Tagged With "RACIST NFL"
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Re: 2005--In Loving Memory Of....
Thx folobatuyi and HonestBrother. LOL--I have a revision: AITKEN, LAUREL/78 -- JAMAICAN SINGER BENNETT-SATTLER, JUDITH/54 -- ABUSE AGENCY LEADER BAIRD, HARRY/74 -- BRITISH ACTOR BAUGH, CECIL/96 -- JAMAICAN POTTER BENSON, RENALDO "OBIE"/69 -- MEMBER OF THE FOUR TOPS GROUP BENTLEY, LAMONT/31 -- ACTOR BERESFORD, RANDOLPH/91 -- BRITISH MAYOR OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM BROWN JR., OSCAR/78 -- SINGER/SONWRITER/ACTOR/PLAYWRIGHT CAMPBELL, LITTLE MILTON/70 -- BLUES ARTIST CARGILLE, PETER/41 -- JAMAICAN...
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Re: Did you see my boyz today?
Uh, EXCUUUUSE me but last time I looked you lived in a state NEXT to Pennslyvania that has its own NFL teams. You're not a bandwagon-er are you????
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Re: Bryant Gumbel done pissed a few white folk off...
Bryant Gumbel pissed 'white' folk off from the git when he overshadowed Jim Lampley who was the 'fair-haired' boy of broadcast sports. Gumbel's in-depth analysis of NFL games while talking from only the sidelines was something to behold. Bryant does have game. PEACE Jim Chester
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Re: Bryant Gumbel done pissed a few white folk off...
I remember back then and I didn't think white folks liked him at all. It seemed to me that like JW said, he was just shining way to brightly for their taste.
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Re: Jerry Rice vs. Michael Jordan
Sorry folks... I should have put all this in the original post. Now you can make an informed decision... ------------------------------------------------ Michael Jordan *Five-time NBA Most Valuable Player (1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98) *Ten-time All-NBA First Team selection (1986-87 to 1992-93, 1995-96 to 1997-98) *Selected in 1996 as one of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History" *A member of six Chicago Bulls NBA championship teams (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96,...
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Re: Terrell Owens Finally Released by Philadelphia Eagles
for my man TO! Most people assume the Eagles organization behaved so upstanding and honorably from start to finish. Looking forward to the "other" side of the story. T.O. to tell Philly story in book, disses Eagles in rap -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESPN.com news services NEW YORK -- Now that he's signed with the Dallas Cowboys, Terrell Owens wants to talk about his two seasons in Philadelphia. He is writing a book called "Ineligible...
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Re: Terrell Owens Finally Released by Philadelphia Eagles
I don't know what the exact wording is in the collective bargaining agreement, but there has to be something done about loopholes in Contracts whereby a player can just refuse to play unless he got more money. In T.O.'s case he had just signed his contract a year or so earlier. I've seen some other Players renegiotate their contract with less fanfare, but there has to be a rule where a Player agrees to a certain Contract for a specific Period of time, and he has to live up to that. I also...
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Re: Conditions in the Detroit area continue to decline.
I have lived in the great city of detroit for my entire life. Linwood!!!! I cannot understand why so many keep saying that detroit is continuing to decline. Last year detroit surpassed the neighboring suburbs in new house construction. The NFL commended the City of Detroit for being the perfect host for the Super Bowl. Detroit did a wonderful job of hosting the baseball all star game. Detroit is on the rise. Detroit has successfully seen the major expansion of it's inner city University...
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Re: Do you think this is funny?
From http://www.snopes.com/racial/humor/nascar.asp Claim: David Letterman offered a "Top Ten" list about why there are no black NASCAR drivers. Status: False. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2005] David Lettermans reason why there are no black drivers in NASCAR #10 - Have to sit upright while driving. #9 - Pistol won't stay under front seat. #8 - Engine noise drowns out the rap music. #7 - Pit crew can't work on car while holding up pants at the same time. #6 - They keep trying to carjack...
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Re: Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
Let's get something straight. Crime exists just about everywhere. I hate statistics BUT I'm sure they would show that certain crimes are more prevalent in certain economic classes' i.e. white collar crime vs. blue collar crime. But certain crimes are NOT the domain of certain classes of people. Believe it or not there have been white suburban crackheads. I knew a white woman with a PhD in Psychology that casually admitted that she and her friends growing up would make Crystalmeth in their...
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Re: Is 5% of the NBA...
thanks tigers and jazz!! i was thinking more as spectator's though tigers, not as a player, but i understand what you're saying. i don't think everyone is as open minded---thus the lack of openness about it in the NBA and NFL. players would lose endorsments, teams might lose some fan base. the world is not as accepting as some who have spoken up here. red BLACK green
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Re: How Do You Know.... If A Person is RACIST?
