Jalen Rose Responds to Grant Hill’s Op-Ed
When the opportunity presented itself to tell the story of my brothers and teammates known as “The Fab Five,” the intention was to remember and pay homage to a transformative time in not only my life, but in basket culture. Delving back into those years was a joyous and painful experience for all those who participated in the piece because a lot of the memories are now bittersweet.
Despite the bevy of subjects broached in “The Fab Five” including racism by University of Michigan alums and our fight with the NCAA, it seems that statements made about my perception of the Duke Basketball program have been the most scrutinized and talked about part of the film. These statements were made to reflect how a 17 year old version of myself thought about Duke and they culminated with my assertion that Black players who attended Duke were Uncle Toms.
Following the Documentary, the most heralded Black Duke player of all time -and a personal friend of mine- Grant Hill, wrote a scathing Op-Ed piece to the New York Times where he defended the legacy of Duke as an institution and gave a sociological dissertation on the ills of the Black America. While Grant was well within his rights to defend his institution and upbringing, he also took the time to refer to my speech as “garbled,” and my opinions as “pathetic.” To those comments I only have to say one thing to Grant…
Fuck you Nigga.
See, I knew yo bitch ass couldn’t resist the opportunity to make sure Massa’s dishes were clean. You just had to write some ho ass essay defending Duke didn’t you? I bet you didn’t even write the shit. Most likely Coach K wrote it and you just edited out all the niggers and coons he called us. So I called you an Uncle Tom when I was 17, so what? Damn my nigga, stop being so sensitive about shit. You looking more and more like the bitch I thought you were with every word you say.
You know what? I stand behind the Uncle Tom shit now, fuck it. When I think of black dudes that went to Duke, names like Elton, Shane, Grant, Thomas (not Tommy), William, (not Billy) and Nolan, pop up in my head. All those names mean your parents wanted you to be Toms since birth. It’s like naming your son Jeeves or Anderson. Why in the fuck would you give him either name unless you want him to wash draws and serve dinners for a living? No matter what you do, name your son Jeeves and he will be a Butler. Name a black dude Shane or Grant, and he WILL listen to Maroon 5. He WILL eat bagels with cream cheese. He WILL watch “Friends”. All those names are little Uncle Tom starter kits. Now take our names, the names of the Fab Five. You got Jalen, Jimmy, Ray, Juwan and Chris, aka real nigga shit. That don’t even sound like no basketball team. It sounds like a bunch of fools banging Hoover Crip if you ask me.
As for your parents, I’ll lemme take this opportunity to say fuck them too. Yeah, they did a good job getting they paper and shit, but I can’t respect the swagless way in which they raised you. Speaking of that, check out this picture of you and your father I found…
What in Cosby Sweaters is going on out this bitch? Shit is ridiculous. And as hard is your pops is supposed to be bankin, he ain’t got the scratch to have his mustache shaped up? On the real my nigga, that don’t even look like a mustache, it looks like failure ate his upper lip. Shit, if having a father means that you have to look this corny, I’ll opt for mom dukes doing the heavy lifting. Y’all took the Cliff and Theo shit too far here. I can’t approve.
People been telling me that you ain’t no Uncle Tom, one reason being because you have an African American Art Collection. When they tell me that, I tell them they stupid like these hoes. Fuck yo art, as a matter of fact you don’t even have it anymore, all your art belongs to me now. I had my niggas Bop and Lil Tony jack that shit last night. I’m selling it and using the money for the charter school I’m building in the hood. The hood, nigga. The place where you can get 15 chicken wings for 2.99. The place where the stove is a heater. The place you don’t know shit about.
I look forward to your response to this letter, because if you get flip with me this time I’m clean fucking you up. Real shit, let’s see if the suburbs showed you how to use them hands. And I ain’t giving yo fragile ass an injury time-out either. I know why yo ankles bad anyway, too much grabbing them for the white man. I’m out ho. Watch who the fuck you talking to in the future, I’m from Detroit bitch, I’ll smack the black back into yo vanilla ass.
