On New Year’s Day, Vince got tossed from a game against the Pistons after picking up back-to-back technicals while arguing a call. (via Slam)
Accounts of the incident in the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press said Carter appeared to accuse Stafford of calling him “boy,” a term that is considered offensive to African-Americans. Like Carter, Stafford is African-American.
While I’m sensitive to the tone that such a comment could take and do think it’s probably overly hostile language for even a black ref to use when talking to a black player — Vince, who has unbelievably only been ejected one other time in his career, clearly was pissed — the biggest problem here is the clear gender misclassification.
Cause if we have learned anything from poorly scripted Hillary Swank melodramas, it’s that boys don’t cry.
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