White Backlash Is Here Again.

[Solomon]

As I stand stunned and chastened from listening to a large segment of white america weigh in on this Donovan McNabb thing, how they see Rush as a victim and that he was right, so on and so forth.

It slowly started to dawn on me that we are witnessing the backlash from the increase of black quarterbacks in the NFL.

Just like with all other areas of american life, when it's just one or two of them, its okay. But if substantial number starts arriving in the neighborhood, whites get upset.

Quarterback was the last bastion of white privilege in NFL football.
For years people believed that only a smart player (i.e. white) should play quarterback.

There are just too many damn black quarterbacks now in the NFL. I feel bad that Donovan McNabb had to be the one to be used to vent on.
He really is a nice guy.

[Frances]

1. Every advance no matter how small

has been made against great resistance.

[rfranklin]

2. On to hockey and lacrosse...

black folks is takin' over!

[candy331]

8. Damn shame

that hatred is going to abound and be the final straw for this country. Why can"t whites stop the hatred ? Is it in their psyche?

If anyone has a reason to hate would you not think it would be black folks.
I was for a time in the same religion as the sisters of James Byrd, the man decaputated drug behind a truck in Texas. The sisters say they do not hate the people who did this, but looked forward to a better world in the future when all hatred will be gone. Now truly if anyone had reason to hate I would say they had a case for it.
Black people are angry about the way they were and are treated but are not hateful. When will the whites ever learn to stop hating if ever?

[Solomon]

9. It's not hate Candi. It's fear.

Don't ever forget this. It's not hate. The appearance of hate is but a symptom. Fear of genetic annihilation fuels white supremacy.

[soupkitchen]

3. And hiring Rush was a part of that backlash

At least subconciously.

[blondeatlast]

4. Slowly but surely, talent wins out over time.

Jackie Robinson

Althea Gibson

Arthur Ashe

Lee Elder

Wilt Chamberlain

Donovan McNabb (who was beyond gracious when asked about the controversy).

I'm not a football fan; someone else can fill in the blank here . . .

Keep the faith.

[Solomon]

6. Consider who's on top in these other sports.

Basketball

Women's Tennis

Golf

Baseball

Espn hired Rush to get back the Nascar crowd which I'm sure is full of ex-football, and ex-basketball fans. In fact, isn't the popularity of Nascar racing at an all time high?

Reminds me of why the heavyweight boxing class dwindled. The NFL started allowing black players to play. People like Lawrence Taylor, Ray Lewis, probably would have been heavyweight boxers, if not for football.

[Solomon]

7. Blondeatlast. Damn I love your signature

line. Nice. B-)

[slappypan]

5. Have you seen this column from the Washington Post?

This guy is extremely eloquent; the whole column is well worth reading.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37123-2003Oct2.html">Reality Test Results in Failure

"To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail, it is said. Rush brought his right-wing sledgehammer to a game where merit and facts, not political spinning, carry the day. Now look who's got the bloody thumb.

Sports is a world that is relentlessly reality-tested. If your coaching strategy or personal opinions are proven wrong on the playing field, you'd better look in the mirror and reevaluate while you still have a job. If you're in the media and analyze a daily stream of sports events with some political, religious or cultural "agenda," you are going to get undressed repeatedly by reality. Sports won't conform to your preferences."

[zeemike]

10. If you put this in context

Of the upcoming election it is obviously a wedge to turn black against white or white against black, what ever they can. United we stand, divided we fall.