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In reply to the discussion: To condemn Adrian Peterson without considering racial context ... [View all]randys1
(16,286 posts)I will still say there can be NO reason for this, even as there are, but zero tolerance whether it be child abuse or a football player knocking out his wife.
But the idea that a BLACK child would have to be severely conditioned, for lack of a better word, by a loving parent to protect her or him from the vicious white racists which were everywhere back then and to some degree STILL ARE, is something I had not considered.
I thought it was odd that the only ball players we hear about beating their spouse or children were BLACK.
One person pointed out to me that in the NFL this is a mathematical reality as over 80% of the players are BLACK, not sure if that is true but maybe.
Anyway, we ALL know they aint the only ones doing this shit.
BTW, I am sure if we think hard and long enough, this incident can be rightfully blamed on Obama, whaddya think?