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Originally Posted by SUNRA
Donovan McNabb should be applauded for his courage to answer a question honestly posed to him by James Brown. As a fan of the Washington Redskins for over 30 years I applaud Joe Gibbs for recognizing the potential in Jason Campbell,but were it not for James Harris, Warren Moon, Doug Williams and Donovan McNabb, Jason Campbell or Vince Young could not stand up today in an interview and say they haven't experienced the same scrutiny that McNabb spoke of. What pisses me off with this so-called objective media is that they put a microphone in front of Jason Campbell a player who hasn't played an entire season and certainly has not felt the scorn of his fans yet. So it was a divide and conquer tactic to get one black person to refute another black persons experience because in the media's viewpoint, one monolithic view represents all black QB'S view ie..Jesse Jackson. Only Black people in general are given one spokesman to speak for them while other people speak for themselves. Some people will never understand the complexities of racism and white supremacy because it is subconcsciously taught to them in church, school , religion and even sports. Based on some of the comments I have read on this thread, there is enough ignorance to go around.
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Come on dude, there is just as much racism in the black community as there is in the white, if not more. And it's taught to black people every day just as you pointed out. Let's not make this another "it's the white person's fault". Don't think I am accurrate? If you are black, ask yourself how many white players jersey's you have, and how many black players jersey's you have. I have 4 white players, and 18 black players. How many times do you see a black person with a white players jersey on their back? Sure it happens, but not very often. Why is it most white people can see a player as a player regardless of color, but a lot of black people have to make the separation of race? Why not just see it as the human race (as corny as that sounds). When I saw Pedro Martinez on the mound, I didn't see a guy from the dominican republic, I saw a member of the Red Sox going after a world series ring. When I see Jason Campbell lead us to victory, I don't see a black QB, I see a redskins QB who is trying to win us a game.
I understand the world is not ready to hear about the fact that racism is more alive in the minds of a lot of black people...and for the record, I know a lot of black people here that are classy and wonderful, and have not seen racism in them...I am speaking in generics, and this topic gets very dicey. My intent is not to offend...and I will likely refrain from further topic on this because this could get very ugly and I don't want that. I enjoy most of the people on this site, and enjoy the views, and I wish to keep it that way.