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Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View PostPay attention to the reaction the media had to their stance instead of criticizing their stances.
None of your modern day heroes stick to anything but the money. Their word ain't worth ****.
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Originally posted by soul_survivor View PostThe media hated Ali too but he stuck with what he believed in because what he believed in was right.
None of your modern day heroes stick to anything but the money. Their word ain't worth ****.
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Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View PostA lot of them aren't woke like Ali. It was a different during Ali's time. The government endorsed racism was out in the open. Now it's hidden. An athlete would have to be conscious to understand what' really going on now. I'm not going to condemn 20 something year old men because hey aren't fully aware of how the system works. I know I was foolish when I was their age. They've been catered to since it was discovered they could make a shot or throw a football. The world they've lived in isn't the same world we lived in. I'm not ready to give up on our youth. Especially when I see so many more of them engaged in social justice than there were when I was their age.
I understand the point you make about them being pandered to and mollycoddled but it's not an excuse, especially not now with so much information at out fingertips. Plus, most American athletes spend their youths in the worst parts of the country, forget making political change, they need to push for social change .And use the podium fame has granted them to speak out on the issues facing black Americans in impoverished ghettos, which to me, as an outsider, look like 3rd world nations.
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Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View PostA lot of them aren't woke like Ali. It was a different during Ali's time. The government endorsed racism was out in the open. Now it's hidden. An athlete would have to be conscious to understand what' really going on now. I'm not going to condemn 20 something year old men because hey aren't fully aware of how the system works. I know I was foolish when I was their age. They've been catered to since it was discovered they could make a shot or throw a football. The world they've lived in isn't the same world we lived in. I'm not ready to give up on our youth. Especially when I see so many more of them engaged in social justice than there were when I was their age.
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Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View Post
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Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra View PostA lot of them aren't woke like Ali. It was a different during Ali's time. The government endorsed racism was out in the open. Now it's hidden. An athlete would have to be conscious to understand what' really going on now. I'm not going to condemn 20 something year old men because hey aren't fully aware of how the system works. I know I was foolish when I was their age. They've been catered to since it was discovered they could make a shot or throw a football. The world they've lived in isn't the same world we lived in. I'm not ready to give up on our youth. Especially when I see so many more of them engaged in social justice than there were when I was their age.
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Originally posted by soul_survivor View PostI'm in my mid 20s and I know exactly what is happening.
I understand the point you make about them being pandered to and mollycoddled but it's not an excuse, especially not now with so much information at out fingertips. Plus, most American athletes spend their youths in the worst parts of the country, forget making political change, they need to push for social change .And use the podium fame has granted them to speak out on the issues facing black Americans in impoverished ghettos, which to me, as an outsider, look like 3rd world nations.
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