Three things I need white people to stop doing.
1- Telling black people WHEN they should protest.
Black people have asked for equal rights for centuries. We have done it every way possible, but in 2016 here we are still asking just to be treated like humans and not subhumans.
If we could do it in the nice polite way Dabo Swinney thinks it should be done and things would change, but that obviously isn’t happening.
“I think everybody has the right to express himself in that regard. But I don’t think it’s good to be a distraction to your team. I don’t think it’s good to use the team as a platform. I totally disagree with that. Not his protest. But I just think there’s a right way to do things. I don’t think two wrongs make a right. Never have, never will. I think it just creates more divisiveness, more division.
“I think there’s a better way. How about call a press conference? Express your feelings. Everybody will show up, talk about it. Go and be a part of things, and protest them. That’s great. I think everybody has that right. I certainly respect that. But I just think that this just creates more division. That’s what I hate to see.
2- Stop using Martin Luther King to try to make your points.
If you have forgotten Martin Luther King was beaten, jailed and eventually assassinated in the GOOD OLD USA for fighting for what he believed in.
VIOLENTLY ASSASSINATED WITH A BULLET THROUGH THE HEAD.
So, please stop with your MLK love speeches. Love didn’t stop the hate or that bullet that went through his head.
“There’s more good than bad in this world. With Martin Luther King. I don’t know that there’s ever been a better man or better leader. To me, he changed the world. He changed the world through love in the face of hate. He changed the world through peace in the face of violence. He changed the world through education in the face of ignorance. And he changed the world through Jesus. Boy, that’s politically incorrect. That’s what he did. It’s amazing when we don’t learn from our past how you can repeat your mistakes.
3- Stop thinking that having a black president and some black millionaires means everything is ok with minorities in this country.
This is such an ignorant take, but when you are wrapped in white privilege it probably makes sense in their warped minds.
What are we complaining about? We have a black president & LeBron came back from 3-1 deficit so everything is going well for the blacks!!!
It is such a condensing take that it literally makes my grind my teeth.
“I think the answer to our problems is exactly what they were for Martin Luther King when he changed the world. Love, peace, education, tolerance of others, Jesus. A lot of these things in this world were only a dream for Martin Luther King. Not a one-term, but a two-term African-American president. And this is a terrible country? There are interracial marriages. I go to a church that’s an interracial church. Those were only dreams for Martin Luther King. Black head coaches. Black quarterbacks. Quarterbacks at places like Georgia and Alabama and Clemson. For Martin Luther King, that was just a dream. Black CEOs, NBA owners, you name it. Unbelievable.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BLACK QUARTERBACK DOESN’T MEAN RACIAL EQUALITY EXISTS!!!
I hate using bold letters, but my god this is quite possibly the dumbest thing I’ve read in my life. Smarten up Dabo.