Ohio State Football Recruit Wears T-Shirt: ‘I Hope I Don’t Get Killed for Being Black Today’

[Jazzhead]

It is increasingly difficult for me to quantify the magnitude of my indifference to your posts. All are so similar in their insipid, occluded nature that I am fairly made breathless by their vapidness. You may be one of the first posters on this forum from whom I have learned absolutely and utterly nothing. Reading your posts is largely and increasingly a total waste of time as to read one is to read them all.

There is always the option of not responding, sir.  I'm sorry that I intrude on your precious safe space.   

[bigheadfred]

A bit more info.

http://fox8.com/2017/06/22/top-college-football-recruit-criticized-for-wearing-controversial-t-shirt/

“Some people think it’s just about the police, but it says nothing about the police,” said Malik, who is a business major and pilot, “It’s some police brutality and some black on black issues we’re having ... murder rates are sky rocking ... every time I leave my house, I think, 'Am I gonna be the next one to lose my life?'”

The family started a business where they are now selling the t-shirts called “My Brothers Keeper.” Proceeds from the sales will be used to start a scholarship fund for other Cleveland Heights students making a difference.

[Cyber Liberty]

If Urban Myer were smart he'd pull that kids scholarship.

To get some perspective, Mr. Smith should take a good look at Colin Kaepernick's career trajectory and reconsider his desire to be a SJW.

[240B]

Criticism of the shirt is warranted in the sense that he 'wore to work'. What if any one of us wore a shirt like that into the workplace? Once you wear a 'protest' shirt into the workplace, you are by definition involving your employer and all the other employees into your issue. Even if, and that's a big if, you do not wind up in HR, everyone else will perceive you differently after that. And I don't mean just Black issues, even if you went to work with a pro 2nd amendment shirt, you would likely incite at least some other employees and disrupt the workplace.


That is what Kaepernick did. What he was doing, deliberately or not, was involving the entire NFL, all the other players, the audience, and the advertisers, into his personal issue. The point of his protest was never the issue. It was that he was using the NFL as a medium to express his dissatisfaction. Work is for work. Work is not for personal causes no matter what they are.

[Cyber Liberty]

Criticism of the shirt is warranted in the sense that he 'wore to work'. What if any one of us wore a shirt like that into the workplace? Once you wear a 'protest' shirt into the workplace, you are by definition involving your employer and all the other employees into your issue. Even if, and that's a big if, you do not wind up in HR, everyone else will perceive you differently after that. And I don't mean just Black issues, even if you went to work with a pro 2nd amendment shirt, you would likely incite at least some other employees and disrupt the workplace.


That is what Kaepernick did. What he was doing, deliberately or not, was involving the entire NFL, all the other players, the audience, and the advertisers, into his personal issue. The point of his protest was never the issue. It was that he was using the NFL as a medium to express his dissatisfaction. Work is for work. Work is not for personal causes no matter what they are.

I have a few shirts with words on them, and the only ones I'd even consider wearing on the job are the ones that say "(my company's name) Volunteer," and then only because I'm going to a group community service event, like sorting donated medical supplies being shipped to the third world.  This is one of the ways I've managed to stay employed by the same outfit >30 years.

[LateForLunch]

A bit more info.

http://fox8.com/2017/06/22/top-college-football-recruit-criticized-for-wearing-controversial-t-shirt/

“Some people think it’s just about the police, but it says nothing about the police,” said Malik, who is a business major and pilot, “It’s some police brutality and some black on black issues we’re having ... murder rates are sky rocking ... every time I leave my house, I think, 'Am I gonna be the next one to lose my life?'”

The family started a business where they are now selling the t-shirts called “My Brothers Keeper.” Proceeds from the sales will be used to start a scholarship fund for other Cleveland Heights students making a difference.

Well, they can say anything. The context of the shirt's statement, is an environment where the only prevalent, widely-held notion that blacks are at risk of murder, is the same one where the idea is simultaneously put forth that blacks are being targeted by murderously racist anti-black law enforcement officers or anti-black vigilantes.

