Trekbiz said:Wow, someone had to go and turn this into a discrimination thread.......
Why is it that you absolutely cannot have a discussion on legitimate positives and negatives of an african american person without someone turning the whole situation into a racial argument.
Dosen't matter what the topic is, someone inevitably will turn it into that.
Did anyone accuse the NFL as being racist against Asians because not one team in the NFL drated Timmy Chang? After all, he was the all time leading passer in NCAA history.
The fact that this came up......... It's pretty damn pathetic. :shakeno:
No, I'll tell you what's pathetic...
Pathetic is seeing dozens of people say "Vince Young sucks like Vick"... despite the fact that the only things they have in common is athleticism and skin color.
Pathetic is reading someone on here say "I don't know anything about Vince Young, but something tells me he isn't half as smart as Matt Leinart."
Pathetic is reading someone on here name every single black quarterback in football and say "they're all the same."
Pathetic is reading on another message board that "Black quarterbacks aren't smart enough to be good quarterbacks"
Pathetic is people thinking I'm saying they hate black people instead of what I am saying: "SOME people are making assumptions based on race." People who never watched Young play are saying he sucks because Vick sucks.
IT IS PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE TO NOT LIKE YOUNG AS A PLAYER. There are a lot of very intelligent people on here with legitimate concerns about Young. I disagree with most of them, but I respect them. I am not talking about them.
But here's the bottom line. I doubt I will get honest responses, but I'm going to ask anyway...
And remember... I am not talking about what YOU believe, but to the Vince Young backlash as a whole...
If Vince Young did everything exactly as he did... won the rose bowl the same way he did... led the nation in passing the same way he did... but he was white... close your eyes and imagine that... the performance turned in by Vick this year, but by a white phenomenum...
Do you think the general overall reaction to Young would be exactly the same?
I don't. I think many of the bashers would not be bashers. Not all, of course, but many. I think a white quarterback doing that on that national stage against that competition... he'd be the football Jesus.
And I think if you imagine that scenario honestly, you will see the same.