Ferrari Mailing List: Re: USGP - Racial Commentary

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

Would it also be fair to point-out, as has already been done by some folks more astute than I to the upcoming changes from SPEED coverage of the races, that NBC failed to find one single American commentator for their upcoming US Network Television broadcasts?  All of the folks picked-up to continue the racing broadcast were Europeans (some of whom have thick accents Americans new to the sport might have difficulty understanding), while the lone American who could be clearly heard and understood is remaining with SPEED?  Gee, that might be a problem.....

 

M J

--- On Tue, 11/27/12, Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:

From: Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP - Racial Commentary
To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 3:05 PM

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:28 PM, rtpetrick <rtpetrick [at] comcast.net> wrote:

Regarding Varshaâs comments at the USGPââperhaps the Europeans like Vettel and Alonzo donât obsess over being politically correct, as we seem to in the USA. Perhaps European sensitivity to what might be called racist by some in the USA, is not as acute. In a country where words like âapartmentâ and âChicagoâ are considered racist âcode wordsâ by some, maybe the Europeans have more important things with which to concern themselvesâ..after allâ..no note was made of the color of Lewis Hamiltonâs skin, was it?

The US is too sensitive to this politically correct BS......it's very annoying.

It seems frowned upon to refer to Blacks as anything but "African American".......{{eyeroll}}

Also, in case people haven't paying close attention, it's "only racist if it comes from a white person's mouth".

Tell me the last time you heard a non Caucasian accused of being racist, LOL....

Anyways, some levity to this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrST_LozY6w

:)

FG


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