Football is racist

[Yakuda]

I am beginning to think this stupidity is never going to end

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...-in-football/#

From the article

"Football is a spectacle where excessive violence is mundane, because hits that cause injuries are a constant occurrence, and spectators are desensitized to it. Consumers of the sport assume players will withstand any bodily affront, so they are shocked when a player’s physical limits are exceeded, often on very public stages. People with a vested interest in professional football rationalize excessive violence in this structured space, as well as the ones that encompass college, high school and peewee play, all because they assume that rules, equipment, and regulations exist to prevent death. But this is false protection. While this form of entertainment has been normalized, Hamlin’s injury demonstrates that ordinary violence has potentially deadly consequences, and highlights how Black men’s athletic labor sustains this brutal system.

On these playing fields, ones that sociologist Billy Hawkins would argue are never theoretically far from plantation fields, financial stakeholders value Black bodies for their productive potential and physical prowess. The league encourages and facilitates rigorous training and disciplining so players can execute seemingly impossible corporeal demands all in the service of entertainment, money-making, and insatiable fandom. In the words of sociologist and activist Harry Edwards, “like a piece of equipment, the black athlete is used.” While I am not aware of research that compares the rate of injury between Black and white football players, heatstrokes, ACL and labrum tears, ankle sprains, bone breaks, and concussions are just a few of the consequences of how these bodies are used."

The gridiron is the "plantation field"

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First off, no where in the article does it say “football is racist”

Secondly, the article is noted as “an opinion and analysis article”

Third, how is the article wrong, making point “football’s violence disproportionately affects Black men” when the majority of players in the NFL are black

And you though you had a real gotcha moment

[evince]

Football uses young men as meat missiles


It destroys lives


I understand people love to watch football


That does not make it something that should just continue


Football needs to change


Period



I have no idea if they can change enough to make it reasonable and able to survive


But it needs to change

[anonymoose]

First off, no where in the article does it say “football is racist”

Secondly, the article is noted as “an opinion and analysis article”

Third, how is the article wrong, making point “football’s violence disproportionately affects Black men” when the majority of players in the NFL are black

And you though you had a real gotcha moment

Racist birds, racist roads, racist healthy diets , racist math, racist trees, racist fields, racist babies.. Why not football? I think the author makes a good case.
Besides triggered59 already ate a very good thread on why it’s racist to show love and support for Hamlin. This somewhat reinforces it.

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Racist birds, racist roads, racist healthy diets , racist math, racist trees, racist babies.. Why not football? I think the author makes a good case.
Besides triggered59 already ate a very good thread on why it’s racist to show love and support for Hamlin. This somewhat reinforces it.

Once again, no where in the article did it say football was racist

I think maybe you are taking all those “opinion and analysis articles” too seriously

[Yakuda]

Football uses young men as meat missiles


It destroys lives


I understand people love to watch football


That does not make it something that should just continue


Football needs to change


Period



I have no idea if they can change enough to make it reasonable and able to survive


But it needs to change

Why does it "need" to change?

[Yakuda]

Once again, no where in the article did it say football was racist

I think maybe you are taking all those “opinion and analysis articles” too seriously

So referring to the gridiron as being akin to "plantation fields" is not suggesting football is racist???? People have argued that the word "field" is racist. You people are amazing gymnasts

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So referring to the gridiron as being akin to "plantation fields" is not suggesting football is racist???? People have argued that the word "field" is racist. You people are amazing gymnasts

Quote us in the article where the “opinion” writer states “football is racist,” as you claimed they did

[Yakuda]

Quote us in the article where the “opinion” writer states “football is racist,” as you claimed they did

You understand inferences right?

Where did I make that claim?

[zymurgy]

First off, no where in the article does it say “football is racist”

I loathe retards

"highlights how Black men’s athletic labor sustains this brutal system"

the article injected race where it was not needed.

[Yakuda]

I loathe retards

"highlights how Black men’s athletic labor sustains this brutal system"

the article injected race where it was not needed.

"On these playing fields, ones that sociologist Billy Hawkins would argue are never theoretically far from plantation fields,..."

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I loathe retards

"highlights how Black men’s athletic labor sustains this brutal system"

the article injected race where it was not needed.

So isn’t that true, isn’t the vast majority of NFL players black, and these black players keep the game going

[zymurgy]

"On these playing fields, ones that sociologist Billy Hawkins would argue are never theoretically far from plantation fields,..."

the NFL was most certainly a racist organization - the sport thrived even though it expressly forbid black athletes from participating in the labor pool between 1933 and 1946.

the brutal system got no more brutal by stopping that racist edict - and that is why this article is idiotic

[anonymoose]

Once again, no where in the article did it say football was racist

I think maybe you are taking all those “opinion and analysis articles” too seriously

So you enjoy watching mostly black athletes destroy their bodies on… fields!

[zymurgy]

So isn’t that true, isn’t the vast majority of NFL players black, and these black players keep the game going

No, it isn't true. The interest in the game exists regardless of racial makeup. It is the ultimate meritocracy, but it was sustainable in other forms