May the best person for the job, Win. . I’ll assume Tebow asked for the tryout. . While someone else is happy getting paid to stay home . Welcome to the new Admin way. Stay home - get paid.
So Clowney and Dez don't think Tebow deserves a chance in the NFL
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Of course you'd think that. You're not the afflicted. But people who experience the same kind of thing over and over can't just get over their "prejudices".
You're absolutely right I'd think that. Don't presume you know anything about me.
How so? What about it is dishonest? Why would Meyer not respect Tebow's physical talent? He saw him up close win a Heisman. It isn't just some hanger on. He is a two time First team All American. AP Player of the Year. Seeing if he can contribute in a new role isn't a bad idea. Almost nothing risked and potential big gain if successful. NFL teams sign dozens of free agents in the off season and don't really have to pay them unless they make the 53 man team or practice squad. Just this week, even though the Cowboys have four qbs on the roster, they brought in JT Barrett from Ohio state and Illinois Brady Davis just for a look see.
I'll let him speak for himself. But it seems to me that the larger point was learned conditioning. That woman's honest and immediate reaction to the situation was fear that a white person would berate her for doing something that might be misunderstood. As you mentioned, you didn't have that response. But for her to have that fear tells me she's had a lifetime of that kind of thing happening to her and her family.
On a personal side note, years ago my wife was the only white person in her office. We had the most centralized house in the area and offered to host the office Christmas party. Every single one of them asked her (at different times) if she was sure she wanted to have them in our house.
This included her boss, who was a former State Representative -- and who went to school with my mother. We had literally known each other for years. And yet he still wanted to make sure we were really OK with it.
Point is, we all react to situations based on our individual life experiences. Just because someone else has a different experience than ours doesn't make it untrue.
Maybe just maybe skin color had absolutely zero to do with any of it.
I know it sounds crazy but did it ever occur to yall that she would have done the exact same thing no matter who was in line?
I know i would and anyone with manners likely would.
Everything aint about race unless you make it about race.
Unfortunately some on here seem to make everything about pigment color.
Right. Go ahead and predictably wax poetic about all the made up injustices you've faced and all the difficulties your white skin has produced that makes you the authority on telling everyone to just get over it. Please.
Maybe it didn't. But the repeated history of this country makes it ridiculous for you to scoff at the idea that race was involved. Black people all the time, especially older ones, talk about how they have to be over apologetic to white people even when they've done nothing wrong out of fear.
Again, you don't know me or my trials. To assume they're less just because of my skin color is exactly the type of racial prejudice that keeps us divided. You can't change the world with a smile, but you can make someone's day better.
MiLB is similar to college, IMO.
One could argue that Tebow took away a slot from a potential big leaguer in the Mets' organization. I think his major role was to mentor those who may have a legitimate shot at the show. A minor role was to generate publicity for the Mets.
And maybe those are the potential roles the Jags have in mind for Time - character mentoring, and First Coast publicity.
Or maybe it's paying back a favour owed...
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THAT is what we all need to shoot for.
My gut tells me that if Kaepernick were white that nobody would have heard one word of criticism from the press or most anyone else about him taking a knee during the national anthem (like Tebow actually did). Just a sign of the times I guess.
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Feat of what? No one needs to fear because of skin color. If they fear then thats on them.
I was at a convenience store last week and maybe the clerk could not hear me well because of the stupid mask so she very rudely asked me to repeat myself ad i did. She never said another word and basically threw the merchandise at me. Never said thanks or anything despite my attempts to be nice.
Next customer was blacjk and she became Miss Congeniality.
I just laughed it off because the problem is hers not mine. No doubt in my mind as to why she was a bitch.
You dress that up cute. Don't see Tebow taking any knees during the anthem. And we both know why they respectively take a knee. Colin likes to wear his t-shirts praising Cuba. He should go. And when he didn't respect the anthem, or flag, in that country he would find out real quick that he would quickly vanish from existence and Nike wouldn't be allowed to pay him millions to cement their woke status. Yea, it is past time for folks to quit cowering at the feet of the PC police.
Apply that logic to what the police see every day. Yet, that can't be an excuse for them.
Hilarious. The MOST scrutinized person in America today in the straight, white male. Everything you say or do is under the microscope. People can't wait to label you a racist. Can't wait to claim anything you accomplish is because of white privilege.
And if any white male trying to get a job or promotion competing against a female or person of color says they don't wonder if their male whiteness is going to be a detriment to them, they are either lying or stupid.
Wrong. The fact that you are repeating a liberal lie is really the sign of the times. He did kneel in prayer on the field, but never during the National Anthem.
And he was constantly criticized for it by the left and the media. Even SNL made fun of him. Never in a million years would a muslim endured the same criticism.
There was no validation for that in you. Kaeperdouche showed his true colors with the Castro t-shirt. I personally think that radical islamist girlfriend of his likely sent him over the edge. Wouldn't be the first man to be led astray that way.
Because they are professionally trained. If they can't do it, they shouldn't be police. They should be better than the rest of us.
I'd say any white male that really thinks they aren't going to get a job they really want because of their white skin is either lying or stupid.
Clowns is still one of the most overrated players. And none of these athletes nor Hollywood have a voice or opinion that means any more than my neighbors. The only difference is they feel entitled because of the money they make and the crooked media keeps wanting their so called “valued” opinion.
Between the racial bias against the white personal, especially the white male and with affirmative action and other specials deals there is a distinct disadvantage for the white make even when they are more qualified
There are no facts to back up this claim. White males have been making this claim since the Clinton administration, yet there are no objective measurements that show that white males have become disadvantaged. Even when presenting anecdotal evidence, it's always someone they know, never they themselves.
It’s just more click bait for news outlets. I’ve noticed that the majority of “news” stories anymore are simply stories about what someone else said with the intentions of inflaming passions, either for or against a subject. I read Fox News, and they are the worst. This morning 7 of the first 10 stories are about what someone said. It’s not at all news, it’s garbage intended to get clicks. I assume most other news outlets are the same. The First Amendment gives us the right to express our opinions. Why are we suddenly so obsessed with opinions that differ from our own?
That was then, this is now. Maybe Urban knows Tebow's talents better than anyone else and has a plan no one has yet to put forth.
Depending on the time frame he very well could have overcome some obstacles due to the color of his skin.
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