Dave Zirin at The Nation places Joachim Noah's words in context -- linking them to other recent NBA/LGBT collisions, some good and some bad -- and reminds us the Noah is one of the NBA's more progressive players.
That Noah "got caught up" and shouted an anti-gay slur in the heat of the moment only shows how endemic the problem is in the league. Homophobia is the norm, not the exception.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Zirin's perspective on Noah: ingrained rhetoric and the need for change
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