Sincerely,
Jalen Rose.
And as for Tamia, I fucked.
MAN THIS IS HILARIOUS! I KNOW JALEN WOULDN’T PUT THIS OUT BUT I’M OVER HERE ROLLIN!!!
Jalen,
It was a joke that you’re starting a charter school, right? With this ignant attitude you’d be a better role model for thugs — why don’t up open up a prison instead?
You are the epitome of a black man? Please. Man, that Fab 5 thing was a while ago — how old are you? Haven’t you gained any maturity in the past 20 years or so? You sound like a 14-year-old.
I am a black man and I have so much more respect for Grant Hill than you. He is a man, my friend, and you are sadly still a child.
Dan. This is a comedy website. 2+2 =?????????
@Dan. what r u fuckin dumb bro?
You couldn’t tell that was a joke
Lmao, I hope people actually do start to believe this is real. It will be excellent.
@Dan
The way you use “ignant” is mind-bogglingly stupid.
“Fuck you, nigga.”
“What in the Bill Cosby sweaters hell is going on out this bitch?”
This is so wonderful, I could so hear Rose saying this! I think you went a little too hard on the parental unit though.
Pure comedy!!!
Dan is a moron!!!
OH SHIT! I’m in tears!! I can so see Jalen saying some shit like this. If he would’ve went on ESPN to say this right here, I’d wear a Fab 5 Jersey every day for a full year!! This was pure comedy!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! “Failure ate his upper lip.” Comedy gold. Well done, sir.
This is HILARIOUS!!!! Pure comedy!
I’m from Flint and I can definitely hear Jalen Rose saying all this clear as a bell. I had assumed he had more love and respect for his fellow man and brother than to put something as harsh as this out and I found out I was right, but that was some serious trash talking there. Definitely comedy in a sense…that’s the type of mindset we have to let go of though. Even in comedy form. The fact that we can find such disrespect to our fellow man and his family, speaks on part of the issues that we need to internally work on fam. But I guess for what it is though lol its pretty good. Peace bro
Dan STFU… Its Niggas like you he talkin bout ! Smh
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This made my day.
lol@ these dudes using their white schools to determine how hood they are.
Jalen clearly stated the fact that this is how he felt back when he was 17 yrs. Old! It was Grant who missed understood clearly! I’m from North Carolina and I met Grant Hill at Randy Tilly basketball camp in Mt.Oliver, NC.almost 20 yrs. Ago along with Thomas Hill Pat Sullivan from UNC,I took a picture wit Grant and he had a Ireally don’t wanna be here look on his face! “Yes the kids were mostly black, and from that time on,I too felt the same way as Jalen! NC is a judgemental state that judges u by what u have, where u live how you talk!that alone determines a lot of things in NC! NC still today is a VERY Racist state! LOL,your name printed on a college app will be determine if u get in or not! Why do u think NC has the most HBCUs,”historic Black Colleges”
omfg…realest.shit.ever. im done.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS PIECE!!!!!!! I KNOW JALEN LOVED IT TOO!!! LMFAO
I literally cried. Hard. FUCKIN HILARIOUS!!!!
I can’t believe that one dude couldn’t tell this was a joke. Funny stuff. I kinda wish that Jalen Rose HAD said some of the stuff from here!
Dan, you Ignant MF, please tell me you didnt think this was real. Please tell me you knew this was jokes, and that Jalen would never say something like this? You cant possibly be that stupid!!!!! Can You???
DAN IS TROLLING YOU NIGGAS…….
Dan’s commons sense isnt present
For Real…Our lives has become a soundbite for whatever is out there without even taking time to verify the source. Let me asked. What credible publication is this? Take time people to do the following:
1. See if it’s a credible news organization
2. If you don’t know, double check other sources to find out
3. Do some research…a little work on your damn part.
4. Stop being spoon fed shit, and then passing it on as truth
Last…Those that actually believe this are DUMB ASSES…
dying laughing….already posting on FB as a “real response” just to see what people say!! LMAO
Hahahaha! Too funny! I didn’t see that one coming at all! 15 wings/$3 sounds like the business right now!
