Three American players beaten up in Argentina bar
Source: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/10/us-basketball-argentina-violence-idUSKCN0S40EC20151010
Three American basketball players, who play for leading Argentine team Libertad, suffered serious injuries when attacked by about 30 people in a bar with the club manager saying they could have been killed.
Tony Washam had a leg bone broken, Argentine-born Phillip McHopson his jaw fractured and Lee Roberts suffered rib injuries, Argentine media reported on Saturday.
"We don't understand how such things can happen, in fact they didn't kill them by chance but they beat them up badly, they have bruises everywhere, it could have been fatal," club manager Andres Pelussi said of the incident on Thursday night.
"Tony Washam needs surgery on his fractured fibula," Pelussi told the Argentine basketball website Pick and Roll (www.pickandroll.com.ar).
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/10/us-basketball-argentina-violence-idUSKCN0S40EC20151010
TheBlackAdder
(28,155 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Love your Billy'O and Fox mockery, it is the only thing they deserve.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)But you see a different story I guess...
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Deuce
(959 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)Tempest
(14,591 posts)If you follow sports and the world you'd know (1) the players are black and (2) Argentina's urban cities are made up of more than 95% caucasians of European origin.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Motivated based on those statistics?
Tempest
(14,591 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)But your point is correct
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,867 posts)So you're probably wrong. Unless of course Italian, German, Spanish and Welsh immigrants aren't considered "white". I know we like to automatically assume that Spanish speaking = brown in this country, but that is extremely narrow minded.
7962
(11,841 posts)But you learn something everyday!! Thanks for pointing out the differences.
I guess it shouldnt be a surprise; Mexico, US and Canada are all N America, yet very different
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Most Mexicans consider themselves caucasion. Have you ever been there?
7962
(11,841 posts)Most are light brown skinned.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Not caucasion. They also say italians, Arabs, and the Irish are not white. Stupid stuff.
7962
(11,841 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Some old habits die hard:
http://www.ibtimes.com/blackout-how-argentina-eliminated-africans-its-history-conscience-1289381
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Y'all seem to be blaming the ballplayers. If you read the link, the fight started when one of the players went to the aid of his girlfriend who was being 'accosted by some men in a bar'. So, now a black man can't try and protect his girlfriend from white assholes? I just don't understand the attitude that seems to say it was the players fault. Or maybe I'm missing something/
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)Change the story to three Egyptians beat up in a Argentinean bar, or three Argentinians beat up in an American bar, then the reactions of a few may be different.