Blaq people will NEVER get out of the condition we are in as long as we are waiting for white people to accept us. We must get beyond that mind state. As long as we complain "when are they going to change, why don't you like us" we will forever be in the bagg we are in. Rush L. is an idiot on 2 levels. 1.He knows nothing about the NFL. Donovann McNabb is a good qb. If no one beleives me name 5 better current qb's. He has been to the Pro Bowl twice, and Philly has been in the last 2 NFC...
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Re: How Do You Know.... If A Person is RACIST?
If Rush doesn't like McNabb, then just say you don't like McNabb. Race shouldn't have to be a measuring stick for a person's skill levels. And if he's actually serious about questioning the ability of black QBs performing well in an NFL game, then he's 15 years too late. Has he forgotten about Super Bowl XXII? Doug Williams, QB of the Washington Redskins? Super Bowl MVP? Defeated the Denver Broncos 42-10. And they were behind 10-0, it was a come from behind victory. Super Bowl XXII was or is...
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Re: Racist social events/situations in America
THE RACE RELATIONS REPORTER Weekly Bulletin October 23, 2002 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NEWS OF THE WEEK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE CASE ON RACIAL BIAS IN JURY SELECTION: The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this past week from a black man who claims that the jury which placed him on death row in a murder case was selected on the basis of race. The black man had been convicted...
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Re: The Military and You: 2003
I have both positive and negative experiences with the military but mostly positive. I'm glad I joined as it kept me off the streets and did afford me the opportunity to suceed. Like most people I had different opportunities but at the time college and the remote possibility of playing in the NFL really didn't excite me so I needed something that would allow me to grow as a person and to find myself. As far as this being veterans day I am proud of the veterans past, present and future, but...
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Re: Black Women vs. White women:SHOSHANNA JOHNSON VS. JESSICA LYNCH!
By TIM WISE So now we know how Rush Limbaugh lost all that weight. It wasn't will power, it wasn't exercise, and it wasn't the Atkins Diet. Instead, it appears to have been a legal opiate called OxyContin: legal, at least, for those persons who have a prescription for it, which Rush doesn't. Limbaugh, according to the former housekeeper who scored drugs for him since 1998, is addicted to painkillers. Rush's dope habit, however, is not the subject of this column, except insofar as it might...
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Re: Ever Met Someone Famous?
Let's just say that "thick" would not be an adjective that I would have used with her! On the other hand, during that same trip I saw Pam Oliver, the sideline NFL reporter for Fox (I think). Now she is THICK! I never would have guessed from the TV, but let there be NO doubt! There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. - Mandela
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Re: Does MLK Get A Bad Rap?
There's a lot to respond here. I'll come back to this as I can. First, I am not creating a schism, but merely noting that one exists and probing to determine its nature, depths, and connection to each's contributions. I posted a poll recently that asked who one would prefer meeting between MLK and Nelson Mandela. Yssys responded, essentially, neither. She preferred Malcolm X. That response got me thinking about the differences in perception between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. There...
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Re: Does MLK Get A Bad Rap?
Besides drifting back into the conflicting ideas of [1] saying both a good passing game (MLK) and a good running game (MX) are a part of [one good] offense and then [2] trying to separate the two by "comparing" them which seems to imply that they were on separate teams (**Note: I never heard of a team say the Kansas City Chiefs "comparing" their running game and passing game in an abstraction and trying to say in more or less absolute terms which one was more effective as if to say which is...
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Re: WHY ARE BLACK WOMEN SCARING OFF BLACK MEN?
I wonder,How many of the UNMARRIED black NBA and NFL players are dating nonblack women?
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Re: Black MALE self-HATRED...WAKE UP!!!!!
It is time black women started dating out. Out as in interracially out. Out as in dating white, Latino, Asian and Native American men out. Here are a few reasons why I think dating interracially isn't only an option, it's a necessity: Kobe Bryant, Tiger "Cablanasian" Woods, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Jason Williams, Scottie Pippen, Cuba Gooding, Quincy Jones (each of the four times he was married), Clarence Thomas (thank goodness), Taye Diggs. All are married to or dating white women. We...
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Re: Black MALE self-HATRED...WAKE UP!!!!!
There was a time last year, that Venus Williams was dating her white bodyguard or trainer. *To be honest, as a black man of the South, white guys never stopped loving black women. They just very DL about it. Just make sure the person loves you back.
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Re: It Doesn't Look Like We've Lost Jobs, in fact a gain of 2.6 million MORE jobs under Bush!
sergeant - certainly you can understand that racism may be applied unevenly throughout society. White folks have always enjoyed seeing us sing and dance. Running a ball is not too far removed from that type of entertainment. Even in that example, why are there only 5 black head coaches in all of Division 1 college football? Why are there only a few black coaches in the NFL? Do you think that blacks have the same opportunity to coach and manage teams as they do to play? Because there may be...
