But being cancelled was a thing. That’s why he was fired. That people think cancelling is somehow new is a testament to the public’s short attention span and weak sense of history.
@@zachmorley158 The only problem with your theory is that this guy didn't get canceled. Being fired is not the same as being canceled. Canceled means to say or do something wrong, so you lose public approval and become a social outcast. It usually refers to celebrities since public opinion is so important to them. In modern times, celebrity status leads to views which leads to tons of money. I guess you can argue it's similar to being fired but it's still a bit different.
@@showwhite7320 I disagree with your narrow definition of "cancel." Getting fired, and therefore losing your livelihood, is arguably worse than some members of the public outcasting you. iirc Jimmy the Greek didn't work again until his death in '96. Not to mention, the basis for his removal is the same basis for cancel culture: political correctness and an acute sensitivity on matters related to race and gender.
I remember him getting fired not for this comment but the one where he said Black atheletes evolved from slave owners selectively breeding slaves to make big workers.
In which HC should have been fired with that nonsense. African ppl were kidnapped for slavery according to age and build and then gender. They wanted the big, strong, "buck." Did some selective breeding go on, probably. Those ppl were diabolically sick. However, Africans were already physically in athletic shape, including the women.
Im a bi racial man (black and white) and grew up in a predominately black neighborhood in North Minneapolis. There is nothing that this man said in this interview that I see as racist. He told it like it is. You can tell how blunt he is and if he were an outright racist, he would have said it
There's no such thing as 'biracial'. Not only that, but there's no such thing as race, because you can't provide an example of someone who is 100% of one 'race', instead of 50% of this and 50% of that. Show me someone who is 100% 'Black'. There ain't no such goddam thing. Hell, you can't even _name_ all of the supposed 'races', let alone put someone forward who is an example of being 100% of all the races... It's nothing more than a shorthand way of saying someone has dark skin, or someone has light skin. It's not actually a real thing. It's just a bunch of made up numbers on a chart -- it's not like they started with people who are 100% of this or that... they made it all up, and NOBODY is 100% ANYTHING, EXCEPT HUMAN.
rocknrap12 what this doesn't show is where he said blacks were bred to be stronger faster etc it goes back to the slave days something like that I vaguely remember
It’s almost never black people who are offended by these comments. It’s always phoney white people who get offended on behalf of who they think might be offended Absolute horse shit
@@BigStickky because ( AfricanAMERICANS where not suprised....just confirmation on many actions/ signals remembered from other interactions..... those phoney white people... think there surrounded atleast by 8th grade graduates but then they find out he latter(/confirmation of what Black Americans have know for years...(.W 👌S) choose to be a relics)
@@BigStickky EXACTLY. I always call them out on that BS too. Ask them when was the last time they had a black person over their home for dinner,? or if they ever dated a black girl/guy. The shut up pretty quick after that, 19 out of 20 times.
@kotur28 as a turkish person, i can say that turks can also be racist. Some of my friends are racist against greeks and some of them aren't. Greeks can also be racist and non-racist.
Bullshit!! So it's okay for Black people to WORK for YT people but it's not okay for us to be in charge!! 🙄🤡 Yet White DON'T play yet they deserve to manage!!! 🙄
@@jamesr8584 Right. But was he wrong? Think about it, can’t you tell the difference between an African from Africa and one born here? It would stand to reason that the strongest Africans survived the horrendous journey on the slave ships. They in turn reproduced with the strongest females. This in turn created stronger offspring. Saying that blacks in this country aren’t naturally stronger than whites is ignoring reality. Now, could this be viewed as racist? Maybe. But is it inherently?
if it was any other race like Latino talent nobody would think it’s rasict this is a complement when white people in media ever say how black people r better than white people at sports that’s “rasict” it’s cause of slavery i know that’s just the truth there bones and muscles devolup way better on average than any other races
feels like the tone in which he said this is telling though. plus someone said he had a comment explicitly supporting the theory that black athletes originated from selective breeding among slaves
I think you're right. It's being prejudicial in saying / assuming "they" as in all being the same and since a slave was considered a possession not a free person.
Yeah kinda reminds me of this scene in a comedy movie (think with Ben Stiller) where this man is on a plane and he's angry at the way the staff are treating him (all white ppl) and so he says "Man, what is it with you people?" And then suddenly a black crew member pops up out of nowhere and goes "WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'YOU PEOPLE'?" LOL Yeah just like that. In the future, ppl wont be able to ask for black paint at the paint store without getting slammed by somebody.
