tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post6379351995433199073..comments2024-01-26T00:52:04.340-08:00Comments on SBPDL: Truth, Justice, and the American Way: Another Week in BRAStuff Black People Don't Likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07923871032509110194noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-7228049907086900752010-08-08T09:20:14.965-07:002010-08-08T09:20:14.965-07:00"They also have made enormous contributions t..."They also have made enormous contributions to music"<br /><br />This is true, however, athletes are WATCHED, whereas musicians are HEARD, meaning their influence on the image of black people to the public consciousness is significantly less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-15867699899617890582010-08-08T09:11:29.447-07:002010-08-08T09:11:29.447-07:00"The truth of the matter is that statement is..."The truth of the matter is that statement is one of the biggest lies ever said."<br /><br />Read it again. It's 100% true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-60205524272246372442010-08-07T20:31:09.333-07:002010-08-07T20:31:09.333-07:00Anonymous at 5:38 said: "...the ringleader of...Anonymous at 5:38 said: "...the ringleader of the Christian-Newsom torture-murders in Knoxville Tennessee, one Lemaricus Davidson, had been taken in by an affluent white family in West Tennessee, just like in The Blind Side ... Davidson went back to a life of crime . . . In January 2007, Davidson led the most heinous crime in the city's history."<br /><br />Using Google Street View to take a look at 2316 Chipman Street where the Knoxville Horror happened, one sees that that portion of Chipman Street where the house was situated, between Boruff Street and Harp Street NE, has been excised.<br /><br />I'm not saying anything. I'm just saying. <br /><br />-- Mencken --Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-44713518430762630792010-08-07T18:54:35.036-07:002010-08-07T18:54:35.036-07:00SBPDL: I salute your efforts and have read all pos...SBPDL: I salute your efforts and have read all posts of your excellent site. However, I don't understand why you think athletics is far and away the saving grace/biggest accomplishment of black people. They also have made enormous contributions to music, even if we ignore the contemptible lyrics hip hop has brought us. From soul to R&B to blues to zydeco to funk to pop to motown to electro funk to jazz to house to non-gangsta rap to doo-wop to marching band stuff, black people left their footprint on tons of uniquely American music that has been enjoyed globally. Unfortunately much of the good will that their musical talents have brought them has been overshadowed by the younger generations love for violent and mindless rap. I don't like BRA as much as the next guy, but I just feel like giving credit where it's due too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-21951512724919804292010-08-07T17:38:41.589-07:002010-08-07T17:38:41.589-07:00I was the anonymous at 6:40. Speaking of The Blind...I was the anonymous at 6:40. Speaking of The Blind Side, the ringleader of the Christian-Newsom torture-murders in Knoxville Tennessee, one Lemaricus Davidson, had been taken in by an affluent white family in West Tennessee, just like in The Blind Side. <br /><br />Davidson was given his own room, a car, and money to spend. He even played basketball and football at a private school. Then-Tennessee football coach, Phil Fullmer (who had a part in the movie), spotted Davidson and told him: "You're just what we're looking for." <br /><br />Davidson went back to a life of crime, and a few months after a token sentence for carjacking, went to Knoxville to sell dope and committ armed robberies. In January 2007, Davidson led the most heinous crime in the city's history.<br /><br />Plenty of ironies. I'm looking forward to your work on college football.<br /><br />Sport HistorianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-59895236722039103102010-08-07T17:36:46.743-07:002010-08-07T17:36:46.743-07:00"College students of every demographic out nu..."College students of every demographic out number prisoners. Look it up."<br /><br />He said number in dorm-rooms, not total college students at any one time. <br /><br />And I did look it up:<br /><br /> "WASHINGTON — More than three times as many black people live in prison cells as in college dorms, the government said in a report to be released Thursday.<br /><br />The ratio is only slightly better for Hispanics, at 2.7 inmates for every Latino in college housing. Among non-Hispanic whites, more than twice as many live in college housing as in prison or jail.<br /><br />The numbers, driven by men, do not include college students who live off campus. Previously released census data show that black and Hispanic college students — commuters and those in dorms — far outnumber black and Hispanic prison inmates."<br /><br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21001543/<br /><br />But blacks are still more likely to spend time in jail than in a college classrooms:<br /><br />"Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to a new study.<br /><br />The paper, appearing this week in the American Sociological Review, estimates that 20 percent of all black men born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in prison by the time they reached their early 30s. By comparison, less than 3 percent of white males born in the same time period had been in prison. "<br /><br />http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4393mikednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-42712009675498974322010-08-07T15:26:42.063-07:002010-08-07T15:26:42.063-07:00Silent Running,
"Nevertheless, civil rights ...Silent Running,<br /><br />"Nevertheless, civil rights advocates said it is startling that blacks and Hispanics are more likely to live in prison cells than in college dorms."<br /><br /><br />The truth of the matter is that statement is one of the biggest lies ever said. Ironically it was started originally by black activists.<br /><br />College students of every demographic out number prisoners. Look it up.<br /><br />-Black guyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-85000283327764924782010-08-07T12:22:32.273-07:002010-08-07T12:22:32.273-07:00Second anon,
I still might go to Syracuse to purs...Second anon,<br /><br />I still might go to Syracuse to pursue a masters in broadcasting. I still enjoy watching college football (and attending games), but I'd much rather pick up a ball and go play the game. <br /><br />You are right about sports writers, though. A most contemptible lot. <br /><br />I'm working on a project on college football and race that I'll probably make available through lulu.com or another print-on-demand publication. <br /><br />White athletes that have made it in big-time college football have done so thanks to there drive and determination. In the book, "The Blind Side," one of the top high school recruiting analysts laughs at the thought of white running backs, receivers or safeties.Stuff Black People Don't Likehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923871032509110194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-34876579190163601162010-08-07T06:43:37.913-07:002010-08-07T06:43:37.913-07:00Nevertheless, civil rights advocates said it is st...<i>Nevertheless, civil rights advocates said it is startling that blacks and Hispanics are more likely to live in prison cells than in college dorms.</i><br /><br />I love this disingenuous language. You'd think that paddy wagons were roaming the streets, snatching blacks and Mestizos at random on their way to apply for jobs. Race hustlers have become adept at surgically removing the crime and then acting as though Black = Prison is the entire equation.Silent Runningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-64179594194117066452010-08-06T18:40:19.352-07:002010-08-06T18:40:19.352-07:00SBPDL,
Didn't I read a while back that you ha...SBPDL,<br /><br />Didn't I read a while back that you had originally wanted to be a sports journalist? The funny thing about that is that sports media types tend to be the most vicious liberals. They hang around black athletes all the time (a few of whom are sympathetic) and can't get over blacks being excluded from baseball until 1947. <br /><br />Along with this, they take a super-critical attitude toward white athletes. Sports journalists, both electronic and print, regularly mock white athletes as "slow, unathletic, etc."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890530692790573387.post-82024044670629334942010-08-06T15:20:47.733-07:002010-08-06T15:20:47.733-07:00I'm so sick and tired of livin' in America...I'm so sick and tired of livin' in America that I wish I would just die or move out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com