(CelebNMusic247-News) Sergio Garcia Calls Tiger A N*gger And Gets Away With It:
There has never been any love lost between fellow golfers Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.
The two have been locked into a verbal bash since the Players Championship earlier this month but the bad blood between the two catapulted to another level when Garcia, who hails from Spain, made a disparaging racist remark.
Earlier this week at a European Tour player’s dinner, Garcia was asked about meeting with Woods at the U.S. Open, to which he responded without missing a beat, “We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken.”
Here’s the drop:
By the time Garcia had a chance to think about what he said, it was too late. , (More likely, he was reprimanded by his handlers behind closed doors and was advised to get in front of the story and apologize.) Like everything else in this modern world, Garcia’s “fried chicken” remarks went viral. Although he issued an apology later that night and then again the next day, the damage has been done. Because the sixth richest golfer in the sport was so at the ready with his “fried chicken” remark, it’s difficult to view Garcia’s apologizes as genuine. Nine times out of ten, the first words out of someone’s mouth before they have a chance to really think about crafting a politically correct response is how they would normally respond. Because of the tiff between the two, it’s very easy to imagine Garcia cracking off-color and racist jokes about Woods behind closed doors. For him to say there was no racist intent regarding his joke is like saying there wouldn’t be any racist if someone were to ask him if he wanted a few tacos.
This country’s history with race relations is hardly a secret. The correlation between Black people and fried chicken in a derogatory way stems all the way back to the minstrel days. Because chicken was the only livestock slaves were allowed to have, whites’ portrayal of Black people included smiling, laughing and dancing Sambo caricatures with a piece of fried chicken in their hands. Furthermore, this isn’t the first time a “fried chicken” remark crept its way onto the green. In 1997, golfer Fuzzy Zoeller learned his lesson talking about fried chicken and Tiger Woods. When he was asked a similar question about what would Woods select to be on the menu for the following year, Zoeller said: “You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not to serve fried chicken next year! Got it? Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.” He was subsequently vilified in the media and his deals with K-Mart and Dunlop dumped Zoeller faster than Martha Stewart dumped her ImClone stock. For Garcia to feign ignorance or even naivety is a joke worse than the one Garcia cracked about the fried chicken. His remarks could have ended his endorsement deal with Taylor Made-Adidas. The company released a statement following Garcia’s apology: “Sergio Garcia’s recent comment was offensive and in no way aligns with Taylor Made-Adidas Golf’s values and corporate culture. We have spoken with Sergio directly and he clearly has regret for his statement and we believe he is sincere. We discussed with Sergio that his comments are clearly out of bounds and we are continuing to review the matter.”
In other words, he will still be the face of the company and will still be cashing a check from Taylor Made. This, of course, is the exact opposite of what happened to rapper Rick Ross when his endorsement deal with sneaker company Reebok was in jeopardy. The Miami rapper’s lyrics about drugging and raping a woman caused quite the controversy and cost Ross a cool $5 million. Funny how the same thing didn’t happen to Garcia but then again in this racially charged society, we pretend racism is a thing of the past just because Barack Obama was elected president of the U.S. and then we ignore the all-time rates of memberships for the KKK and other militia groups. So we won’t cause a fuss with Taylor Made-Adidas keeping Garcia on the payroll and we won’t hit Adidas where it really hurts by boycotting all of their products. Garcia apologizes a few times then gets to cash in his free pass. And life will continue on as normal because in this society, it’s okay to make remarks about Black people and fried chicken. There will always be two sets of rules; one for Blacks and one for everyone else and Ross and Garcia is yet another example of it.
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