Current Events > Alabama TV anchor throws a banana at a black man on live TV

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CableZL 08/19/20 8:49:20 AM #1:	https://www.al.com/news/2020/08/alabama-tv-anchors-threw-banana-other-fruit-at-harlem-globetrotter-during-show.html Pearce named anchor Clare Huddleston and lead weather forecaster Mickey Ferguson in the video, saying the pair threw two tangerines and a banana at him during a segment where he was supposed to be performing tricks with a basketball. Anchor Mike Dubberly is shown standing beside Pearce and laughing. Just 2020 things --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:943563900] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>https://www.al.com/news/2020/08/alabama-tv-anchors-threw-banana-other-fruit-at-harlem-globetrotter-during-show.html Pearce named anchor Clare Huddleston and lead weather forecaster Mickey Ferguson in the video, saying the pair threw two tangerines and a banana at him during a segment where he was supposed to be performing tricks with a basketball. Anchor Mike Dubberly is shown standing beside Pearce and laughing. Just 2020 things </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Austin_Era_II 08/19/20 8:51:14 AM #2:	As someone who grew up in Canada I had no idea how bad racism is still in many parts in America cause they barely talked about this stuff on the news media. It's sad and shocking. --- Currently playing: God of War III MCMLXXXV <cite>Austin_Era_II posted [p:943563931] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>As someone who grew up in Canada I had no idea how bad racism is still in many parts in America cause they barely talked about this stuff on the news media. It's sad and shocking. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YourDrunkFather 08/19/20 9:17:38 AM #3:	Jesus christ... --- One bourbon,one scotch,one beer <cite>YourDrunkFather posted [p:943564502] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>Jesus christ... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
skermac 08/19/20 9:20:31 AM #4:	Someones career is over I think --- To the edge of the universe and back, endure and survive <cite>skermac posted [p:943564565] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>Someones career is over I think </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Eliza-Schuyler 08/19/20 9:32:06 AM #5:	deserves to be cancelled --- no simps, no creeps, no neckbeards allowed Cayo Costa, New Horizons DA-0803-8117-3931 <cite>Eliza-Schuyler posted [p:943564831] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>deserves to be cancelled </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Poop2 08/19/20 9:41:52 AM #6:	fox news strikes again <cite>Poop2 posted [p:943565052] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>fox news strikes again </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
StarReaper13 08/19/20 9:42:49 AM #7:	inb4 the usual asshats come in with "What they really meant was" --- Ignore when people say that the title length is not important, that a title should just convey what the game is about. They're just jealous theirs isn't as long <cite>StarReaper13 posted [p:943565080] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>inb4 the usual asshats come in with "What they really meant was" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThyCorndog 08/19/20 9:44:21 AM #8:	StarReaper13 posted... inb4 the usual asshats come in with "What they really meant was" they were just giving him free food cause they care about his nutrition --- https://imgur.com/6cPXvLN https://imgur.com/hVC4i6j <cite>ThyCorndog posted [p:943565117] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>StarReaper13 posted... </cite> <quote>inb4 the usual asshats come in with "What they really meant was"</quote>they were just giving him free food cause they care about his nutrition </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheVipaGTS 08/19/20 9:45:18 AM #9:	Racial undertones aside...why? Why throw anything at him? Did they think trying to mess him up would be funny? Is that what passes for fun in Alabama? --- Dallas Cowboys: 1 - 1 <cite>TheVipaGTS posted [p:943565149] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>Racial undertones aside...why? Why throw anything at him? Did they think trying to mess him up would be funny? Is that what passes for fun in Alabama? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 08/19/20 9:45:28 AM #10:	StarReaper13 posted... inb4 the usual asshats come in with "What they really meant was" "He would have done the same thing to a whit guy!" --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:943565151] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>StarReaper13 posted...</cite> <quote>inb4 the usual asshats come in with "What they really meant was" </quote> "He would have done the same thing to a whit guy!