Posted by Solace:
Posted by codeunknown:
For those who still don't understand, this thread had nothing to do with whether Balkman is white. It had to do with the correlation between hustle play and a lack of criticism. The point was that Lee's hustle, rather than his color, is the major reason for his lack of criticism. Just as it is for Balkman and Q.
Exactly. 
Dude this is the funniest post in the history of posts. I even had a guy call me an Uncle Tom. Is it me or has my point been proven by this and the David Lee thread. Some people will find a way to turn anything into a race issue no matter what. SAS made an issue out of nothing and increased his ratings because half the world is looking for something to be outraged about even if the situation isn't outrageous. It's tabloid tv and radio and everyone on this site bought into it because "that's what we are supposed to do".
Live your life, stop toeing the company line and you will ultimately feel alot better about yourself. Sebstar I grew up in the ghetto. I now do rather well for myself. I did speeches all year long to black organizations on university campuses throughout New England. I try to teach one thing. The most important way to become happy with who you are and feel strength in "your blackness" is to have faith in your own individuality. Question all leadership. Whether it's the government, the university or our black leaders. Question it all. Critique it all. If you critique and agree with it fight for that. IF you critique and disagree, fight for that. The worst thing we do is hide and not give our own point of view and beliefs because we don't want to stray away from the "black way of thinking". Our way of thought is as diverse as anyone. It's just a shame that we have so many people trying to stifle that thought and keep it in a box. Always teaching you to play the victim and follow their path.
My father worked his asse to the bone. He made no money for decades becasue of racism. Then one day he caught a break(called continue to work hard and don't make excuses even if they are valid) and started doing well for himself. He continued to bust his balls and outdo every expectation that was laid in front of him by whites and blacks. In the span of 15 years he went from pulling in 7 bucks an hour and not being able to support us, to a six figure salary and an executive position. He was called an uncle tom countless times during his climb by the people in the neighborhood. My brother and I were cracked on many times as well. Thankfully I chose to follow my father's way of doing things instead of following the path that everyone else said that I should follow.
Racism is everywhere. It's not going to change. It's not going away. It's on every continent in the planet. Every race on every continent hates another for some reason or other. You can give in to it and search for it everywhere. Or you can acknowledge it, teach others how to handle it and be who you are regardless of what other people say.
Now honestly I don't beleive any of the crap I wrote above. What I believe is that from now on, when I decide to think for myself on an issue, I will think twice. Compose myself. Keep my mouth shut. And then try to think how Sebstar would view that issue and then follow accordingly. If I'm unsure I will contact him via e-mail and have him tell me how to think properly to fit into his vision of how black people are supposed to think. He obvioulsy has it figured out. He knows how black people are supposed to behave and how they must think and I need to realize that anytime I step out of this little box and try to step away from this form of mental slavery I need to be brought back into the fold. Because thinking like everyone else is obviously the only way black people can get ahead.
If you search you can find countless obvious signs of racism. I do not feel the David Lee situation was one until the media decided to lead the rest of us sheep down that path. He was loved, like Balkman because he played hard. Now we have people trying to disparage him and question his every move because it is now viewed as a race issue. He isn't really hurt. He is faking it. He's a lazy player that is beign propped up because of his whiteness. That's the new cry. I refuse to go down this path. I refuse to be led by our media that feeds off of this stuff. And instead will go to battle any day of the week with warriors like Balkman and Lee and Q and Jamal. And for sayign I feel it is perfectly okay for a black person to like a black player and a white person to like a white player I was called an uncle tom. We've come a long way in this coutnry.
[Edited by - bippity10 on 04-09-2007 10:52 AM]
4/7/2007 8:09 PM
