Whitey Ford
08-20-2020, 12:32 AM
Harlem Globetrotter speaks out after banana thrown at him on live TV by news broadcasters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhhWeQzjEc0&feature=emb_logo
A member of the Harlem Globetrotters is speaking out on racial insensitivities after two White Alabama news broadcasters threw fruit, including a banana, at him on live television.
The segment on the website ends, but in an extended version obtained by CNN and in a clip posted on Pearce's Instagram account, another tangerine is thrown at him off camera and moments after a banana is thrown to him.
Pearce told CNN he was not sure who threw the second tangerine at him but said he could clearly see the banana was thrown by another White anchor off set.
Tangerine, OK. Banana bad!
Pearce told CNN he was "shocked" when the banana landed in his hand and that he felt "utter disgust."
He was shocked! LOL
Pearce said he hesitated to speak out on the incident when it first happened, but said the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others stirred his emotions and made him revisit the incident.
Asked if he thought the incident occurred because the anchors were unaware of the racial context of throwing a banana at a Black person or if it was motivated by racism, Pearce said "I can't say either or" but said "it is unacceptable for someone to have that much experience" and live close to the birth of civil rights movement to not be aware of the history.
"The lack of cultural awareness is extremely shocking and it's very telling about the state of this country right now," he said.
Throw fruit to a nigger, get accused of teh racisms!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/us/harlem-globetrotter-maxwell-pearce-banana-trnd/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhhWeQzjEc0&feature=emb_logo
A member of the Harlem Globetrotters is speaking out on racial insensitivities after two White Alabama news broadcasters threw fruit, including a banana, at him on live television.
The segment on the website ends, but in an extended version obtained by CNN and in a clip posted on Pearce's Instagram account, another tangerine is thrown at him off camera and moments after a banana is thrown to him.
Pearce told CNN he was not sure who threw the second tangerine at him but said he could clearly see the banana was thrown by another White anchor off set.
Tangerine, OK. Banana bad!
Pearce told CNN he was "shocked" when the banana landed in his hand and that he felt "utter disgust."
He was shocked! LOL
Pearce said he hesitated to speak out on the incident when it first happened, but said the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others stirred his emotions and made him revisit the incident.
Asked if he thought the incident occurred because the anchors were unaware of the racial context of throwing a banana at a Black person or if it was motivated by racism, Pearce said "I can't say either or" but said "it is unacceptable for someone to have that much experience" and live close to the birth of civil rights movement to not be aware of the history.
"The lack of cultural awareness is extremely shocking and it's very telling about the state of this country right now," he said.
Throw fruit to a nigger, get accused of teh racisms!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/us/harlem-globetrotter-maxwell-pearce-banana-trnd/index.html