Jorge is not George and Askren is doing it intentionally. Kamaru isn't hard to pronounce but he calls him Marty from Nebraska. He wasn't doing that to anyone who is white was he? Its subtle but it is there for sure.
His name is Kamaru and Marty was his nickname given to him by his wrestling coach who couldn't say his name I guess?? I would guess he went with it to avoid being called Kamaru Bin Laden by the good ol' boys. How hard is it to pronounce Kamaru? He is Nigerian and has every right to be proud of that heritage. I am Canadian but my parents are Irish right off the boat and the extended family is all in Ireland. I am not playing some leprechaun character if I drink Guinness or eat Shepard's Pie. Half of the US claim to be Irish are they playing characters? The guy is named Kamaru and is from Nigeria.
FTFY
Are they so sensitive or are there some significant issues with race? Ever been to the south of the US? There are some pretty strong and clear vibes in parts of the USA between blacks and whites that I have felt when down in Fla, Georgia etc. a lot different then Canada. Same thing with guns. Down in the USA guns are everywhere and it is considered normal. Up here I don't know annyone who has anything other then hunting rifles and I have never seen anything like a machine gun outside of the movies. Your av says you are in Vegas and I bet you know a lot of people who have guns. In 2018 in Toronto there were 51 gun related deaths and Toronto has a population of 2.93M
Frankly I would say that is more of an American thing. Do you have a problem with Cyborg doing her face paint at weigh ins? How about Colby doing his MAGA gimmick? If Askren called Zombie of Zhang Ping Ching Bong would that be OK? Ka-Mar-OOO isn't so hard to say and that is his name. Same thing with Hor-Hay and not George. He only does it with non white fighters and he does it for a reason. Unless you think it isn't intentional and he really can't pronounce non white sounding names for some reason.
Who cares? It's clever and funny. He sure as hell makes fun of white people too. Even if he didn't, I wouldn't care. Like I'm supposed to give a shit or be offended on someone else's behalf because this dude said something that could be perceived as racist? As if racism is some unpardonable sin. As if it's worse that Ben mocked a guy over his dumbass name than Georgie assaulting another fighter? Truth is, casual racism is funny. Everyone enjoys it. Perhaps, try to be less of a self-loathing dork.
He got me too a bit. Like I'm not surprised Maia was able to submit him when he got a good position because Ben sometimes gives them up to come out on top in scrambles, but I thought that if Jake Shields could play conservative guard passer on top and control Maia for enough time to win rounds, then Ben would be able to do fucking something. I wasn't optimistic about his chances at a high level in the UFC before he came in, and he's under-performed even according to my expectations haha.
No, you don't get it. It's more clever than you think. Jorge went by George. Everyone called him George. Now, he's Jorge. This shows a sort of "fakeness" about him. Ben saw this (correctly) as an opportunity to get under his skin, and it worked. Same thing with Marty.
Not self loathing friend but good use of multi syllable words. It is a little different when its not your first language and your accent is the reason. Pretty Sure Askren's pronunciation of Portuguese names and the language in general is as bad as Big Nog's english. Has nothing to do with being white it has to do with being an ass which Ben is. If a black guy was doing it it would be the same to me. Never heard of Jorge Masvidal calling himself George. Perhaps he wasn't correcting people who said it wrong all of the time?
So does my aunt and uncle. say bonjour for me when you see them. LOL
