It's 2009 and I'm absolutely not surprised that a lot hasn't changed when it comes to race in America. Of all racial boundaries broken in this country; the must electric ones were amoung sports ( think of movies based on true stories like Remember the Titans or Pride, the list goes on". As a nation we have seen blacks and whites come together for one common interest to play, to win!!
Yet in 2009 we are still seeing color as an issue, it is just not something that is publicly discussed... or is it?
ESPN is frankly the biggest sports station in the nation...people turn on ESPN to get the latest updates on sports players, teams, scores, highlights and news. It seems like yesterday Micheal Vick's trail was on ESPN all day long. I personally always cheered for Vick, not saying I think dog fighting is right. I just felt a little bad for him. Michael Vick and his trouble maker brother Marcus Vick , sad enough are products of their environment. They grew up in the hood, and were raised around a lot of bad things. As grown men who were given amazing gifts as athletes, they should have pulled away from their environment in order to succeed but instead fell victims to the lifestyle.
Recently, NFL Superbowl champs QB Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of raping a women in a Nevada Hotel last year. The funny thing to me is ESPN just reported the news a few hours ago although it has been acknowledged on regular news stations across the country two days ago.
Now, why is it that Michael Vick's dog story made headlines immediately but a rape accustation to Ben Roethlisberger doesn't hit the ESPN script til two days later??
I can't help but feel like the media trys to make certain people like good and others like bad? Is this a race issue? That we will never know or fully understand but one thing is certain....not everything or everyone are who the camera/media portrays them to be.
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i think race will always be in affect , for the rest of our lifes!! if you are black you will always be the one in the store who sercurity is following ! or for intance like me and you being half black and half white all the black girls hated me in school becuase i had longer hair , and all the white girls just didnt know what to think.. even if they dont say anything you know what there thinking . race always plays a game everyone needs to grow up and relize god made us all the same just in diffrent shades! i mean look ay jady who knows what he is hes so white lol :)_
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