[外絮] Grant Hill的一封信

看板GrantHill作者YOUNGBIRD時間13年前 (2011/03/20 10:50)推噓2(2推 0噓 0→)

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事情是這樣的 Jalen Rose製作的The Fab film紀錄片上週日的時候在espn播放了影片是介紹當時密西根五虎(Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson.)的真實紀錄片播出之後收到一致的好評～ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fab_Five_%28film%29 不過卻發生了Rose跟Hill的一些關於黑人種族的爭論起因在於Jalen在影片中的一段話: Jalen提到他當時非常羨慕Hill, 因為他有良好受過教育的雙親 Duke是決對不會招募J. Rose這種球員的因為他們招募的是 "Uncle Toms"下為全文 "Schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me," explains Jalen Rose in the video. "I felt that they only recruited black players that were Uncle Toms. ... I was jealous of Grant Hill. He came from a great black family. Congratulations. Your mom went to college and was roommates with Hillary Clinton. Your dad played in the NFL as a very well-spoken and successful man. I was upset and bitter that my mom had to bust her hump for 20-plus years. I as bitter that I had a professional athlete that was my father that I didn't know. I resented that, moreso than I resented him. I looked at it as they are who the world accepts and we are who the world hates." Uncle Tom俚語字典的解釋是一個黑人盡全力的希望打進白人圈子中在黑人的觀點裡是有背叛的意思 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=uncle+tom 這是一個比較嚴重的詞語所以造成了Hill的反彈 Hill認為他的家庭跟他父母的成就都是靠他們自己爭取了這跟所謂的acting white 應該是毫無關係的不過就Rose的前後文來看跟當時18歲的他有這樣的想法除了羨慕Hill有這樣的好生活跟好學校他也不見得理解這個詞的真正意義...... 不過他片子都上映了他雖在Tweet也跟Hill道歉了但對於看這部影片的人尤其是下一代的年輕黑人是否會有怎樣的影響好比說對於Grant Hill的觀點或是對於Uncle Tom的認知則不得而知了於是Grant Hill也寫了一封很長的信闡述他的想法他的家庭他在Duke的生活還有他對Fab 5的看法 The New York Times也刊登了一部分信件這裡我把全文貼上看完讓我覺得更理解Grant Hill這一個人 http://tinyurl.com/4t44z6b Grant’s Unedited Response to the Fab Five’s Documentary Due to space constraints, the editorial posted in the New York Times was shortened. Read Grant’s full, unedited response to the Fab Five’s comments in their recent documentary here. I am a fan, friend and long time competitor of the Fab Five. This should not be a surprise because I am a contemporary of every member of that iconic team. I have competed against Jalen and Chris since the age of 13. Jalen, Chris, and Juwan are my friends and have been for 25 years. At Michigan, they represented a cultural phenomenon that impacted the country in a permanent and positive way. The very idea of the Fab Five elicited pride and promise in much the same way the Georgetown teams did in the mid-80s when I was in high school and idolized them. Their journey from youthful icons to successful men today is a road map for so many young, black men (and women) who saw their journey through the powerful documentary, Fab Five. It was a sad and somewhat pathetic turn of events, therefore, to see friends narrating this interesting documentary about their moment in time and calling me a bitch and worse, calling all black players at Duke “Uncle Toms” and, to some degree, disparaging my parents for their education, work ethic and commitment to each other and to me. I should have guessed there was something regrettable in the documentary when Jay Williams and I received a Twitter apology from Jalen before its airing. And, I am aware Jalen has gone to some length to explain his remarks about my family in numerous interviews, so I believe he has some admiration for them. In his garbled but sweeping comment that “Duke only recruits black Uncle Toms,” Jalen seems to change the usual meaning of those very vitriolic words into his own meaning, i.e., blacks from two-parent, middle class families. He leaves us all guessing exactly what he believes today. And, I wonder if I would have suggested to former Detroit Pistons GM Rick Sund to keep Jimmy King on the team if I had known, back then in the mid-90s, that he would call me a bitch on a nationally televised show in 2011. I am beyond fortunate to have two parents who are still working well into their 60s. They received great educations and use them every day. My parents taught me a personal ethic I try to live by and pass on to my who saw their journey through the powerful documentary, Fab Five. It was a sad and somewhat pathetic turn of events, therefore, to see friends narrating this interesting documentary about their moment in time and calling me a bitch and worse, calling all black players at Duke “Uncle Toms” and, to some degree, disparaging my parents for their education, work ethic and commitment to each other and to me. I should have guessed there was something regrettable in the documentary when Jay Williams and I received a Twitter apology from Jalen before its airing. And, I am aware Jalen has gone to some length to explain his remarks about my family in numerous interviews, so I believe he has some admiration for them. In his garbled but sweeping comment that “Duke only recruits black Uncle Toms,” Jalen seems to change the usual meaning of those very vitriolic words into his own meaning, i.e., blacks from two-parent, middle class families. He leaves us all guessing exactly what he believes today. And, I wonder if I would have suggested to former Detroit Pistons GM Rick Sund to keep Jimmy King on the team if I had known, back then in the mid-90s, that he would call me a bitch on a nationally televised show in 2011. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 123.193.81.106