Poker Pro Daniel Negreanu Accused of Being Racist?

There was a article written about Daniel Negreanu, calling him a racist for his thoughts about American TV-channel "Black Entertainment Network".

"Negreanu made some outrageous comments about the sensitive subject of race, comments that would have created a firestorm if Negreanu had any relevance outside the poker world"

Here is part of what Negreanu wrote:

"While I was playing a mixed 400/800 game, listened to music, and watched BET (black entertainment), it suddenly hit me. How on earth can a TV channel have this name?"

"I know that there are black artists standing for the entertainment in this show and that they are targeting black TV viewers. And of course there is nothing wrong in targeting a specific group of people. But is it really okay to call a channel for Blacks Entertainment Network?!"

"I watch the channel, and I hope that's no problem. It's just the thought if for example a guy in Alabama would start a TV-network and call it "White Entertainment Television/group". My Guess is that people would get really angry and upset then."

Daniel responds: "As for the article the guy wrote, I think he was brilliant. He threw out a big, eye-catching title like ‘Daniel Negreanu a racist?’ and it did wonders for the site. They got lots of hits. It’s a really low class move to try and increase traffic at your site that way, but hey, it really does work."

Nothing Negreanu said was racist and like he said, it was a mere publicity stunt to incrase traffic to their site.

One member on 2 Plus 2 Forum made a joke : Proof that Daniel Negreanu is not a racist and has lots of black friends.






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