Longing for the day when this will not matter

01-22-2007, 02:19 PM

Perhaps I'm an ass because I don't care.
I just don't think it is a big deal... so they are black?
Are they good coaches?
What does their being black have to do with that?
I have a good friend who thinks I'm a racist because I don't make an issue of race and am against lowered standards... I think he's a racist & has race-esteem issues. (yes he is black)

Griff · 01-22-2007, 02:33 PM

It only matters in that young black kids will see a broader world of opportunity.We can tell kids all we want that they can do anything but when they can see it, it becomes real. It will be much healthier when these things occur and nobody comments on it, but we're not quite there yet. Like any industry, if the football owners fail to hire the best people regardless of race they will fall behind. That is a much more powerful agent of change than any political nonsense that folks try to use.

ferret88 · 01-22-2007, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Perhaps I'm an ass because I don't care.
I just don't think it is a big deal... so they are black?
Are they good coaches?
What does their being black have to do with that?

I agree. WHO CARES? Is it really an issue? No. The media is merely browbeating us with something that someone felt might be controversial. This is why I don't watch the "news" much.

01-22-2007, 02:33 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It only matters in that young black kids will see a broader world of opportunity.We can tell kids all we want that they can do anything but when they can see it, it becomes real. It will be much healthier when these things occur and nobody comments on it, but we're not quite there yet. Like any industry, if the football owners fail to hire the best people regardless of race they will fall behind. That is a much more powerful agent of change than any political nonsense that folks try to use. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-22-2007, 02:19 PM	#1
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Perhaps I'm an ass because I don't care. I just don't think it is a big deal... so they are black? Are they good coaches? What does their being black have to do with that? I have a good friend who thinks I'm a racist because I don't make an issue of race and am against lowered standards... I think he's a racist & has race-esteem issues. (yes he is black)

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