We live in interesting times. That’s not a good thing. You know what is a good thing? When a fan gets booted from a Boston Celtics game for tossing out a racist slur toward Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins. And especially if that fan is a kid.
Reportedly the kid yelled the slur at Cousins on a Jan. 26 game. He was immediately shown the door and will now have to suffer through a two-year ban. He is allegedly a minor. That’s good.
Why? Because he can learn from this. He might actually grow as a person. Sure, Boston isn’t a city renowned for its racial sensitivity, but at least there’s a chance that this kid can come out the other side as a better person. I’m looking for a bright side here.
The Celtics have banned a fan for two years for being verbally abusive toward the Warriors during their only visit this season. https://t.co/Xmv36AgeCC
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) March 29, 2019
The Celtics released a statement on the ban.
“In the course of this investigation, we were able to conclude that the fan had been verbally abusive toward the Golden State bench, but none of the interviewed parties were able to verify the use of racially offensive language, and video evidence proved inconclusive,” the Celtics said. “Based on our investigation the fan was issued a two-year ban.”
Cousins is no stranger to the racist taunts at NBA arenas all over the country. He recently told a podcast that he’s been called the N-word from coast to coast.
I don’t want to be a Celtics fan anymore, looking at the history and the racist fans in Boston I can’t rep them anymore.
— A.K.I.P. (@InTheDoubleO) March 29, 2019
“It’s a line that should not be crossed and it gets crossed often,” Cousins told Posted Up with Chris Haynes. “At the end of the day, bro, our heart beats the same way yours does. We bleed the same way you bleed. Our emotions are the same as yours. You somewhere walking down the street and someone says something crazy to you, you’re going to react. So just because it’s a basketball event, doesn’t mean those emotions go out the door, or us being a human being goes out the door. It’s the same thing.”
