Must not Mention Racial Differences — Unless you’re Black
Posted on November 29, 2006
Commentary by ex-Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin on the Dan Patrick ESPN radio show: Irvin, while commenting about current Dallas quarterback Tony Romo, insinuated that his athleticism stems from some black blood in his ancestry:
“”Somewhere there are some brothers in that line,” Irvin added. “I don’t know who saw what, where. His great, great, great, great grandma ran over in the ‘hood, or something went down.”
Patrick cut in, “That’s the only way to be a great athlete?”
“No,” Irvin replied, “that’s not the only way. But it’s certainly one way. Great, great, great, great grandma pulled one of them studs up outta the barn. ‘Come here for a second.’ You know, they go out and work in the yard. You know, back in the day. Something like that.”
All that blatant racism over a week ago on a national radio show and hardly a peep out of the media. If a white conservative had said anything like it he would be out of a job by now and ruined for life.
Above post crossposted from Tongue Tied
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LOL, thanks for posting that. That’s hilarious.
I wouldn’t get bent out of shape by it though. He’s laughing at his own race’s stereotypes. You’ve never made a “white men can’t jump.” joke? It would only be a problem if tossed a word like “cracker” into his little rant.
Clearly it wasn’t a professional statement, but I can’t imagine who would be offended by that.
I agree Jeff, but that is not the point. Imagine if a white person had said what Irvin said. Jesse Jackson would have a field day with it. I just hate the double standard
Yeah, it’s a double standard, but it’s not really a racial double standard. It’s the classic “It’s funny if I call myself fat, but it’s mean if you do.”
Wrap your heads around this ! Human beings are ANIMALS.
Race equals breed . Hold on now , get the religious crap out of your head and read on . Are there race/breed differences in nature… you bet . Good or bad it simply IS . To say there are no differences in race implies there are no differences in breed , which we all know is [edited] . Getting down off the lofty perch human beings have placed themselves upon … none of it matters. Why do people fear pit bulls ?Because of the traits associated with their breed . Why do people like Collies , because of the traits associated with the breed. Smart,agile,timid,alertness ,large , small, color,
aggresiveness,etc. etc ….
The racial differences include more than color and to deny these racial/breed differences simply is a denial of reality. The HAVE NOT will always resent the DOES HAVE
ie: a dog will take food away from another dog with no
thought to its breed . Thats the reality with the racial [edited] stripped away . Think about it