I’m having trouble breathing.
Heh, I know this is satire, but it hits a little too close to the bone of how many black folks try to define what it means to be “black.” As a result, I cannot laugh at this at all.
they have wings for $2.99 in Jalen’s hood? That’s what’s up! When did Jalen become a hood name? Sounds soft to me…
THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!!
This piece is hilarious cause Jalen started off proper and Michigan U-ish. Then, Jalen went D-town on Grant and the laughs began!!! lmao Its a perfect duelism between the man Jalen has become and the past he can not and shouldn’t ever entirely forget. Please don’t beat Grant Hill up though Jalen, do us all that solid. I read that Grant Hill piece as well, and although he made well written sound points he took some jabs at the fab five and tried to son Jalen. So this right here is very appropriate. Let’s be frank, we all wish we had the opportunities afforded to Grant through his parents but the “Hills” isnt the common black experience by a long shot, however it is where all families should be, without need, freedom to express, and able to send our children to great institutions of learning. The “Hills” thought Grant how to conform, not relate to those further behind and bring them up alongside of him.
That’s the duelism between Jalen & Grant,, one is from the hood and one from the suburbs but both ended up with similar success, but I ask you who had the tougher journey? We all know that answer don’t we.
Furthermore, without basketball you know both institutions wouldn’t really fuck with either of you.
This was the funniest thing I’ve read in about 24 months…I cried…
Obviously it IS a joke and WAS NOT written by Jalen…however…I to can here Rose saying all this…and it made it that much more hilarious…
Thanks to whoever wrote this…
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Funny how you ladies with weaves approve of this garbage…..trying to a little to hard to have ‘white’ hair aren’t ya?….looks like you are girls are uncle toms too! hypocrites!
@Dan, Jalen is talking bout black people like you. Go somewhere with yourself, Grant Hill is a bum. More people liked Jalen Rose before the Grant Hill and still like Jalen Rose. Grant Hill can’t get a ring and he can dick ride the most racist coach of all-time. The only reason why he has black players on Duke’s team, is because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 says he has to.
This is amazing. I really wish I had written it myself. I am laughing so hard; the shift caught me by surprise and I had to scroll up to see what website I was on! This is brilliant writing. Poor, poor Dan.
You black Americans have a long way to go as a people and we in South Africa feed off your negative ways because of the media. This is typical Tyler Perry v Ice Cube.the satire of the letter was well appreciated
@J white women wear the weave just as much if not more than black women(although we wear it better)….what are they trying to be??? Or could it be perhaps that all women immolate celeb culture which is admittedly Euro centric but from that standpoint so is wearing three piece suits and shoes and shit we werent doing any of that in Africa….Stop trying to conflate this issue, this moment…it is not about defining blackness, it is about middle class people disconnecting from poverty and not acknowledging the sting of poverty and what it does to a young persons self esteem…This is hilarious BTW Sicklemaster
Wow, don’t know if I should laugh or cry? I get the joke but you black people just keep using the N word in jokes and think it’s cute. Well, how cute will it be when a white co-worker reads this joke article to other white co-worker? Is it ok for them to joke around and call you the N word. If this is ok please let me know because I would love to joke around and call some folks at work Nigga? If so let’s start now you are all a bunch of NIGGAs, lol.
My dude. This shit right here….this shit right HERE had me howling! Dead ass wrong for that last line.
I’ll be passing this on.
When u get a sec, check ne out: http://redlineryder.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/uncle-tom/
@Dan…womp fail shut up.
@Grant Hill…stop stealin peoples shine…tis aint YOUR story…this is the story about how basketball changed DESPITE the fact that they never won a championship.
