SidewalkTiger

Bonus - Jim Rome breaks it down. This is hilarious. I have enjoyed it often throughout the years.

Was it this baw?

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I just think Ole Miss had the better QB, playing at home, with a known staff. 

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A "known staff"?

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Kiffen is a name but what has he won or proven other than he can get paid tons of money for flash. 

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I mean he took Ole Miss to the playoff last year.

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Sounds like a talking point lifted from Klan meeting.

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White males are the only demographic that anyone feels comfortable enough to constantly denigrate.

Even the mere idea that they may struggle becomes an immediate deflection to Klan meeting references.

I moved 900 miles away and immediately got summoned where I used to live. Was able to call in and get out of it.

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Did you file a lawsuit???

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No, I thought it'd be very tough to prove and didn't want to get my friend in trouble. The state of Mississippi actually works very hard to get black people into public agencies, as do many of the municipalities there. They'll go above and beyond, in some cases, if you're the right color.

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Racism will never die because tribalism is the natural human state and prejudice is a defense mechanism.

But it's your actions that matter. A person can genuinely not like black people (or Asians, or poor people, or red-headed people) but unless they take actions to harm those people, it is irrelevant.

Racism has morphed into "people don't endorse and like me and my lifestyle"

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This is probably even more prevalent in the LGBTQ community.

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No can’t say I have… I also don’t think Black or White people believe those terms are congruent for obvious reasons if I’m being honest… I get your point though

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True, most white people don't go around calling each other "cracker". They're both derogatory terms though.

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No he wouldn’t… but history has many examples( David Duke, Storm Thrumond etc) who did retain political positions with similar statements

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Maybe, but I'm talking about the present day.

In my experience, most of the present-day "racism" I've seen are just problems that come with normal life. I've been harassed by police in my younger days, they were profiling me. I understand it, it's how the world works. Stereotypes exist because they're usually true. I literally didn't get a government job once, because they had racial quotas to fill.

Another big issue is simply people refusing to conform to societal norms. I've seen black people complain that they can't get a job with an Afro. I mean I get it, but I wouldn't try to get a job with a mullet either. If I wear a suit and tie to a metal show, I'm probably going to catch some grief for it. That's really everyone, not just along racial divides.

I wish people could get over all of it but I also understand it's never going to happen, especially among the lower income, lower-class portions of society who want to blame everyone else for their woes.

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Is it?… to what extent?

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This may be simplistic but:

White people have literally attacked other white people over using the "N" word. White people have lost their jobs over using the word.

Have you ever heard of a black person attacking another black person for saying "cracka"?

The former mayor of New York, Eric Adams, is a great example. While discussing his time in the police department, he had used the phrase: "Every day in the police department I kicked those crackers arse man that was unbelievable."

Imagine that statement going the other way. Would that mayor have retained his office?

I think the biggest difference is, in general, racism is condemned in white communities.

It's almost celebrated in black communities.

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He said "looking," but what I think he meant was that he was not preparing for opposing defenses like he should've been. 

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Probably not, he was a true freshman backup. One of five quarterbacks who saw action for them last year.