but it is pretty easy to respect the wishes of our fellow humans who find it offensive.

Agreed, but if you slip up and use it in a non-hate/racial way your life shouldn't be over.

 

[anon_yqoaxol227dby]

I wish Dabo would say something about this. And I hope whatever he says, if he says it, isn’t predictable such that we continue to be a laughing stock.

 

[Da Swami]

these kids throw the word around like its nothing and some how im supposed to fill guilty if I have overheard or heard someone say somethin
I hear black guys using it more

WHAT?

So, it's okay for some people to use it and others not?

Then, how the hell can we get rid of this word.

Talk about a double standard........

Come on, Man.
You're better than this.

What if HUMANS didn't use it?

It would be even simpler if everyone stopped using it, so that over time it would cease to exist. Is there any other word that needs to disappear more than this one? I guess that's asking way too much.

I dont like the word. No matter who says it.

Let me ask this. Does the definition change depending on who says it?

My response was intentional to show the variations of whitesplaining and a belief that a demeaning word should still hold powers in your hands. Stop worrying about the N word. Don't say it, Don't worry about black people and word created by whites to belittle blacks. Just don't say it and we will have never a race issue with the word.

 

[Larry_Williams]

I've seen threads calling for former players, current coaches and administrative guys to speak out. Maybe it's time for Dabo to speak up

Yeah.

 

[BigTimeTiger]

It would be a lot simpler if white people didn't use it.

How about everyone stop using all racial slurs. That would be best.

 

[RagsToRiches2]

“All people just shouldn’t use the word” has become the new “All Lives Matter” on this board smh

 

[BigTimeTiger]

“All people just shouldn’t use the word” has become the new “All Lives Matter” on this board smh

All racial slurs.

 

[OakCrest11]

“All people just shouldn’t use the word” has become the new “All Lives Matter” on this board smh

We really have a descendent of slave owners in this thread (slaves were treated pretty well though so all good) who thinks that his opinion on what black people should and shouldn’t say and how they should feel about a word used by white people to dehumanize them carries any weight and should be posted in a public forum. Incredible!

 

[DrPeterVenkman]

...Dabo doesn't even go to the restroom without consulting McCorvey. So, I'm certain he was the first person Dabo confided in when this incident happened. It's time for Woody to speak out. Also, just curious...did this incident take place the week leading up to the home game with Pitt?

OP’s username checks out.

 

[HumbleTiger]

It would be a lot simpler if white people didn't use it.

You mean, if EVERYONE wouldn't use it.

 

[TigerJAC]

It would be a lot simpler if white people didn't use it.

How about nobody use it! It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white. Dabo agrees with that 100%, btw. If whites shouldn’t say it, blacks shouldn’t either. Plain and simple. We don’t need this double standard.

 

[OakCrest11]

Friend, I almost always enjoy and respect your opinions.
This one is crap.

I am damn near old enough. My family owned slaves back in the day.
They were treated pretty well, by what I can determine.........but SLAVES????????
No. That ain't good.

Negro was the historical term and became "that word".
That was a sad time for our country.
Slaves have been around since mankind.
Of all colors and races.

Truth is, a person's color is the LEAST important thing about them.

It is absolutely ludicrous to imagine that a term, within one society/country, can mean separate things to separate people............UNLESS YOU DIVIDE THEM BY RACE!
Which, perfectly, perpetuates the problem.

Either the word is unacceptable or not.
The WORD.

Not who is using it.
Get rid of the WORD.

And stop defining people and what they can and can't do......or say......by race.

STOP the damn color definition!



Or expect all of this to continue.

Hold on...you started by saying your family owned slaves (treated pretty well so no big deal), then somehow you try to make a point about skin color being the least important part of somebody...when the only reason your family’s slaves were slaves was...wait for it...because of the color of their skin. Incredible!

 

[BigPapaWhit]

I've seen threads calling for former players, current coaches and administrative guys to speak out. Maybe it's time for Dabo to speak up

The continued suggestions that Dabo trots everyone of his black or African-American friends/players/co-workers out onto the dais says more about our understanding(lack)of the issue than Dabo’s.

 

[wmnesbitt]

My response was intentional to show the variations of whitesplaining and a belief that a demeaning word should still hold powers in your hands. Stop worrying about the N word. Don't say it, Don't worry about black people and word created by whites to belittle blacks. Just don't say it and we will have never a race issue with the word.

I did not whitesplain anything. I asked a question. And try to have a conversation about it, mostly curious why such a bad word continues to be used.

The word is bad, many believe that. It just comes off as weird, that a race OWNS the word, and can decide who can and cant use the word. Meaning that it is only bad for some to say it depending on the color of their skin.

All I know is that I teach my daughter to never use the word, and I explain to her that it is a racial slur that is typically meant to demean a black person originating from a time of slavery. Which is not what we as Christians, or even humans should try and relate to.

Luckily my daughter is pretty smart and I don't have to try and explain why such a bad word is heard in so many places, whether in music, in movies, etc when black people are using it. Many times we hear it at a stop light with music blaring, and it is not always black people listening to it. Because I cant explain this. So please help with this scenario. Just because is not an answer if you want to help solve the problem.

I just think it would be easier to try and have NO ONE use it all together.