I'm from mixed background and sensitive too those issues. I never saw anything wrong with what Jimmy said. Firing him was an all time mistake. He was a loveable man ❤.
sure..now tommorow ho to ur job and say America was created from slavery and genocide..became a super power from slave cotton money..ill be fire b4 lunch..
@@stevebullock6084 Imagine saying that the US became a super power because of "slave cotton money" when the US didn't become a super power until WW2. Then saying things like the country was created by slavery when every country that ever existed was created with slavery. That's not an American thing. That's a human thing.
C_Force the true, however America was mainly created by “minorities” of the country.. unlike most other places. Also America was a superpower LONG before ww2 lmao
He basically voiced what a lot of people wondered about in sports at the time. He unfortunately for him was in a position that required some political correctness at a time when being politically correct was just coming into being. He didn't understand the changing world of news and sufferered the consequences. To his credit he was able to walk the line for many many years discussing his pick over the sports lines with no adverse consequences. He always picked a team to win by a certain number of points. Nowadays would get fired for just thinking sick things. I don't think he was racist. I think he was amazed by black athletes and frankly didn't believe that white athletes could compete.
So far, the majority of QBs are white, many of the lineman, many great tight ends, and if memory serves, most of the coaches, front offices, and owners are white. Not to say it’s right, but it’s reality.
Wow, you actually believe what he said was the truth! The statement was inappropriate and unethical, no major television station would support that kind of nonsense. I can guarantee you if you made such a statement at your job, you would get fired as well!
I did a search for this today, as I had completely forgotten what he said. I (mistakenly) thought he either used the N-word, or said that blacks choose to breed with each other just to be athletic, which would have rightfully got him canned. But what I actually heard was something else. It seems like he was just giving an honest opinion on his observation. He didn't come off racist at all to me.
@@lysippus yea you didn’t understand what his comment said. He said he thought the guy said blacks choose to reed just to be athletic, when actually the guy said blacks were bred by slave owners. Slightly different and I understand you probably don’t understand the difference because you are fried.
I'm reading this book called "The Assassination of the Black Male Image", and the author (a black manl didn't seem to offended by his statement. It's more like he was saying that's what slave owners bred them for, to assure that they would come out with a better worker/athlete. Which isn't a lie. He was just stating the facts.
@@sillygoose635 you seriously think there are more whites playing in the NFL then blacks? Or in all American professional sports ?? Lmfao your fuckin shot bro , Jimmy def came off like an arrogant racist but facts are facts kid
These comments were praising black people in their athletic ability. I don't know how anyone could misconstrue this as racist. He was being 100% complimentary.
@@johnnybeatmaker330 So are you saying he was right about capabilities? He said "necessities", but he meant "inclination". Why aren't there more black coaches, well because their aren't. How many apply? Why aren't their more white acts on the Motown record label? Because there aren't. If Berry Gordy heard the Beatles early on you think he wouldn't have signed them on the spot? You think Jerry Jones wouldn't hire Art Shell if it meant winning games? There aren't a lot of Jewish Sumo wrestlers or Eskimo rappers, because there aren't, it doesn't mean there can't be, but here is no nefarious plot to keep anyone out of anything.
When 13% of society is african-american, why do so many people think they should see the representation as though they made up 50%? It doesn't make sense. If 66% of society is caucasian you would see that type of representation in all things. It's just numbers and probability, but some would say that it's racism.
That wasn't racist. It was a complimentary observation that black athletes are superior and, although it is not a popular fact, the black athletes that were brought over as slaves were selectively bred at times to create a stronger human to work in the plantations and carry out manual labour. This selective breeding unfortunately left at least one negative trait and that is the likelyhood of inheriting sickle cell anaemia from the parents. Chinese people don't react as well as westerners to alcohol, and that is because they didn't kill off much of their population with it in the preceding thousands of years. Water wasn't safe to drink here, so we drank a large amount of alcohol as it was safer. The Chinese boiled their water and drank tea. The westerners who had a low tolerance for alcohol died earlier. The chinese never had this problem and so those with a lower tolerance for alcohol were able to perpetuate their line. These are traits. Jimmy the Greek was pointing this phenomenon out.
