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idontreadfineprint t1_j67arqn wrote

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/03/06/the-blinding-racism-of-his-comment/0be54cb1-4731-4e52-812e-4f890eaac0e4/

>To understand the racist incident involving CBS Sports analyst Billy Packer on Saturday night, don't stop at Packer's reference to Georgetown guard Allen Iverson, who is black, as "a tough monkey." That was bad enough, but virtually everything that happened after the nationally televised slur revealed the chronic nature of the disease.

>Listen to Packer -- who at first seemingly apologized for the remark -- as he subsequently explains why he shouldn't have to apologize:

>"I don't know why people are sensitive about something that to me, in my way of thinking, has absolutely nothing to do with race," Packer said

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