Racism? Racism indeed.....
Boxing like many sports has a vein of racism that runs through it, but in general is it "racist?" I say no. I think the term is thrown around so superfluously that it becomes difficult to actually examine when it's happening and it becomes even harder to hold folks appropriately accountable.
With Mayweather the hate that's felt toward him I think is a natural response by non-blacks to an African American that's arrogant. But he's backed up all of his words with tangible wins, that's the rub, that's the frustration, that "boy" hasn't been put in his place. He wouldn't be nearly the target he is now if he'd had his tail kicked a few times, that way the droves of people that hate him could experience the vicarious rush of someone finally silencing that mouthy black.
A lot of posts on this site aren't content to analyze Mayweather's skills and abilities in the ring, no they go much further because what some hate is the man. And when you hate the man, whatever he does will never be good enough, ever......
Boxing like many sports has a vein of racism that runs through it, but in general is it "racist?" I say no. I think the term is thrown around so superfluously that it becomes difficult to actually examine when it's happening and it becomes even harder to hold folks appropriately accountable.
With Mayweather the hate that's felt toward him I think is a natural response by non-blacks to an African American that's arrogant. But he's backed up all of his words with tangible wins, that's the rub, that's the frustration, that "boy" hasn't been put in his place. He wouldn't be nearly the target he is now if he'd had his tail kicked a few times, that way the droves of people that hate him could experience the vicarious rush of someone finally silencing that mouthy black.
A lot of posts on this site aren't content to analyze Mayweather's skills and abilities in the ring, no they go much further because what some hate is the man. And when you hate the man, whatever he does will never be good enough, ever......
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