Will Trump #MuslimBan Affect the NBA?

[BTP]

I didn't believe it, so I looked it up - yes, Summer Olympics in 2024

(they hosted in 1984 - wow, that'll be 40 years by then, holy cow)



https://www.dailynews.com/events/20170130/olympic-historians-trumps-presidency-a-catastrophe-for-la-2024-bid

I just wonder if Trump continues open racial discrimination, if that has an effect on the Olympic bid(Note: Not, whether it should - expectations for America are obviously higher than some questionable country like Qatar or Hungary. Personally I'd hate Hungary to win the bid for their extremist government)

 

[moevillini]

I just wonder if Trump continues open racial discrimination, if that has an effect on the Olympic bid(Note: Not, whether it should - expectations for America are obviously higher than some questionable country like Qatar or Hungary. Personally I'd hate Hungary to win the bid for their extremist government)

according to the LA Times article I quoted, it sounds like PARIS and LA are the front-runners

 

[BTP]

according to the LA Times article I quoted, it sounds like PARIS and LA are the front-runners

Thank god. Just google Hungary for 10 minutes and you know a place you don't wanna visit right now. Their government is like the Eastern European and more crazy version of Trump.

 

[RJF]

I just wonder if Trump continues open racial discrimination, if that has an effect on the Olympic bid(Note: Not, whether it should - expectations for America are obviously higher than some questionable country like Qatar or Hungary. Personally I'd hate Hungary to win the bid for their extremist government)

Muslim/Islam isn't a race. But I don't really think you give a **** to differentiate.

 

[BTP]

Muslim/Islam isn't a race. But I don't really think you give a **** to differentiate.

The majority of Muslims have a certain race. The ban aimed to effect every citizen of the 7 countries regardless of religion - correct me if I'm wrong.
He's openly predujicial against Mexicans, how are his generalizations of Mexicans not racially discriminatory?

 

[moevillini]

The majority of Muslims have a certain race. The ban aimed to effect every citizen of the 7 countries regardless of religion - correct me if I'm wrong.
He's openly predujicial against Mexicans, how are his generalizations of Mexicans not racially discriminatory?

Also, Mexican is not a race either. I guess it would more correctly be referred to as a nationality. I'm not sure it's even really an ethnicity, since some Mexicans are indigenous Americans, some are European/Caucasian, and many are multiracial. But I get your point. It's prejudicial.

 

[MVP]

So how exactly does it work? NBA players with non-US citizenship have green cards. Do muslims in general have no chance to apply for a green card now or only muslims from the 7 banned countries?

They do not have green cards. They have work visas.