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Re: Experts: Executive pay still out of control
You have a hard time answering questions directly don't you? Again, the NBA and I'm sure the NFL have salary caps. It doesn't take you acknowledging it for it to be so. Now, MLB doesn't have a cap per se but you can best believe there won't be another A-Rod! Hockey is in dire straights financially perhaps at least partly due to not having a cap. You're on the InterNet... google NBA or NFL and salary cap.... It's just that simple... So, NO, in the NBA for sure there are no more "whatever I...
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Re: Experts: Executive pay still out of control
I did not give you a "rationale". I made a statement of fact. FACT: There is a salary cap in professional sports, namely the NBA (and the NFL). As far as a comparison... *YOU* brought it up!JWC: Until Curtis Flood created Free Agency, the answer by owners was "As little as I want." Curt Flood changed that to the answer by players, "Whatever I can negotiate." The "comparison" is that in the very fields you named ( Sports & Entertainment) and explicitly linked or compared in terms of the...
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Re: Highschoolers in the NFL, no way
Ultimately, whether they are physically (or otherwise) ready for the NFL or not, teams will sign high schoolers (or preschoolers) if that's when the talent is becoming available. They might not be ready to star in the league yet, but neither was Kobe, KG, etc. - not to mention all of the tennis, baseball, and other athletes that go pro as young teenagers.
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Re: Highschoolers in the NFL, no way
I'm thinking that with under-class and high schoolers going pro, the NFL wil develop a kind of minor league like baseball has, where they "lock-in" a young talent, then they over see their development. That might not be a bad thing. It'll do away with college's and University's making millions off the athletes, while calling them student-athletes, so they don't have to pay them.
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Re: Experts: Executive pay still out of control
Athletes and entertainers, although certainly self-centered, are certainly accountable to shareholders. Ever heard of Disney? Ever heard of the NFL? How about Virgin Records? Did you see the flap that Viacom took over that portrayal of Reagan? And even more poignant that your previous error is the fact that entertainers and athletes SHOULD be more accountable simply because of their greater influence on the minds of children! I mean, to miss that is indictive of how little you see or...
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Re: Fowler Poised to be First Black NFL Owner
Errors in bio arise for Fowler Craig Harris The Arizona Republic Feb. 17, 2005 12:00 AM Reggie Fowler, the Chandler businessman working to buy the Minnesota Vikings, was scrambling Wednesday to correct misleading information that his public relations firm had issued about his childhood, education, professional football and business career. Contrary to a three-page biography that Minneapolis-based Tunheim Partners released at a Monday news conference, when Fowler announced he was buying the...
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Re: To Whom Much Is Given...
The statement 'to whom much is given much is expected' is a subjective one at best. Who determines what doing 'much' is and what not doing 'much' is? Most of the time I see an NFL player sign a big contract, the first thing I normally hear is something about a scholarship fund in their name or some way to help a special illness. A lot of the general rich people, especially in Black America have similar stories. So is this doing 'much'? To many of them it is, but others still see this and say...
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Re: brotha's don't play baseball..
IMO, it seems that elements in MLB don't want black players to dominate there, like the NFL and the NBA. It seems that a black baseball player doesn't get newsplay unless, he's on some type of substance abuse, messing with steroids, having an affair, OOW children, or some other scandal that overshadows their accomplishments on the diamond.
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Re: LUDACRIS: Beef With Oprah Blown Out of Proportion
Valid Points: Yes? No? http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=2831
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Re: The Injustice Bill Cosby Won't See By Michael E. Dyson
And just what is this power of interpretation? I've already shown you how two people who read the same quote can get completely different conclusions. But when the basis of the entire article is based on an interpretation of a Cosby quote, it might be nice to include that quote so that your audience can come to the same conclusions. Or is he afraid that we will be able to see how his analysis doesn't quite fit the actions Cosby has done. See, this is where you're wrong. I don't require...
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Re: The Injustice Bill Cosby Won't See By Michael E. Dyson
We will progress as a people when we get beyond the "I'm right, you're wrong and I'm going to expend my energies showing the world that you're wrong" mentality. If we could get to a point where we choose to say, "I think you're wrong but you do you and I'll do me. We'll see how it works out in the end. And, Oh Yeah ... Anywhere where our strategy/plan/thoughts intersect, let's collaborate." The bottom-line is me arguing with you about the "wrongness" of your strategy/plan/thoughts, does...
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Re: The Injustice Bill Cosby Won't See By Michael E. Dyson
Who said the "survival" of Black America is threatened by the presence of Cosby and Dyson? I sure didn't. Better ask KWELI that. He seems to be the type who might buy into that type of thinking. Not me. You should know that I'm not a fan of such meaningless RHETORIC. And analogies are suppose to connect or relate to something that it's actually compared to as to show the correlation between the two. I'll quote KWELI again: If Cosby = offense, I want to know what's the scoring play he's...
