02/15/07 Coon Alert: Fuck Tim Hardaway

Tim Hardaway is not a dumb dude. He made millions and still married black, so that’s wassup. And, in spite of his crassness, Hardaway has avoided controversy for most of his career as a ball player and sports analyst. But that shit he said after John Amaechi came out is the dumbest coon shit said in 2007 so far.

This nigga said: “Well, you know, I hate gay people. I let it be known I don’t like gay people. I don’t like to be around gay people. I’m homophobic. It shouldn’t be in the world, in the United States, I don’t like it.”

There’s a myth that blacks hate gays. But black homophobia is not hatred toward gays. It’s fear and resistance that comes mainly from a Christian ethos. The majority of black people today don’t actively persecute gays in the same way they were once persecuted by whites. (Otherwise, why not call white supremacists negrophobes instead of racists?)

Timmy’s comments go beyond the fear and resistance that characterizes black homophobia by implicitly calling for violence against gays. “It shouldn’t be in the world,” though? That’s some extremist, evangelical, Pat Robertson shit. Dead ass! And for a community already said to be inherently incompatible with homosexuality, Timmy’s justa token re-enforcing the violent myths and stereotypes surrounding black people.

And fuck his bullshit ass apology, too.