azbacnikorange explain. Use research and evidence in your response, rather than just childish quips. Come on... you spend a lot of time on RU-vid, so you also have access to Google. Research what I wrote and prove me wrong. No, YOU'RE stupid :(
Dumbass tool. YOU made the claim, so YOU support it with research. The burden of proof is always on those making claims. Clearly, though, you don't understand evolution. First of all, it would have taken THOUSANDS of years for human-controlled selective breeding to have any appreciable affect on things as nebulous as "athletic ability." Secondly, because athletic ability is a multi-gene trait, and we can't isolate a single gene in selective breeding (only in a lab), we would change a lot more than just athletic ability when selective breeding. Meaning, if that sort of selective breeding was going and did work in the short you pretend it did, black Americans/descendants of former slaves would be drastically different in appearance than most people. (think about the selective breeding of dogs). This garbage hypothesis was briefly en vogue in the 1930's probably because it had the veneer of being scientific. The sickle-cell anemia thing is natural evolution in play, though. Sickle-cell anemia is caused by a mutation in a hemoglobin beta gene that affects the tertiary protein folding of the hemoglobin molecule. Tertiary protein folding is what gives large organic molecules their shapes. With this mutation, the hemoglobin molecule is "sickle" shaped thus it makes it unable to hold oxygen (function follows form). Obviously, it's deadly. However, it also has the advantage of killing the malaria protozoan. Malaria is common in African countries. Malaria is more deadly than sickle cell anemia. Sooo, lets use some logic. Africans who have the sickle-cell gene mutation survive better than those without it because they have a protection against Malaria. More survive and pass those genes onto their offspring. The problem with alcohol isn't exclusively a Chinese...thing. Most Asians have this. They are actually more efficient at converting ethanol to acetaldehyde because a greater frequency of a certain gene---ALDH2 specifically. But different "races" convert at different levels of efficiency. It has NOTHING to do with boiling water or drinking tea or whatever such nonsense.
I don't think anything is wrong with what he said. I believe he knew how those owners felt because he's had lunch and dinner drinking with them and General Managers he was in those inner circles. I think he was being very genuine and honest based on information he knew to be true.
He got fired for telling the truth. Us Greeks don't have much filter when telling the truth, and that's how it should be as long as you have love in your heart. That's the difference with many Anglo whites they always want to be polite and make sure no ones 'offended'.
People in this country don't like it when you mention the elephant in the room. We all hear it, and see it too. But most of us like to pretend it doesn't exist. I remember hear this when I was a kid and most Blacks didn't take offense to what he said here. Opportunists took advantage of this situation as is always the case here.
@@insomthegreat As a Hispanic female, with no dog in the fight I can tell you, not black or white, I assure you that virtually ALL blacks are not equal to whites and it's not even close.
As I recall these statements are not what got The Greek fired. It was something about slave owners "breeding their black bucks" etc. Again factual but not as accepted in casual conversation as the benign video we just watched. Correct me if I am wrong.
@@mayhemjr.803 I remember near the end of Full Color Football documentary from Showtime, Larry King and Jimmy the Greek are driving from Nevada to Super Bowl VII, they get into an argument the game, Jimmy tells Larry, “the Redskins played better opponents and besides your Dolphins are still the AFL”. Larry tells Jimmy “You’re making a big mistake!”
If he said this today nothing would have happened. He was a gambler and a sports guru. Jimmy the Greek said things ahead of his time. look at sports today, Jimmy was spot on. After this statement he did not only get fired, but his whole life went downhill until he finally lost all his money. The TRUTH is always a hard road to follow.
Yet some of those predictions didn't come true but i do notice in the NFL how a lot of the white are tight ends . Football continues to evolve and in 100 years because of its danger it may be gone . It is also primarily a USA/Canadian sport participation wise
@@dagnabbit6187I think one of the main reasons why most TE’s are white. Is because they’d normally being playing SF in the NBA. Or would’ve been college then NFL QB. But over the last 20 years, the white player has been moved out of that by a better athlete.
@@aaronalvarado2481 Bottom line is are you the best qualified athlete at your position whatever sport. In hockey, basketball, football, soccer. Color should not matter.