Pretending that their supposed intended meaning will be understood, even though it is an almost wholly-ignored issue (black on black violence), in light of all of the over-amped, paranoid ranting of leftist anti-white racists and racialists blasting out their own psychotic hatred for whites et al, from every broadcast tower, leftist institution and press conference with that identical concern at maximum volume 24/7, is asinine.

I can count on one hand the number of people out of 1,000 who would, upon reading the shirt's message, assume that it was talking about something other than anti-black racism or murders by racist cops/anti-black vigilantes.

Any other view must be so oblivious to the larger context/reality as to be wholly, laughably, imbecilely obtuse.

[txradioguy]

Well, they can say anything. The context of the shirt's statement, in an environment where the only widely discussed notions that blacks are at risk of murder, are the same ones where the idea is simultaneously put forth that blacks are being targeted by murderously racist anti-black law enforcement officers.

Pretending that their supposed intended meaning will be understood being an almost wholly ignored issue (black on black violence), in light of all of the over-amped, paranoid ranting of leftist  anti-white racists and racialists blasting out their own hate from every broadcast tower, leftist institution and press conference with  that identical concern, is asinine.

I can count on one hand the number of people out of 1,000 who would, upon reading the shirts message, assume that hey were talking about something other than anti-black racism.

Any other view must be so oblivious to the larger context/reality as to be wholly, laughably, imbecilely obtuse.

Bingo!

[bigheadfred]

Well, they can say anything. The context of the shirt's statement, is an environment where the only prevalent, widely-held notion that blacks are at risk of murder, is the same one where the idea is simultaneously put forth that blacks are being targeted by murderously racist anti-black law enforcement officers or anti-black vigilantes.

Pretending that their supposed intended meaning will be understood, even though it is an almost wholly-ignored issue (black on black violence), in light of all of the over-amped, paranoid ranting of leftist anti-white racists and racialists blasting out their own psychotic hatred for whites et al, from every broadcast tower, leftist institution and press conference with that identical concern at maximum volume 24/7, is asinine.

I can count on one hand the number of people out of 1,000 who would, upon reading the shirt's message, assume that it was talking about something other than anti-black racism or murders by racist cops/anti-black vigilantes.

Any other view must be so oblivious to the larger context/reality as to be wholly, laughably, imbecilely obtuse.

I used to have some black friends. Until my dad sold them all. The black population is so low around here we don't get to see, first hand, the problems other places do. I was only commenting on the content of the article. Not aiming to be  wholly, laughably, imbecilely obtuse.

[LateForLunch]

I used to have some black friends. Until my dad sold them all. The black population is so low around here we don't get to see, first hand, the problems other places do. I was only commenting on the content of the article. Not aiming to be  wholly, laughably, imbecilely obtuse.

Yeah, I got that man-of-cranial-enormity. Not referring to you. Tanksfor info

[Cyber Liberty]

I used to have some black friends. Until my dad sold them all. The black population is so low around here we don't get to see, first hand, the problems other places do. I was only commenting on the content of the article. Not aiming to be  wholly, laughably, imbecilely obtuse.

You put in somewhat humorous terms an observation I've made many times:  The least racist people are folks who have always lived in towns the most segregated.  It seems exposure to some demographics breeds contempt.

[bigheadfred]

You put in somewhat humorous terms an observation I've made many times:  The least racist people are folks who have always lived in towns the most segregated.  It seems exposure to some demographics breeds contempt.

It is the same reason officers and enlisted don't mingle. Familiarity breeds contempt.

I've traveled some. Half way around the world and back. I've have seen some things. I don't need to resort to skin color to find people contemptible.  I'm sadistic enough as it is.

[Cyber Liberty]

It is the same reason officers and enlisted don't mingle. Familiarity breeds contempt.

I've traveled some. Half way around the world and back. I've have seen some things. I don't need to resort to skin color to find people contemptible.  I'm sadistic enough as it is.

 

Thou speaketh a mouthful there, Fred.  The old bromide holds true:  The more I know about people the more I love my cats.

[bigheadfred]

A nice go to source here.

https://downtrend.com/

[Cyber Liberty]

A nice go to source here.

https://downtrend.com/

Oh Fray-ed.  Blocked by the corporate firewall....