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I think the bigger issue is definitely the first gay quarterback to be in the superbowl, what an accomplishment for the community.
Just kidding, but seriously.
Hilarious, just absolutely hilarious.
I think the bigger issue is definitely the first gay quarterback to be in the superbowl, what an accomplishment for the community.
Just kidding, but seriously.
Well unlike most of you I am actually black. It is a big deal that two black coaches made it to the superbowl. The league has only been intergrated for 60 years. The first head black head coach was Art Shell in 1989. A lot of progress has been made. They haven't made a huge deal out of it.
I congratulate Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy, it's a great accomplishment.
You, as well as many others in the forum, have missed the point.
Yes...a society that did not look at the race or color of one's skin of each individual would be great. Yes, it is something we should strive for.
No, it is not a world we live in. And it's not just in America. The playing field is still not equal.
African American coaches have found themselves under the microscope over the years a hell of a lot more than white coaches, the same as Black quarterbacks. They have had a harder time gaining employment, and often times are the victim of backhanded racist quips (half of the Dolphins board I used to frequent called Lovie Smith the "Rooney Rule" interview when the Bears were interviewing him. God I'm glad they were proven wrong.)
So this truly is a milestone, and it is not reverse racism, because white coaches have never had to go through what Black coaches have. White America needs to quit finding excuses to be defensive, because truth be told, how hard have we had it? Yea, exactly.
It's good that you know everything about white people. If you were the stereotypical white guy growing up in the subdivision with white picket fences you don't need to assume that was all of us. I can't speak for anybody else but I've worked hard for what I have, I guess I missed out on the free white people money or the free college education because I'm white. I ended up in the Army. The lieutenant colonel in charge of my unit is black and he's a fine leader IMO. He's a much better leader than the white commander that I actually had to go to war with. I get tired of being accused (whites in general, not me personally) of being threatened by the success of black people. Sure that may be the case sometimes but I think it's in the minority. I've seen other countries too and I know we are way ahead of them. Iraqi kids used to continuosly taunt black soldiers who were in the guard towers. It was eye opening for me. They would call them all kinds of bad stuff.
Well unlike most of you I am actually black. It is a big deal that two black coaches made it to the superbowl. The league has only been intergrated for 60 years. The first head black head coach was Art Shell in 1989. A lot of progress has been made. They haven't made a huge deal out of it.
Not to speak for metalpanda, but I think his point wasn't so much that white people don't face obstacles as it was that white people rarely face obstacles because of their whiteness. Being white is a disadvantage about one one thousandth as often as not being white be.
There are pleny of other ways life can be hard, I don't think metalpanda was saying otherwise.
Edited to add: I thought the rest of your post was really interesting.
Before you all go crazy just listen to what I have to say. As you can obviously tell from my avatar I am not black. But I am not racist either, I have black friends and have nothing against black people or any other people. But one thing that does bother me is how everyone keeps talking about how Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are the first african-american coaches to make it to the superbowl. Thats great, seriously what an accomplishment. But we do not have to hear about it all the time, they are turning this into a race thing where its the black coaches vs the white coaches. It shouldnt be that way, they need to stop talking about races and talk about the teams. They should be proud of themselves that they were the first ones to do it, but thats enough. Its not really one for the record books and if I were an african-american person i would actually feel somewhat ashamed because it looks as if everything they do is is looked at with a microscope. They should be treated like people and because they are black they are making it like it is a bigger accomplishment than it really is. I mean yea they are going to the superbowl and dont get me wrong its a hell of an accomplishment. But they are blowing this race thing up too much. What do you guys think?
I think the bigger issue is definitely the first gay quarterback to be in the superbowl, what an accomplishment for the community.
Just kidding, but seriously.
Before you all go crazy just listen to what I have to say. As you can obviously tell from my avatar I am not black. But I am not racist either, I have black friends and have nothing against black people or any other people. But one thing that does bother me is how everyone keeps talking about how Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are the first african-american coaches to make it to the superbowl. Thats great, seriously what an accomplishment. But we do not have to hear about it all the time, they are turning this into a race thing where its the black coaches vs the white coaches. It shouldnt be that way, they need to stop talking about races and talk about the teams. They should be proud of themselves that they were the first ones to do it, but thats enough. Its not really one for the record books and if I were an african-american person i would actually feel somewhat ashamed because it looks as if everything they do is is looked at with a microscope. They should be treated like people and because they are black they are making it like it is a bigger accomplishment than it really is. I mean yea they are going to the superbowl and dont get me wrong its a hell of an accomplishment. But they are blowing this race thing up too much. What do you guys think?