Even with that on their heads…CULTURE changed…Grant Hill can’t even play a full season of basketball but wants to speak up for the uncle toms….question, don’t you think all of those great black names you read off that are from Duke would be better suited to rebuttle Jalen, NOT you? What have you done? You are the LEAST qualified of all dukies to respond. Have Tamia iron your sweater.
Big ups to whoever wrote this…I laughed good and it said what I would have said if I was Jalen.
Although I seriously doubt Jalen wrote this, it is a little comedic. I sincerely hate seeing black folks at odds with each other in the public arena. Both men are college educated and I’m sure they can sit down like men, say their peace, then leave it alone. Trust me, some folks and you know exactly who I’m referring to enjoy seeing us at each other’s throat. Cliff & Theo ish, LMAO! Calvin’s mustache, LMAO!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Funniest sh*t ever!!!!!
damn jalen, i don’t know where you get your chicken wings from cause that’s a helluva deal. in my hood you get 7 for 6.99. tell me where the fuck this place is.
Dan is a dumbass
@Mark Please go call the next black man(non cosby sweater black man) you see a Nigger and when you are left toothless with broken bones you will derive the answer to your question….
@Mark…. I feel sorry for you…You obviously want an excuse to call us niggas without getting your ass whipped. I get it…Go ahead oh mighty white masta. Call all of us black folks niggas ONLINE…
What I don’t get is how personal people take this shit. This is a comedy website. Some of you people act like Grant Hill is dicking you down or something. You don’t know him, not friends with him, and he doesn’t give a damn about you. lol Shut the hell up. Go drive drunk in the dark and die assholes. lol
P.S Mark Does yo mama like you? I am sure she doesn’t..lol
Again super funny Sicklemaster…lol
this website is the funniest thing i’ve come across in ages. this letter is absolutely the most hilarious ever – the fact that people are questioning its authenticity is a testament to the writer – go ‘head sicklemaster. i wish i could shake your hand. and high fives to ashmoney and rage for hitting the Mark (pun intended) and the wackasses. e-thugging and e-bigotry is wack. i can’t approve. i blame your parents for the swagless way in which they raised you. you should disappear and your folks should try again. and your mom should lay off the pipe while she’s gestating this time around.
This was hilarious! Like someone else said it started off so proper that I thought it was a real response from Jalen Rose. I was like I hadn’t heard that he had come out with a formal response. Then I got to the F U part and from that point on I was DYING laughing! I needed that laugh, thanks!
This has got to be the funniest shit I’ve ever read ….”Fuck yo art nigga …I’ll have bop and lil tony run up in yo shit lmao ….@ Dan ….u truly an asshole for thinkin this was actually jalen saying this shit …the man is an analyst for ESPN ….he’s really gone jeopardize his career over a response ….u a foreal dumbass ….and u jus had to have the first comment wit yo Uncle Tom ass ….Lmfao ….”ignant” ….lol
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To any (Mark) that think it is cool to call a man a n**** or a n*****, try calling him that to his face. The last mf that called me those names wound up with a broken nose and numerous missing teeth. Be careful what you wish for,young man. Old School size 14 stomping you out!
This is great! I’m still laughing hard! Of course Jalen didn’t write this for all of the sensitive folks out there. Lighten up and see the humor.
Lmao…sooo funny…and Dan is sooo stupid! #thatisall
Damn…that was funny!
For people who don’t get this…Black teams like UNLV, the Fab Five were not receiving the love back then. I remember when Brent Musburger referred to Georgetown as “Gorilla ball.”
White people need to stop prognosticating on race issues. You don’t exactly have a great track record. You’re like the drunk dad lecturing everyone else in the house. Clean up your own act first. Just be yourself. If you’re cool, we’ll know.
This is great humor…and not to be taken seriously. Great job, Sicklemaster
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This was some of the funniest shit EVER! “On the real my nigga, that don’t even look like a mustache, it looks like failure ate his upper lip.”<——I HOLLERED at work reading this; coworkers looking at me like I'm nuts! They wouldn't even be able to appreciate this type of genius!
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