October 31, 2006, - 10:55 am
NBA Bans Muslim Racist
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Hooman Hamzehloui has been banned by both the Orlando Magic and the NBA from all games.
Hamzehloui repeatedly taunted NBA player and Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo with racist slurs, including “monkey.”
Hemzehloui is a real estate agent from the Orlando suburb of Windermere and was a season ticket holder for Orlando Magic games. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Hamzehloui claimed
he didn’t know “using the word ‘monkey’ was bad.”
Uh-huh. But the word “monkey” is not just a slur against Blacks in English, but throughout the Muslim world. As highlighted by the George Allen incident, “macaca” means monkey and is used as a racial slur against Blacks throughout Muslim North Africa.
Mutombo has forgiven Hamzehloui.
Tags: Debbie Schlussel Hooman Hamzehloui, Dikembe Mutombo, Houston Rockets, National Basketball Association, NBA, North Africa, Orlando, Orlando Magic, Orlando Sentinel, player, real estate agent, the Orlando Sentinel
The NBA should have banned Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Jackson) after the Moooslim convert refused to stand for the national anthem and described the US flag as a “symbol of oppression”.
AGREED.
DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL
thegoalie on October 31, 2006 at 11:28 am