(02-01-2018 08:22 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(02-01-2018 02:15 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-31-2018 10:53 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(01-31-2018 10:01 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-31-2018 07:38 PM)Florida RedWolf Wrote:  Jus


He's lucky you don't have a rope, a tall tree and a few liquored up cowboys with you. Is it possible that he could be innocent? Just a little possible? How quick we condemn one person without even asking his side of the story. Says something about you.

Yes, but then one has to ask themselves this question. If an African American player had made a racially prejudiced comment to a white player, would everyone be sitting here going "Is it possible he didn't do it?" "Lets get his side of the story"

The problem is that as a society, we cannot honestly answer that question with a resounding "yes" yet.

That's my concern here.

You're making an assumption.

Can you honestly say it wouldn't?

There is a major issue in race relations in this country. Unfortunately a decent sized portion of the American populace would rather stick their head in the sand and pretend such an issue doesn't exist.

I pray that one day as a country we'll recognize the mistakes of previous and current generations and work to make sure they don't happen again. However, in the current climate I have little faith we'll get there anytime soon.

Under the same circumstances as this case, if Spencer Brown were to have gone on Twitter and posted John Wilson's picture, told everyone that he had made a racist remark to him, and then followed it up by insinuating people should go after him, I believe there would be many that would still say "hold on... let's get John Wilson's side of the story." Are there going to be some that automatically condemn him because he's black and assume he had to have said something racist? Yes. But the very same thing is happening to Brown right now. He's being condemned because in the current climate, if you're white and blamed for saying something racist, you get raked over the coals because people make assumptions on social media without having all of the facts, typically to avoid bad PR in most cases.

Racism is never going to end. It's not just America's problem, it's a global issue. There will always be some people that are racist for all sorts of different reasons, and nothing will ever stop that, no matter how many protests, laws, boycotts, or awareness is made about it.

I just don't have a lot of confidence or hope in the future of our country right now unfortunately. You'll have to understand that I take my views from the perspective of someone who sees this country headed down a deeply troubling path. And while Racism is an inherent problem world wide, I feel that other countries have made far better in their attempts to curtail it.