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Re: Personality Test
The Portrait of the Provider Guardian (eSfJ) Provider Guardians take it upon themselves to arrange for the health and welfare of those in their care, but they are also the most sociable of all the Guardians, and thus are the great nurturers of established institutions such as schools, businesses, churches, social clubs, and civic groups. Wherever they go, Providers take up the role of social contributor, happily giving their time and energy to make sure that the needs of others are met, that...
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Re: THE CONCEPT OF MALE PRIVILEGE
DIG IT!!!!!! Growing up with a sister, grandmother, and mother, my privileges were; Clean out the gutters and bag the leaves Make sure the driveway was shoveled on snow days Cut the grass during spring and summer seasons Rake the leaves during the fall Water the lawn Weed Maintain the cars; including my sister's when she started to drive Repair anything that happened on the roof (if possible) Clean and organize a two car garage Clean and organize the shed in the backyard Occasionally clean...
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Re: Sherdavia Jenkins & The AMERICAN PROBLEM
I have always been proud of the writings by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Usually, he is on point. I think he is 'driving the nail' in this piece, with those quotes. My 'pride' stems from growing up across the street from...and with...a Pitts family. The oldest son was George Eddie (Zett) who became a reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier in the 50s. I like to believe Leonard Pitts, Jr. 'sprang' from that tree. The youngest son, Ernest (Snooze), was a very good-nature, and stylish end in high school who...
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Re: That mofo said, "macaca"!?
It is kind of strange that he could come up with a word like that and not know it was derogatory. That's a good example of a Republican assuming everybody else is stupid, but him. These guys are a trip, I don't know where they come from. Just think his father was a NFL Coach for many years, and this offspring had to have spent a lot of time being exposed to Blacks, but still he's racist, and that confederate flag incident is just another example of who these people are, and he's thinking...
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Re: Black QB's and Coaches in the NFL
Not many of either compared to how many teams ther are in the nfl. Black NFL head coaches: Lovie Smith - Chicago Bears Herman Edwards - Kansas City Chiefs Tony Dungy - Indianapolis Colts Marvin Lewis - Cincinnati Bengals Dennis Green - Arizona Cardinals Romeo Crennel - Cleveland Browns Black NFL QBs: Michael Vick - Atlanta Falcons Donavan McNabb - Philadelphia Eagles Aaron Brooks - Los Angeles Raiders Byron Leftwich - Jacksonville Jaguars Daunte Culpepper - Miami Dolphins
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Re: Black QB's and Coaches in the NFL
Again, I know you are looking for racism here. But you are off the spot.... again. Only one of the five black quarterbacks in the NFL are in the top 10 Quarterback Rating (Donavan McNabb). Shoot, Aaron Brooks isn't even listed among the top 30 quarterbacks.... and there are 32 teams!?!
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Re: Black QB's and Coaches in the NFL
Right--that's why I forgot him, because he is a dinosaur. Anyway, you are right--black coaches in comparison to the US population, are in great numbers, but considering that the athletes in the NFL are 67% black, that is a disproportionate difference.
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Re: Black QB's and Coaches in the NFL
================================ Again, playing doesn't mean you can coach it. Even coaching this league is different than in college. Not all successful coaches in the NCAA Football College (or that matter, basketball) is successful in the NFL. In fact, very few of them are.
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Re: Black QB's and Coaches in the NFL
True--but I'm looking at it strictly from a numbers' perspective.
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Re: Black QB's and Coaches in the NFL
Tre: "True--but I'm looking at it strictly from a numbers' perspective." =================================== True, yet deceptive. You are looking at targeted numbers that are favorable to viewing the situation, as a whole, as racism applied by the NFL. I am looking at it from a Talent perspective.
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Re: Black QB's and Coaches in the NFL
So am I hearing you say that the number of black head NFL coaches is fair? If so, I disagree, as the amount of black head coaches is too low of a number and does not assess the talent of blacks in the sport correctly.
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Re: Black QB's and Coaches in the NFL
I never said that great players equal great coaches. I'm merely saying that the number of black coaches in the nfl is not indicative of the pool of those who are qualified. You assessment of my assessment is what is off the mark.
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Re: "I want the ball"
AG, reading this article: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2639109 It appears that Shanahan does want more offensive production. So perhaps a STFU is not in order for Walker. Maybe a GO SIT DOWN!!! is in order for Plummer, since he can't get Walker the ball much.
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Re: TO....?
TO is probably the best or 2nd best receiver in the league yet is not even among the top 10 highest paid receivers. He has a contract, but so what? If he were hurt, the Eagles would not be obligated to fulfill their end of the contract, so I have absolutely NO sympathy for teams when players seek to renegotiate. TO overproduced for the contract he had. He is merely trying to get what he has earned. If he had underproduced (remained hurt last year and not been able to continue his career),...