https://thyblackman.com/2011/09/29/black-male-athletes-do-intake-my-message/ Black News 24/7 Online for the Black Community. Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:18:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://thyblackman.com/2011/09/29/black-male-athletes-do-intake-my-message/comment-page-1/#comment-36234 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:18:34 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=16338#comment-36234 The problem with the black man is simple: he spends too much time trying to save the world instead of himself. You’re asking these athletes to do what we won’t even ask those in our families to do: be responsible. We think macro so much instead of micro. We get so caught up in celebrity culture, we forget about what’s close to home. My hero was my Dad. Why? Because of the way he struggled through personal addiction. We always want to see a larger than life figure inspire us when it’s people in our midst that do that, if we pay attention. TV has killed the mindset of the people in this country. We demand and ask of those outside of our bodies what we won’t ask and demand of ourselves. We gotta stop that

]]> https://thyblackman.com/2011/09/29/black-male-athletes-do-intake-my-message/comment-page-1/#comment-10724 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:29:13 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=16338#comment-10724 Amen.

]]> https://thyblackman.com/2011/09/29/black-male-athletes-do-intake-my-message/comment-page-1/#comment-10657 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:22:33 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=16338#comment-10657 Kevin Powell? I was told as a child “if one doesn’t have anything good to say….”ill just say again, kevin powell.

]]> https://thyblackman.com/2011/09/29/black-male-athletes-do-intake-my-message/comment-page-1/#comment-10640 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:22:26 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=16338#comment-10640 Glad to see Kevin’s work on the website. –Great writer!

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