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    Quote Originally Posted by Concart View Post
    It's only divided because you are a thin skinned whiny baby. You own the divisiveness. It costs you nothing. When it was first written, it was called the black national hymn. Are you offended when the Battle Hymn of the Republic is sung? Get over yourself.
    Ok, it’s a hymn.

    That’s better. Hymns are religious songs or poems. Are they allowed to have God in it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BartenderElite View Post
    Blacks dominate the NFL?

    Man, if that doesn't show how big the disconnect is, nothing will.

    You're allowed to talk about anything you want to. It's always revelatory.
    Yes.

    Robert Turner said the overrepresentation of African Americans in the NFL is troublesome. According to Turner's book and independent statistics, 70 percent of the league's players are African-American, but only 6 percent of the population in the country.Apr 18, 2019

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    Quote Originally Posted by BartenderElite View Post
    And what does that tell us about how equal blacks really are in America? When they can dominate the player ranks - but need a rule to even get interviews at the coaching level? Never mind management & ownership.

    Thanks for that example.
    It’s only a question of money to break into the owners ranks. Even racism isn’t a barrier to the almighty dollar. And yes, there aren’t enough blacks in management and coaches but it’s not out of step with society [blacks are a minority] so much as the NFL—with is disproportionate number of black players.

    Steelers have a black coach; Dungy was a head coach and I probably forgot some.

    But the NFL is a pretty *liberal* outfit, as a whole. They wouldn’t be throwing a symbolic bone with this black anthem/hymn, would they?

    Liberals wouldn’t do that, would they?
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    Frank......You are a left leaning individual yet you choose an avatar of a building that is depicted in your own avatar as leaning RIGHT. And YOU of all people have the balls to call someone else dumb???
    I've never called you dumb.

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    Anyway, the building leans...neither left nor right...it just leans. Only a fucking moron would think it leans left or right...no matter the position of the photographer who took the picture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    Give it a try...don't "doubt"....
    If you've got proof, let's see it....
    Like I said...

    ...if you cannot see it, it is because you are blind or a moron.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    It’s only a question of money to break into the owners ranks. Even racism isn’t a barrier to the almighty dollar. And yes, there aren’t enough blacks in management and coaches but it’s not out of step with society [blacks are a minority] so much as the NFL—with is disproportionate number of black players.

    Steelers have a black coach; Dungy was a head coach and I probably forgot some.

    But the NFL is a pretty *liberal* outfit, as a whole. They wouldn’t be throwing a symbolic bone with this black anthem/hymn, would they?

    Liberals wouldn’t do that, would they?
    You can name 2 black HC's. One who retired over a decade ago. In a league where most of the players are black.

    And you think the proportions are not "out of step?"

    There are more black coaches than you named, but not that many. And forget about GM's. As for ownership, it really shows how far we have to go.

    Really, worrying about anthems & statues are 1st world problems. Try being shut out of positions of management & power for centuries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    Ok, it’s a hymn.

    That’s better. Hymns are religious songs or poems. Are they allowed to have God in it?
    Sure, why not? I don't believe, but I'm certainly not bothered by others believing. I think once people look into the history of this song, which is very much a gospel song, this will be less controversial. It's called 'Lift Every Voice and Sing', a poem written in 1919 and put to music.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BartenderElite View Post
    You can name 2 black HC's. One who retired over a decade ago. In a league where most of the players are black.

    And you think the proportions are not "out of step?"

    There are more black coaches than you named, but not that many. And forget about GM's. As for ownership, it really shows how far we have to go.

    Really, worrying about anthems & statues are 1st world problems. Try being shut out of positions of management & power for centuries.
    There have been 17 black head coaches in the NFL. Most of them fairly recent I think. Once you start hearing the names, you go 'oh yeah, forgot about him'. Denny Green, Lovey Smith, Art Shell, Herm Edwards...... actually a longer list than I had thought. Still a long way to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BartenderElite View Post
    You can name 2 black HC's. One who retired over a decade ago. In a league where most of the players are black.

    And you think the proportions are not "out of step?"

    There are more black coaches than you named, but not that many. And forget about GM's. As for ownership, it really shows how far we have to go.

    Really, worrying about anthems & statues are 1st world problems. Try being shut out of positions of management & power for centuries.
    Well, again, the NFL is hardly a bastion of Trump support lol. It’s not like you can smell the Trump support or anything.

    Rooney’s, maybe. Like practically all institutions, the NFL is dominated by liberals. And this is becoming a familiar theme: most places where blacks struggle worst are run by liberal Democrats. George Kirby was a victim of ‘systemic racism’ in a place run by Democrats for years and years if not decades. The blood soaked war zone formerly known as Chicago—run by Democrats.

    On and on it goes.

    Don’t blacks understand that liberal policies are working wonderfully for them? And here the NFL is letting them sing the Black National religious song—for what, an act of penance for locking blacks out of management and coaching for so long. Maybe they should look less for oppression than who they keep voting for.

    In contrast, Trump offers them, nothing. But jobs and opportunity.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    Well, again, the NFL is hardly a bastion of Trump support lol. It’s not like you can smell the Trump support or anything.

    Rooney’s, maybe. Like practically all institutions, the NFL is dominated by liberals. And this is becoming a familiar theme: most places where blacks struggle worst are run by liberal Democrats. George Kirby was a victim of ‘systemic racism’ in a place run by Democrats for years and years if not decades. The blood soaked war zone formerly known as Chicago—run by Democrats.

    On and on it goes.

    Don’t blacks understand that liberal policies are working wonderfully for them? And here the NFL is letting them sing the Black National religious song—for what, an act of penance for locking blacks out of management and coaching for so long. Maybe they should look less for oppression than who they keep voting for.

    In contrast, Trump offers them, nothing. But jobs and opportunity.
    It's just a reflection of society. You could go to pretty much any industry, in any red or blue area.

    It sounds silly to try to make it partisan or a "Democrat thing." It's a disconnect from reality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    Like I said...

    ...if you cannot see it, it is because you are blind or a moron.
    So, you've got nothing...ok, but I did want to give you a chance
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    Does pulling down monuments of old *non-confederate* white guys part of this ‘cosmetic change’?

    Seriously, at what point are things going to become ‘not ok’ with you?
    Bartender just keeps setting them up.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Concart View Post
    There have been 17 black head coaches in the NFL. Most of them fairly recent I think. Once you start hearing the names, you go 'oh yeah, forgot about him'. Denny Green, Lovey Smith, Art Shell, Herm Edwards...... actually a longer list than I had thought. Still a long way to go.
    so what do you want to do about it? a black national anthem? will that make it somehow better?
    How about we just let things take it's course, as more and more black coaches are hired

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    so what's with the Redskins now? dats racist

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    The actual reality is blacks dominate the NFL lol.

    Where and when have blacks ever been ‘less oppressed’ than they are now, here, in this country? The politically incorrect truth is that 90% of the problems the black community face are self-inflicted. But we aren’t allowed to talk about that.

    But maybe another symbolic gesture like having a segregated anthem will fix things.
    Poverty is hard to overcome. You are obviously undereducated on how hard it is to rise above the situation you are born in for the majority of us.

    You show little compassion for people.




    Being less oppressed doesn’t mean equal.

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