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<blockquote data-quote="jaybadger82" data-source="post: 490302" data-attributes="member: 6211"><p>This really doesn't contribute to the description of what the players above can do on the football field.</p><p> </p><p>With that said, the observation of a man's race doesn't necessarily warrant some of the lecturing above. While it's curious that Frank chose to point out that some of the players above were Caucasian, he wasn't exactly slinging around the N-bomb.</p><p> </p><p>I suppose the assumptions that might be made about an athlete on the basis of his or her race make some people uncomfortable. But the mere observation of a man's race is not bigotry and I believe some of the squeamishness this triggers says a lot about the listener's own predilections.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>That's terrible to hear and I hope you criticised your coworkers at the time.</p><p> </p><p>I have lived in the Carolinas for a number of years. While racism certainly persists in the South (especially amongst poor whites), it's hardly absent in the North, where nearly every urban center is a textbook example of what sociologists call "white flight." Milwaukee is one of the worst cities in the country in this regard. Blacks comprise a rather small fraction of the Wisconsin population but, more alarmingly, there is virtually no black middle class in the state.</p><p> </p><p>Instead of the holier-than-thou proselytizing against the South, perhaps you might consider directing your energies toward ameliorating the economic and social conditions of African-Americans in northern cities.</p><p> </p><p>...Perhaps instead of worrying about how your white, indo-european subgroup is being labeled, as though it compares to the plight of blacks in this country:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybadger82, post: 490302, member: 6211"] This really doesn't contribute to the description of what the players above can do on the football field. With that said, the observation of a man's race doesn't necessarily warrant some of the lecturing above. While it's curious that Frank chose to point out that some of the players above were Caucasian, he wasn't exactly slinging around the N-bomb. I suppose the assumptions that might be made about an athlete on the basis of his or her race make some people uncomfortable. But the mere observation of a man's race is not bigotry and I believe some of the squeamishness this triggers says a lot about the listener's own predilections. That's terrible to hear and I hope you criticised your coworkers at the time. I have lived in the Carolinas for a number of years. While racism certainly persists in the South (especially amongst poor whites), it's hardly absent in the North, where nearly every urban center is a textbook example of what sociologists call "white flight." Milwaukee is one of the worst cities in the country in this regard. Blacks comprise a rather small fraction of the Wisconsin population but, more alarmingly, there is virtually no black middle class in the state. Instead of the holier-than-thou proselytizing against the South, perhaps you might consider directing your energies toward ameliorating the economic and social conditions of African-Americans in northern cities. ...Perhaps instead of worrying about how your white, indo-european subgroup is being labeled, as though it compares to the plight of blacks in this country: [/QUOTE]
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