Mayweather hate IS not racist

[kayjay]

I wanted to separate this discussion from the "Barlog" thread.

I don't understand the accusation that the Mayweather hate is racially based. To me Mayweather does not represent black people. There are too many black athletes in the public eye to take Mayweather as a paradigmatic case.

More importantly, Mayweather does NOT represent even the non-conformist, "non-'house'" black athlete. To me he just seems like a spoiled, unhappy, attention-seeking kid. The non-conformist black athlete is the Jim Brown type. I have not a bad word to say about Jim Brown. Mayweather is not in that category. Nor is he an innocent ****** kid who never outgrew his upbringing. Examples of the latter are Allen Iverson and Rasheed Wallace. They're two of my favorite athletes, I don't hold it against them that they have overwhelming and obvious shortcomings as people. They're inoffensive if also narrow.

but Mayweather is a different clas altogether. He's fake, trying to pretend to be rich and a hip-hop icon when he's neither. Crying for attention, he has an obvious lack of parental attention and encouraging influence which makes him a flat-out bastard and intolerable individual. The boy can fight though!

[Barlog]

I wanted to separate this discussion from the "Barlog" thread.

I don't understand the accusation that the Mayweather hate is racially based. To me Mayweather does not represent black people. There are too many black athletes in the public eye to take Mayweather as a paradigmatic case.

More importantly, Mayweather does NOT represent even the non-conformist, "non-'house'" black athlete. To me he just seems like a spoiled, unhappy, attention-seeking kid. The non-conformist black athlete is the Jim Brown type. I have not a bad word to say about Jim Brown. Mayweather is not in that category. Nor is he an innocent ****** kid who never outgrew his upbringing. Examples of the latter are Allen Iverson and Rasheed Wallace. They're two of my favorite athletes, I don't hold it against them that they have overwhelming and obvious shortcomings as people. They're inoffensive if also narrow.

but Mayweather is a different clas altogether. He's fake, trying to pretend to be rich and a hip-hop icon when he's neither. Crying for attention, he has an obvious lack of parental attention and encouraging influence which makes him a flat-out bastard and intolerable individual. The boy can fight though!

he is rich

[kayjay]

he is rich

That's a relative thing. He doesn't come from real money, and if he did he would be less likely to flaunt what he has. But this is a minor point. Let him be rich.

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Mayweather isn't the quintessential black man to me.... if you said black man to me... i'd say...



Bill Cosby.

[Barlog]

Come on i was just getting a rise out of ya`ll

[kayjay]

Mayweather isn't the quintessential black man to me.... if you said black man to me... i'd say...



Bill Cosby.

That's a low blow, mickey. I don't know if you're joking or you don't understand American blacks. Cosby to a lot of blacks is a sell-out, though many others admire him.

[mick66]

You yanks still harping on about the race of your athletes...
Get over yourselves...

[-Hyperion-]

[Barlog]

That's a relative thing. He doesn't come from real money, and if he did he would be less likely to flaunt what he has. But this is a minor point. Let him be rich.

No alot of black people act like that because they came from poverty,and
they were made fun of as a result of it.

[Ray Ray]

That's a low blow, mickey. I don't know if you're joking or you don't understand American blacks. Cosby to a lot of blacks is a sell-out, though many others admire him.

I dont think Cosby is a sellout. Colin Powell is a sellout.