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ving_Rhames 08/19/20 9:56:06 AM #11:	Unsurprising. lolMerica --- the real Irving Rameses https://imgur.com/A7f6F9h <cite>Ving_Rhames posted [p:943565412] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>Unsurprising. lolMerica </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YellowMustard69 08/19/20 10:18:50 AM #12:	I can understand the banana. But throwing an orange at a black person is just plain racist. <cite>YellowMustard69 posted [p:943566021] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>I can understand the banana. But throwing an orange at a black person is just plain racist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Starks 08/19/20 10:21:21 AM #13:	I prefer apples when I'm throwing fruit at people --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.2 <cite>Starks posted [p:943566090] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>I prefer apples when I'm throwing fruit at people</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlockAddition 08/19/20 10:23:09 AM #14:	Starks posted... I prefer apples when I'm throwing fruit at people Eggs beat fruit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XTiI1e-wVc --- kwijibo <cite>BlockAddition posted [p:943566149] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>Starks posted... </cite> <quote>I prefer apples when I'm throwing fruit at people</quote>Eggs beat fruit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XTiI1e-wVc </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 08/19/20 10:23:35 AM #15:	Ngl, I think they're exaggerating the racial overtones by highlighting the banana when it was one of three pieces of fruit thrown. As to why they were throwing fruit in the first place, I didnt watch the segment but the fact that he is a Harlem Globetrotter tells me if was all supposed to be lighthearted whimsical type stuff --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg https://imgur.com/8kjZU <cite>eston posted [p:943566162] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>Ngl, I think they're exaggerating the racial overtones by highlighting the banana when it was one of three pieces of fruit thrown. As to why they were throwing fruit in the first place, I didnt watch the segment but the fact that he is a Harlem Globetrotter tells me if was all supposed to be lighthearted whimsical type stuff </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirkDiggles 08/19/20 10:26:03 AM #16:	What they really meant was that they would have done the same thing to a white guy. ~~am I doing it right?~~ --- https://imgur.com/i9oVpG0 <cite>DirkDiggles posted [p:943566227] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>What they really meant was that they would have done the same thing to a white guy. am I doing it right? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coh 08/19/20 10:28:31 AM #17:	DirkDiggles posted... What they really meant was that they would have done the same thing to a white guy. ~~am I doing it right?~~ I mean wouldn't they? No reason to assume they wouldn't <cite>coh posted [p:943566296] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>DirkDiggles posted... </cite> <quote>What they really meant was that they would have done the same thing to a white guy. am I doing it right?</quote>I mean wouldn't they? No reason to assume they wouldn't </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 08/19/20 10:31:08 AM #18:	eston posted... Ngl, I think they're exaggerating the racial overtones by highlighting the banana when it was one of three pieces of fruit thrown. As to why they were throwing fruit in the first place, I didnt watch the segment but the fact that he is a Harlem Globetrotter tells me if was all supposed to be lighthearted whimsical type stuff The one who was right next to him on screen threw tangerines or oranges or whatever. Someone from off screen and not part of the bit threw a banana. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:943566363] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>eston posted... </cite> <quote>Ngl, I think they're exaggerating the racial overtones by highlighting the banana when it was one of three pieces of fruit thrown. As to why they were throwing fruit in the first place, I didnt watch the segment but the fact that he is a Harlem Globetrotter tells me if was all supposed to be lighthearted whimsical type stuff</quote>The one who was right next to him on screen threw tangerines or oranges or whatever. Someone from off screen and not part of the bit threw a banana. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ScazarMeltex 08/19/20 10:33:52 AM #19:	I expect this sort of a behavior out of Alabama, so this doesn't really feel like news to me. --- "If you wish to converse with me define your terms" Voltaire <cite>ScazarMeltex posted [p:943566437] in Alabama TV... [t:78921159]...</cite> <quote>I expect this sort of a behavior out of Alabama, so this doesn't really feel like news to me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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