If you recall a six weeks ago Shanno Sharpe came on TV saying that Matt Leinart was taking a class in ballroom dancing while Vince Young was going still attending classes. what Shannon failed to do was his own homework. If he had, he would have found out that Leinart had actually already graduated early with highest honors no less and rather than leave school, he wanted to complete his last year of eligibility. Things like this and what a spoiled punk like Bryant Gumbal says should not be treated lightly and they need to be held to the same standards as all other people. I do not have a prejudiced bone in my body but statements like Sharpe and Bryant make only incites others. There should never be a double standard in anything and it has taken hard work and dedication by many black leaders for the last 50 years to break down some of these barriers and more progress needs to be made. However, I think one of the best ways to make more progress is for someone to come out and rip these morons for making these statements.
This belongs in the nfl forum, but is very interesting, and im glad you posted this. First off i never watch anything that bryant gumbel does. Shannon sharpe on the other hand is just too stupid to pay attention to. I wouldn't pay too much attention to this.
Except race is the first thing you think of when a commentator who happens to be black makes a comment about a player who happens to be white.
BUT.....if the roles were reversed...and say troy aikman pointed out that leinart was going to school and young was taking dance lessons...would there be a public outcry that the white man was insinuating the black guy couldnt learn and didnt take school seriously and yadda yadda?????u bet yer ass there would
Yes, and the public outcry would be just as ignorant as the original post. If this is all that Sharpe said, than there's no reason this should be a racial issue.
No, they are not. They are merely pointing out the ignorance of his statement, "I do not have a prejudiced bone in my body..." Everyone has their biases and prejudices, and anyone who makes a statement like that only makes himself seem rather ridiculous.
I think you are WAY off base here. I don't see how those comments made by Sharpe could ever be taken as racist or if a white guy said the same thing about a black athlete. That is just ridiculous. If you're referring to Gumbel's comments on the olympics as being racist that's just ridiculous too. I don't agree with a lot of what he said, but It didn't even occur to me that he was being racist or that anyone else would come to that conclusion. Seems like you are trying to make racism an issue out of things that just aren't race issues. I agree with the previous post that it's weird for someone to state they don't have a racist bone in their body, but their first reaction when someone states an opinion that irks them is to go to the race card.
You didn't think was Gumbel was saying was racist? From what I've been reading during the Olympics apparently you and Gumbel are the only ones who don't think so. Carl Lewis's sister was a commentator and she was irritated because as a black woman she said she had to work hard to build credibility as a Winter Olympics commentator. She said that when Carl was a world record holder he often said that there may be someone out there in the world who could beat him, but he can only compete against whoever shows up and he was the best of anyone he knew of. By Gumbel's standard, as long as that guy was out there somewhere in the world, no one can call themselves a true champion. That comment would be ridiculous even if he stopped there but Gumbel didn't stop there. The fact that he specified that it was particularly true because there are few black athletes in the winter games was what made it racist.
first of all lets get one thing straight. Lets Drop the damn racist issue now. Shannon Sharpe made a dumb comment, how can you compare that towards race unless you are racist yourself. You mean to tell me what Sharpe said was racist. Get out of here. What Gumbel said was not even racist. We should be focusing on the NY Jets. How about AJ Hawk
yeah, I fail to see how what Sharpe said has anything to do with race. Am I missing something? Gumbel is an idiot though.
There would be no public outcry at all. Just like there was no public outcry at all about Shannon Sharpe making fun of Matt Leinart taking dance lessons. White people have been an oppresive majority over black people in America for over 300 years. Just in the last few decades the situation is starting to rectify itself. Don't go harping "reverse racism!" every time a black guy talks about a white guy, because I'm gonna let you in on a little secret: :shit:
Not even that. In order for reverse racism to occur, the races would need to be on equal footing so that any imbalance would tilt to the benefiting party's advantage. In all honesty, people could go out of their way to blatantly be racist against white people, and it still simply would not be able to balance out the racism minorities face on a daily basis. There are way more racist white people than people racist against white people in this world, and they will interpret statements the way they choose to. Making a racist statement against a white person means nothing to most people, racist white and non-racist minorities, whereas making a racist statement against a minority IS believed to be true by racist whites. And it does harm the minorities as a result. Look, basically it boils down to this: after Sharpe's comments, would you still rather be white, a minority, or have no preference? I know personally my overwhelming preference would be to be white, because of white privilege and the state of affairs currently in the majority if the country, if not all of it. It'd be nice if everyone was considered equal, but that really isn't true. It'd be great if at some point this would be an actual problem, and we'd actively have to defense against racism against whites, but no rational person can possibly think that with all facts considered. Unfortunately, most people are either too stupid or close minded to try to understand this. Most people are only concerned about what is advantageous to themselves. Oh well, that's just life. Probably depressing to think about it.
