[Montrezl Harrell] Me and Luka squash everything everyone was trying say about me being a racist because he an I both know they truth but still I get messages from people telling me they glad my grandmother died and I’m a n-gger....etc

I mean I agree with you that what he said really wasn’t that bad and I honestly don’t believe he hates white people or anything like that, but there definitely is a bit of a double standard in that there are plenty of instances of white people making somewhat insensitive or dumb throwaway comments that are on par with what trez said (in terms of being mildly offensive but not that big of a deal, I’m NOT talking about n-word level actual hate speech level stuff here) and then every time that person gets brought up it’s “fuck that fucking racist pos” and not a ton of “eh it wasn’t even that bad”

I think it rubs people the wrong way when there is seemingly room for a ton of almost instant forgiveness and understanding for someone saying something they shouldn’t have or didn’t mean to in one situation whereas the other person is just an irredeemable piece of shit forever in a lot of people’s minds

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