NFL: Warren Moon = HOF player but STFU

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(10-26-2012 02:03 PM)ATLBound Wrote:  Going through and hearing about racism is a difficult thing to get over. Its kinda like you will never understand unless you experience it.

Most of my white friends will never go thru what I or others have experienced, just like I may not go thru what you have experienced.

Warren Moon will never forget what he experienced and to his credit he did say vice versa. He said all QB's should be compared to all QB's.

Also White QB's never had to "break through" the barriers. Same as White coaches. The very reason why we have affirmative action or the Rooney rule. Black QB's had to break through thr idea that he wasn't intelligent enough to play QB. All he could do is run. He couldn't lead a team.

Some of us feel that the barrier is still there to dome degree. When race is brought, it isnt to get the person in trouble or to just do it. Its done because some feel the equality is not quite there yet, it has come a VERY VERY long way.

White QB's never needed to cry about things because being compared to a white QB was the goal in thr first place. Even looking at the perception of your question is what makes people upset. Equality is the goal of the ones who aren't ignorant or try to abuse the race card.

Even the idea of the "race card" is upsetting because itd being treated like a ploy or a strategy when its really just feelings, but we only have ignorant black folks to blame for that. Some use it when it isn't necessary so the annoyed white folks brought up the term to counter it.

Oh and I'm comfortable talking about and can see past things but I would refrain from using the word "cry" because it make it seems like its not a legitimate gripe at times.

I understand what you're saying. No I'm not black and won't ever know what certain black people have had to deal with.

I guess I see things differently from the way I grew up. I didn't grow up in a racist family. I grew up in a family that respected people who deserved it regardless or skin color and didn't respect those that didn't deserve it regardless of race.

I went to a school where people were taught to be respectful regardless of skin color. If anyone in my peer group showed any signs of being racist then they got shunned.

Also things have improved a lot in our society. Cam Newton and black QBs today aren't facing the same challenges that guys like Doug Williams and Warren Moon had to face. But Doug Williams and Warren Moon didn't face the same challenges of guys like Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson.