Cnn calls NBA all star weekend, "Black Thanksgiving".

CNN is stirring controversy with an article that calls the upcoming NBA All-Star Game "Black Thanksgiving."

The article, by longtime NBA analyst David Aldridge, calls All Star Weekend a "national holiday" for African Americans, and quotes USC professor Todd Boyd as saying that "the NBA All-Star weekend has turned into a celebration of African American culture by extension."

The article also ran in the middle of the front page of CNN's home page (scroll down for a screenshot).

But some of the hundreds of commenters who flooded the story were not happy. "Shame on you CNN for perpetuating the racism in America...and for what, to get readers? Are you that desperate?" commenter yippidy wrote.

"You managed to include every Black stereotype known to the Western world in this article," rockhanna said.

The article drew a big response on Twitter as well. Below, see some of those responses.

 

CNN probably didn't question his stupidity because he's Black, thinking that he knew something about Black people they didn't, or maybe .com just has lower standards.

 

NBA All Star Weekend a black holiday? Could've fooled me. I'm black and I'm not even a basketball fan.

 

Link to the site where you quoted the stuff under the pic.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...b_n_825335.html#s242844&title=Courtney_Browne

 

seriously

i havent played organized basketball a day in my life

 

Word? I thought you Philly cats loved basketball. What's the big sport in Philly then? Cop dodging lol

 

HaHA! Man nd don't even get me started on cats in Philly sense of style. They still rock Rocawear like it's 1998!:smt005

 

That's messed up. So they don't have Fubu and Lugs there yet? Get with the times, people.

 

lol

we had to put Fubu joints on the discount rack, to get them to sell

and guess what...mothafuckas still paid double or triple for some Butternut Timbs instead

Rocawear still gets roc'd around here tho..but mainly by white people that dont care about keeping up with the latest urban styles

although EVERYONE has a fifty hat with that big ass sticker on it

 

Those dudes are hungry as fuck. I ain't gonna front i'd rather take my chances in Harlem than south Philly any day.

 

That Blake Griffin Kid is a fucken beast, he won the dunk contest.

 

seriously

one of the drawbacks to living in cities that have cold winters, like philly or NYC, is that you REALLY get to see how hungry mothafuckas get when it's 15 degrees outside

mean-mugs all day long:smt011

 

Love being black, love the game, whatever.

 

Real talk kid.

 

they forgot the photo with us hold a bucket of chicken and kool aid and watermelon on the side for afterwards

 

i do love me some fried chicken tho

 

I love chicken, watermelon and some koolaide. cherry flavored at that

 

someone's suffering from a chronic case of negroitis



look on the bright side tho..our Thanksgivings dont come with the cleansing of an indigenous civilization

 

He is, but I think all of them had some really nice dunks at different points. I loved McGees double dunk.