@@claudiocorleone7856 My response was about why “NFL has more white TE.” In HS and NCAA you want to play 11 v 11 football. So the coach will play the best athlete at QB position. And call RPO’s, designed QB run, etc. It’s a trend that’s been happening in the game for at least 15 years. Meaning most NFL offenses are using HS or college level schemes. So, white QB (aka pocket passers) are phased out of the game on the lower level. The white player is aware of that and adjusted accordingly. And that also coincides with the targets TE receive in the passing game. It’s an inherent mis-match for the defense that’s being exploited by good OC.
He spoke the truth, he also spoke the truth about Black Athletes. The reason why American Black Athletes dominate was due to large industry of Black Breeding farms. Slavery was the biggest business in the South - to ensure they got the most money for their Slaves they bread the most physically adept females with the most physically adept males. Compound that with the worst education, worst healthcare, worst living conditions which unfortunately kills off the weak and what you're left with a Super being, AKA the modern Black American athlete. Those are facts, even Huey Newton stated something similar in regards to how Slavery created a Super Race of people.
Because Jimmy said That the black man is the better athlete, Because their thighs are much thicker and bigger than the white Athlete, And that their thighs go all the way up into their lower backs.. Still I don't find this a fireball offense nor is a racist
@@lagsalot3274 No, he said that slave owners purposely mixed black males with black females. He was not accusing black people pf being dumb, he was simply stating historical facts. This news clip doesn’t do it justice, go back and watch the full interview and you will realize that nothing that he said was wrong.
@@Mathisfunforeveryone when did I say Greek was saying black people were dumb? If you actually read my statement instead of twisting my words, you would know what I actually said. People (Not Greek) used the same race theory to claim black people are inherently dumber. Greek is only preaching part of it.
He said, Make it equal for everybody...jews, blacks, greeks...blacks are superior in this, they will be superior in that....black talent is a beautiful thing, its is great, it is out there.... Sounds like a massive compliment to me.
i'm black and i dont consider it racist but some white people considered it racist towards white people as he was trying to imply that blacks are better at athletic and power sports than white people.
People were soft back then too. What he said wasn't racist it was the truth and he didn't say anything in an offensive manner or tone. Possibly a suspension but he lost everything over his statements. We have all heard worse from others with no consequences.
maybe not but it was speaking truth that got him fired. If your referring to the comment about slave owners breeding slaves together to produce stronger slaves, wasn't that historical fact?
African ppl created Hockey. Its depicted on the walls in The Nile Valley. Probably why Whites are over there erasing and lightening the writings. Africans brought it to the Americas. Whites simply took it and applied it to ice. After the war between the British and the US, the former Slaves who fought for the British were sent to Nova Scotia and Canada and they recreated Hockey. There has been all Black Hockey teams pictured in Canada in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The reason why Black ppl haven't dominated in Hockey also is because either Black ppl aren't interested in Hockey, systematically kept out of Hockey, or not provided with the resources or introduced to Hockey. If they wanted to, allowed to, introduced to, they would dominate Hockey also. So yes count our blessings.
This wasn't even really racist. I saw no malicious intent and yet he was fired for this? When are Americans going to get over themselves and stop being so sensitive about everything? All this political correctness BS right now is only encouraging this hypersensitivity as well.
Jimmy the Greek was fired because one of the rules to racism and maintaining White dominance/promoting White supremacy is, You must keep the positive images, contributions, significances, etc. of Black ppl hidden. You can't show Black ppl in a positive, superior or powerful position. It contradicts everything White ppl have taught us. And therefore causes ppl to question reality.
Jimmy the Greek was voicing his honest personal opinion and saying what most people did not want to hear and they (the establishment) axed the poor guy! Prophetic and not racist! RIP Jimmy the Greek. You weren't afraid to call 'em like you saw 'em.
Well, he basically said there are no good white athletes. Do you think that's true? He implied that if blacks aren't barred from coaching and managerial jobs, whites will be forced out of sports altogether. Do you honestly think that's true??
people were stupid to jump all over poor Jimmy. he was just speaking his mind and it wasn't all that bad. he gave credit to the black race and its athletes. hell they HAVE been great. They've made tremendous strides since then. It was just a shame CBS had to bend to public pressure and fire him for speaking his mind. total political correctness bs running amok. RIP Jimmy we loved ya. Well most of us anyway.
Jimmy, you and always were 110% percent, if you were around now, it would just blow your mind, they've taken over the whole sport, and made it into a thug to draft sport
Jimmy the greek got fired on his day off. He was being honest, but he said the quiet parts out loud. He had to know he was gonna be fired, but he just didn't care.
