Talk:Jason Whitlock

message: I don't know the conventions in America, but why is "African-American" listed as opposed to just "American" in the introduction? Is his race one of the defining characteristics of his personality? We wouldn't introduce a white journalist as a "caucasian American journalist" so I don't see why we should do so with African-Americans. I'm not trying to be politically correct here, this is a question about what sort of information should be included in an introduction section and I don't really see how his ethnicity is particularly relevant.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Blankfrackis (talk • contribs) 01:23, 8 September 2007‎
Because America (despite electing it's first black president) is still a racist nation.--72.24.207.77 (talk) 13:10, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  African-American 

message: why does this article link to the kansas city star?
A: Because Whitlock has been a columnist there for many years now.
I agree with the comments about the journalist's ethnicity. I hold a degree in journalism, and I am white,(or should I say European-American?), and I don't believe that a person's ethnic background has any bearing on that person's ability to be objective. We are supposed to be objective, remember?
I think Theodore Roosevelt put it best - "There are no hyphenated Americans, only Americans. Once someone leaves there country of origin and comes to the U.S.A., they are no longer Italian-Americans, etc."
Could he have meant that putting one's ethnicity out front could be interpreted as preferential treatment? That's not what this country is all about. At least not the country in which I grew up.
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replies: text: - see the edit history, this edit is one of the reasons why the page is semi protected. andy4789 ★ · (talk? contribs?) 00:10, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

text: It's not likely to be done because of the fact that other editors are reverting it because it puts undue weight and bias on this controversial incident. It's also hardly encyclopedic - one news incident isn't notable enough to go in an encyclopedia forever. Understand? See the edit history for diffs like this, if they can't add it on, then neither can anyone else. The entire reason this page was edit protected was because everyone was adding this content. Sorry. --andy4789 ★ · (talk? contribs?) 12:40, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

text: This has already been incorporated as a subsection under "Journalism career", while adhering to the WP:NPOV policy. Normchou 💬 00:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kansas City Star 

message: I don't know much about Scoop Jackson, but Whitlock was right about Mike Lupica.  He IS mean-spirited, and he IS insecure, and he IS a busybody.  And I actually LIKE his political comments! Other than that, "Big Sexy" (as Whitlock calls himself) was absolutely right.
-Can someone put a detailed summary of what happened between Jason and Scoop? Cubzrule 07:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What he said 

message: Whitlock wrote an excellent piece on the controversy surrounding the fab five documentary where a former player criticized Duke basketball players.  Here it is. Should we include a section on it? UoMfan98 (talk) 20:11, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fab Five Documentary 

message: Whitlock the racist should be fired for being unprofessional.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.79.59.232 (talk) 03:22, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: - see the edit history, this edit is one of the reasons why the page is semi protected. andy4789 ★ · (talk? contribs?) 00:10, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

text: It's not likely to be done because of the fact that other editors are reverting it because it puts undue weight and bias on this controversial incident. It's also hardly encyclopedic - one news incident isn't notable enough to go in an encyclopedia forever. Understand? See the edit history for diffs like this, if they can't add it on, then neither can anyone else. The entire reason this page was edit protected was because everyone was adding this content. Sorry. --andy4789 ★ · (talk? contribs?) 12:40, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 13 February 2012 

message: Source:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/sentinel-sports-now/os-jason-whitlock-twitter-jeremy-lin,0,5114315.story
76.123.133.211 (talk) 23:02, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jason Whitlock apologizes for tweet about small penis size of Jeremy Lin (an Asian American) 

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message: It seems strange to me that there is not a controversy section dedicated to his racially motivated comments about Jeremy Lin. Is there a reason for this.--Senor Freebie (talk) 16:22, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This has already been incorporated as a subsection under "Journalism career", while adhering to the WP:NPOV policy. Normchou 💬 00:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
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