re: Russell Wilson isn't "Black Enough," Seahawks Players Allegedly Say

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In 2014 America Blacks who work hard, get educated, abide by our laws and customs, and assimilate will have virtually equal acceptance and opportunity to succeed.

FACT


Uhh, highly doubtful.

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Yeah, I'm not on that page either. Racism today isn't stuff like you get lynched for talking to a white woman, it is more like you get pulled over for not having your seat-belt, stared at while you are eating lunch in Cracker Barrel, or profiled as an affirmative action product instead of treated like just another person (as you would be if you were white)

In places other than TD I tend to associate with people who understand these things are real but around here there's an interesting perception that people are somehow color blind with respect to black people (while those same posters simultaneously make a decent number of assumptions about most random black celebrities or random people who pop up as discussion points on the OT etc).