Let me just say that no aspects of racism and bigotry catch
me off guard. I’m shocked when it shows up in the words and actions of people I
associate with…..let me tell you…there are no greater showcases for racism and
bigotry than politics and sports.
Let’s take the Super Bowl…it was obvious that both black and
white hate Cam Newton…blacks because he won’t assume the role of the grateful
docile negro. His talent, his braggadocio, his exuberance for the game he loves
has somehow been interpreted as a slight to whites. He’s a talented player who
knows he’s talented and he won’t celebrate the way whites and subjugated blacks
want him to….How is Cam any different from Deion Sanders (Prime Time)? Didn’t
hear too much about him. Sports enthusiasts, bigots and racists allowed a Thomas
“Hollywood” Henderson? He admitted to sniffing cocaine on the sidelines in his
oxygen mask….all you ever heard about him was people hated his outlandish fashion
sense. Now let’s talk about football busts like Brian Bozworth…the crazy
haircuts and sideline antics but his talent in college was a result of steroid
injections that also killed his career. Let’s talk the insanity that is Johnny “football”
Manziel…domestic violence, an addict out of control, and a major team
distraction…very little press….then we look at Ray Rice, Ray Carruth, Ray Lewis, Shawne Merriman, Andre Reed,…tons
of press on their sordid details…..but you don’t hear too much about Alex Smith’s
drunk driving, Joe Thiesman having his wife and mistress show up at the
hospital when his leg was broken on televised game….
You don’t hear about how much time and money was utilized by
the NFL to cover up CTE and how their legal machine damn near destroyed a black
doctor’s career. You don’t hear about how much money goes to breast cancer
every year when they throw a few pink garment in the game for the month of
October….I never knew, until a couple of days ago, that the NFL was tax exempt.
This is the same entity that has the power to make and break a city’s economy
based on the greed of owners…case and point the Oakland Raiders…
Now, getting back to my point on racism, bigotry and my
friends….I am preconditioned and predisposed to listen for the subtleties…saying
things like He’s athletic -…excuse me isn’t he supposed to be an elite athlete?
He’s in the pros! He’s brash and too outspoken….he’s been around yes men and
future leeches telling him how great he
is…all the while waiting to capitalize on the greatness. Why isn’t he allowed
to believe what he’s told, what is written about him? What is really being said
is that people are afraid that he might wake up and interrupt their cash flow
so he must present a certain way so that everyone can continue to get paid
(sounds like slavery to me…)
What’s my point here?!!! We all love sports…it’s a way for
us all to be “armchair active” either in the sport or be fake moguls in fantasy
football…but we all need to look at the level of hypocrisy, greed and dirty
dealings that keep the games going…
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