Once again, America is reigning in it's black athletes. I don't care if Bonds did steroids or not because everyone in baseball did it. Did race play a factor? Yes, because race always plays a factor. Racism is subconscious. If people were smart enough to know their actions were racist they would stop right away. If you don't believe me, you should read this article about how different races react to racism. The article is on WebMD so don't try to discredit their work.
http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20070921/subtle-racism-harasses-brain?src=RSS_PUBLIC
African Americans react to subtle forms of racism such as, " you don't talk black". Other people react to the obvious things. Why? African Americans have been dealing with covert racism our whole lives and we are taught by our parents how to deal with it. That is why Donovan McNabb said that. For us to be viewed as average, black people have to be superior. He said that so calm because it is a value he has had for his whole life. Most non-black people are blind to subtleties. What is racist is the depth and level of the pursuit of Barry. High ranking black people that fall from grace are always publicized. It almost feels like America likes to show us black people failing so that blacks no longer try to ascend. Slavery made reading illegal. When black people say that the man is keeping them down it is because of this concept. That is systemic racism. Remember Edward Scissorhands? He was accepted as long as he was making everything pretty. Once he dated the daughter or scared the people they destroyed him. Edward Scissorhands was a black dude. That is why he was dressed in all black. They used a literary analogy to show this. Remember the Green Mile? The gave the black dude magic powers because white people would not have believed that he could be innocent otherwise. They call that character the "magic negro". The magic negro's job is to teach white people. He has to be magical because his blackness ruins his credibility and the only way people will care from him is because he has magic powers(or is a good athlete). We can't be credible on our own.
I wrote a book here, but what do you think about the Bonds situation?
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what are my thoughts on Bonds? i think the whole thing is a joke. the fact that the grand jury testimony was leaked to begin with is ridiculous. like that accidently happened? how? first of all steroids were not banned in baseball at the time. so why the witch hunt? perjury and tax evasion- the way everyone ends up getting caught. do i think this is racist? not really- it would be interesting how this all would have played out if bonds was a likeable guy- like a derrick jeter. a lot of this has to do with the fact nobody likes him- period.
disliked vs the fact he was black or white
it is crazy that they didnt just sweep this under the rug- especially after he broke the record
norv may find him self fired- crazy to think that the chargers and cardinals have the same record
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