American Sports Are Letting Down America

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“The entire American sports world—a culture that traditionally celebrates victors, meritocracy, colorblindness, and patriotism—has suddenly immersed itself in black victimization and left-wing radicalism. This immersion threatens to do permanent damage to American culture as a whole. It has certainly undermined national pride. A country that no longer believes in its founding ideals cannot prosper and survive.”

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“As fans, we can only hope and pray that these feckless leaders will reconsider their embrace of the BLM cult—a necessary first step to returning American sports to what it has been in the past: a force for unity and a model of a diverse and colorblind meritocracy.”
 

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American Sports Are Letting Down America

“The entire American sports world—a culture that traditionally celebrates victors, meritocracy, colorblindness, and patriotism—has suddenly immersed itself in black victimization and left-wing radicalism. This immersion threatens to do permanent damage to American culture as a whole. It has certainly undermined national pride. A country that no longer believes in its founding ideals cannot prosper and survive.”

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“As fans, we can only hope and pray that these feckless leaders will reconsider their embrace of the BLM cult—a necessary first step to returning American sports to what it has been in the past: a force for unity and a model of a diverse and colorblind meritocracy.”
so it's a cult now?
 
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“The entire American sports world—a culture that traditionally celebrates victors, meritocracy, colorblindness, and patriotism—has suddenly immersed itself in black victimization and left-wing radicalism. This immersion threatens to do permanent damage to American culture as a whole. It has certainly undermined national pride. A country that no longer believes in its founding ideals cannot prosper and survive.”

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“As fans, we can only hope and pray that these feckless leaders will reconsider their embrace of the BLM cult—a necessary first step to returning American sports to what it has been in the past: a force for unity and a model of a diverse and colorblind meritocracy.”

In a way its a good thing for me. I'm spending less time in front of the TV and more time outdoors.
 
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I dunno about America, but my team is not letting me down.

Sin City Raiders are 2-0! Just Sin Baby!

(Odd as it is for them to be in Vegas, they are closer to me now in LA than they were in Oakland.)
 
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And consequently America is going to let down - as in, drop - professional sports.
 
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“The entire American sports world—a culture that traditionally celebrates victors, meritocracy, colorblindness, and patriotism—has suddenly immersed itself in black victimization and left-wing radicalism. This immersion threatens to do permanent damage to American culture as a whole. It has certainly undermined national pride. A country that no longer believes in its founding ideals cannot prosper and survive.”

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“As fans, we can only hope and pray that these feckless leaders will reconsider their embrace of the BLM cult—a necessary first step to returning American sports to what it has been in the past: a force for unity and a model of a diverse and colorblind meritocracy.”

I gave up on sports I can play Baseball on the SNES or PSP without BLM nonsense
 
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American sports are finaly stepping up to the plate as an organized entity. That is a major issue for American bigots.

Sports have long been a leader in racial and other acceptance. Somehow the color, faith (or lack thereof) or national origin does not matter as much when you are depending on the guy next to you.
 
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American sports are finaly stepping up to the plate as an organized entity. That is a major issue for American bigots.

Sports have long been a leader in racial and other acceptance. Somehow the color, faith (or lack thereof) or national origin does not matter as much when you are depending on the guy next to you.
They are actually moving backwards.
 
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"The NFL plans to paint social justice messages across its end zones this season"

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It would be hard to imagine the NFL coming up with a gesture more inoffensive and futile. The poor author of the OP article must have to take smelling salts when the players wear pink stuff for Breast Cancer Awareness. Men! Wearing Pink! American Sports Are Letting Men Down!
 
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"The NFL plans to paint social justice messages across its end zones this season"

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It would be hard to imagine the NFL coming up with a gesture more inoffensive and futile. The poor author of the OP article must have to take smelling salts when the players wear pink stuff for Breast Cancer Awareness. Men! Wearing Pink! American Sports Are Letting Men Down!
Odd that they felt the need to do that on a field where most of the players are successful black men.
 
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Odd that they felt the need to do that on a field where most of the players are successful black men.

As the article points out, pro sports in the modern age has provided great opportunities for elite athletes of all colors. And the NFL has been helping to overcoming racism within the organization in ways large and small from the days of the late Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo onwards to the Rooney Rule. But not all of America has advanced as far. Not all black people have been fortunate enough to make it to the mountaintop. Structural inequities exist. The NFL has seen fit to remind everyone we need to do better.
 
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As the article points out, pro sports in the modern age has provided great opportunities for elite athletes of all colors. And the NFL has been helping to overcoming racism within the organization in ways large and small from the days of the late Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo onwards to the Rooney Rule. But not all of America has advanced as far. Not all black people have been fortunate enough to make it to the mountaintop. Structural inequities exist. The NFL has seen fit to remind everyone we need to do better.
The “structural inequities” are a lie. Major sports are perpetuating that lie.
 
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The “structural inequities” are a lie. Major sports are perpetuating that lie.

Well, since America has solved structural racism, maybe we can move on to reducing the number of people who feel comfortable marching around shouting "Jews will not replace us" and things like that.
 
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