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Crystal
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Username: Crystal
Post Number: 342
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 21, 2007 - 03:10 pm: | 
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This weekend will be the only regularly scheduled meeting of 2 Black head college football coaches at major colleges this the year. UCLA’s Karl Dorrell [GO BRUINS!] v. Washtington’s Tyrone Willingham. Out of 119 head coaches at major colleges only 6 are Black! And this will be the only Black-on-Black meeting. Sad.
Did anyone else see Michael Wilbon’s rant on ESPN’s Pardon the Interuption? Donovan McNabb is standing by his statement in an interview that Black quarterbacks come under greater scrutiny than white quarterbacks. Vince Young says he doesn’t agree and that may have happened in the past but that’s not his fight. WTH? Wilbon’s rant was [rightly] it’s not his fight now because others before him have already fought it.
I’ve noticed this before in young Black people my son included. They don’t want to hear about the civil rights struggle. They say “that’s in the past”. Maybe they should ask some of these Black coaches trying to get a head coaching gig if it’s in the past.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/20/AR2007092002688. html
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 9963
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 21, 2007 - 09:02 pm: |
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Yep, young people do tend to scoff at the significance of black "firsts", because theirs is a generation that lives in the moment and its members don't have a great appreciation for history. But having said that, I'd make the observation that while coaching at a major university does represent an achievement, this does not diminish the status of the coaches of small black colleges who have developed teams and groomed stars who have gone on to glory as professional athletes in the NFL. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 5314
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 10:15 am: |
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I’ve noticed this before in young Black people my son included. They don’t want to hear about the civil rights struggle. They say “that’s in the past
(Michael Bell's daddy said that his son used to talk the same way before they locked him down. Despite what they say about it--after all, didn't they grouse when you told them to eat spinach--they need to be sat down and told.
Then it's on them if they ignore it) |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 2679
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 11:25 am: |
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"Yep, young people do tend to scoff at the significance of black "firsts", because theirs is a generation that lives in the moment and its members don't have a great appreciation for history."
Unfortunately, this is true. A depressing number of young blacks are clueless of the sacrifices, bravery and determination of a generation of blacks who refused to continue living under the yoke of oppressive racism and legally sanctioned dehumanizing segregation. It's very disturbing. I admire the Jews for their relentless efforts to ensure the history of oppression and brutal inhumane treatment of their people, is known to not only others, but their children as well. They make it a tireless effort to drill this point home.
I have always taken pride in the struggles and sacrifices "the first" blacks have made. Their resolution has paved the way for all of us. Giving us a quality of life their parents and peers could not enjoy.
When Colin Powell was head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (number one senior military leader and direct military consultant to POTUS), there was a White House function he attended. An elderly black man who worked at the White House approached Powell and said, "General Powell, I am a military veteran of WWII segregated combat unit. I thought I would never see the day when a black man would be the number one general. I just wanted to say thank you for doing achieving your rank. I'm so proud of what you have done." Colin Powell replied, "Sir, without the sacrifices you and other black veterans made, I could never be where I am. You and others paved the way for me. So I "thank you" for what you have done to make this possible." True story.
But ya know what is even more depressing? Is the fact that a damn near 50 year old disillusioned Negro, would brazenly dismiss the sacrifices of her own race (the sacrifices they made so that she could do what she does today) in favor of a white political party that has an open and ongoing unrepentant history of hostility towards her own people! And to add insult to injury, she also arrogantly brags about her self imposed nauseating ignorance of the history of her race and proudly flaunts it as a badge of honor! How pathetic is that?
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