Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Sep 18, 2012 11:05pm
I was bored and reading a Grantland article about Gronkowski. The whole thing was rather poor and pointless. But at the very end the writer throws in the fact that Gronkowski can do what he wants because he's not black.
Just seems like the writer was looking for a reason to play the race card and say white people can do whatever they want. He just had to make up the pretext of having an article about an athlete first.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8391727/rob-gronkowski-new-england-patriots-party-style
Just seems like the writer was looking for a reason to play the race card and say white people can do whatever they want. He just had to make up the pretext of having an article about an athlete first.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8391727/rob-gronkowski-new-england-patriots-party-style
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Sep 19, 2012 4:17am
Article is from Wesley Morris. Is that the same guy as the African American film critic from Boston?
Not long ago "coloreds" still had to sit at the back of the bus. Even a short time before that, they were forced to be named Toby.
Makes sense why white folks are hated and African Americans are allowed to play the race card.
Not long ago "coloreds" still had to sit at the back of the bus. Even a short time before that, they were forced to be named Toby.
Makes sense why white folks are hated and African Americans are allowed to play the race card.
J
jmog
Posts: 6,567
Sep 19, 2012 8:38am
Can we talk about this millenium and not the 1960s?said_aouita;1274746 wrote:Article is from Wesley Morris. Is that the same guy as the African American film critic from Boston?
Not long ago "coloreds" still had to sit at the back of the bus. Even a short time before that, they were forced to be named Toby.
Makes sense why white folks are hated and African Americans are allowed to play the race card.
G
Gblock
Sep 19, 2012 8:44am
Fly4Fun;1274664 wrote:I was bored and reading a Grantland article about Gronkowski. The whole thing was rather poor and pointless. But at the very end the writer throws in the fact that Gronkowski can do what he wants because he's not black.
Just seems like the writer was looking for a reason to play the race card and say white people can do whatever they want. He just had to make up the pretext of having an article about an athlete first.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8391727/rob-gronkowski-new-england-patriots-party-style[/QUOTE
i didnt get that from the article..i thought he was saying gronkowski could do whatever he wanted but not all white people..
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Sep 19, 2012 8:47am
What the fuck are you talking about?said_aouita;1274746 wrote:Article is from Wesley Morris. Is that the same guy as the African American film critic from Boston?
Not long ago "coloreds" still had to sit at the back of the bus. Even a short time before that, they were forced to be named Toby.
Makes sense why white folks are hated and African Americans are allowed to play the race card.
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Sep 19, 2012 8:59am
I read the article yesterday and I didn't think he was talking about race at all. But I do agree it was a rather pointless.
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Sep 19, 2012 11:09am
I don't think he was talking about race in the majority of the article. I think he threw it at the very end without much thought and it took it from being a pointless article to a terrible article.Iliketurtles;1274828 wrote:I read the article yesterday and I didn't think he was talking about race at all. But I do agree it was a rather pointless.
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Sep 19, 2012 11:25am
You don't believe history has anything to do with why some African Americans don't like whites or are you just ignorant?SportsAndLady;1274820 wrote:What the fuck are you talking about?
Tell that to Wesley Morris. He's the one playing the race card in the article.jmog;1274808 wrote:Can we talk about this millenium and not the 1960s?
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Sep 19, 2012 11:28am
Yeah that is true... I just went and read the end again and I agree with you now. I had pretty much given up on the article once I got to the last paragraph yesterday so my mind probably just tuned all the race stuff out.Fly4Fun;1274973 wrote:I don't think he was talking about race in the majority of the article. I think he threw it at the very end without much thought and it took it from being a pointless article to a terrible article.