Another Shirt (Except this One Rules)

by Matthew Powell on Feb 17, 2008 10:08 PM CST in Spurs_Daily

Ginobili on the front, Erler on the back:

The league and its fans have been looking for the Great White Hope ever since Bird retired. The problem is nobody imagined he would come from Argentina.

Part of me really wanted to put the quote on the front and the photo on the back, but I thought more people would like it this way.

And yes, I know Ginobili isn't white. Stampler's point is still the same: the people who clamor for the days of Bird are missing someone built in his image. No, he's not the quality of player Bird was. But he's a truly great player who's won everywhere he's played. He's probably the fiercest competitor in the league and he plays like his opponents' names and stature don't matter to him. He doesn't care. He really, truly, doesn't give a shit (except when he stuffed Lebron's weak ass shit; he might have cared then).

He just fucking plays.

He's underpaid. He just plays. He's benched. He just plays. He takes cheap shots. He just plays. His coach repeatedly throws him under the bus. He just plays.

P.S. Zazzle may yank this shirt pretty quick. I don't know. My understanding of copyright law is that this is perfectly legal. I wouldn't do it otherwise.

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Re: Another Shirt (Except this One Rules)

Right on, bro. Except Manu IS white. White does not mean being from the U.S. or Europe (though Manu's family line obviously traces back to Europe). You can be Latino and Hispanic and still be white, just like David Ortiz can be Hispanic AND black. White/black refers to race, Hispanic/Latino is just an ethnicity (more like a culture, based on language and geography, not race). Not like I'm all smart and stuff, cuz you probably all know this.

by Gino20 on Feb 18, 2008 8:54 AM CST 0 recs

Re: Another Shirt (Except this One Rules)

just ordered that mofo. this is freakin' tight.

gospursgo. hook 'em. metal rules. ganja rules.

by metalandganja on Feb 18, 2008 9:13 AM CST 0 recs

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Latino is NOT considered white. It is considered mixed race, usually European (Spanish in particular, but not always) and Indian. Any anthropologist or sociologist will confirm this. To be sure, race, particularly in the Americas, is an anachronistic term in that there has been so much mixture that few can be considered "pure" in any racial terms. For example, Alex Rodriguez is probably mixed Spanish and Indian. David Ortiz is probably mixed Black and Indian. And Manu Ginobili is probably mixed Italian and Indian (although I do not know the specifics of any of these individual's family histories, it may vary). So in today's world, race is largely a social construction, but one that has enormous political, economic and personal consequences. Or: if something is perceived to be real, it's real in its consequences.

by agutierrez on Feb 18, 2008 9:45 AM CST 0 recs

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Argentina has very few indians, the Spanish made sure of that...Ginobili's family most likely doesn't have any Indian blood in it. I have Spanish, Italian, French and who knows how many other nationalities in my family, I don't know if I consider myself white, but I'm pretty sure there's no Indian blood in my family. It's not discriminate or anything, it's just the fact that most of the Indians got wiped out in my country.

by Hipuks on Feb 18, 2008 10:06 AM CST up 0 recs