Deion Sanders surprised a white kid can run a 4.35 40

quote:

---

Dion Sanders

---

quote:

---

iamAG

---

Found Larry Leo's alter

wonder how he'd feel if someone said they were surprised a black guy in the draft did well on the wonderlic

And everyone took it seriously. Everyone is treating this as a funnny thing Deion said.

quote:

---

Everyone is treating this as a funnny thing Deion said.

---

Here’s my analysis .

It’s not what he said, it’s the personal assumption behind what he said. He said he’s surprised. So he assumes white players aren’t fast. Just like when someone says he’s suprised that black players scored a 40 on the wondelic. He assumes that blacks aren’t that smart.

So the assumption reflects back on the person who said it. Now, with Deion being black and part of an oppressed group, he’s able to get away with such statement. Now, since whitey is above everyone else, he can’t come out and do the same thing since whitey’s got everything going for him in life. It just wouldn’t be fair.

quote:

---

but I do wish the PC culture worked both ways

---

Why?

I just wish there wasn't a PC culture.

quote:

---

Here’s my analysis .

It’s not what he said, it’s the personal assumption behind what he said. He said he’s surprised. So he assumes white players aren’t fast. Just like when someone says he’s suprised that black players scored a 40 on the wondelic. He assumes that blacks aren’t that smart.

So the assumption reflects back on the person who said it. Now, with Deion being black and part of an oppressed group, he’s able to get away with such statement. Now, since whitey is above everyone else, he can’t come out and do the same thing since whitey’s got everything going for him in life. It just wouldn’t be fair.

---

I get what you are trying to say, but which is more detrimental to society, people believing blacks are stupid, or people thinking white guys are slow?

quote:

---

While, there isnt many white dudes that run 4.35.

---

*aren’t

It's called insecurity, unless you are stupid enough to believe that in 1972 Hart and Robinson didn't show up for their qualifying heat for the 100m because of a scheduling misunderstanding.

Borzov was completely in their heads, especially for the 100m as Robinson was more confident he could take him in the 200. As it turned out Borzov won the 200 in even more impressive fashion and anyway Robinson and Hart were not going to follow Carlos and Smith's little "black power" gesture 4 years earlier by standing underneath one of the whitest guys on the planet while they draped the gold medal around his neck.

Whether you care to discuss it are not, there is an established notion of black supremacy in athletics and with that comes an intense insecurity when white athletes excel in sports long dominated by black athletes .

"Check it out, fellas ... brotha just swam the length of the swimming pool!"




Stereotypes exist for a reason ... including white dudes generally being slower than black dudes.


People need to lighten up.

quote:

---

"Check it out, fellas ... brotha just swam the length of the swimming pool!"




Stereotypes exist for a reason ... including white dudes generally being slower than black dudes.


People need to lighten up.

---

I mean I was pretty shocked at that black female swimmer in the Olympics.