Comments on: Michigan QB keeps getting called a nigger and The University is silent.

By: rwill

rwill — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:41:22 +0000

“How Ironic the same school who wants to ban affirmative action ….has students and alumni calling the nigger…”

First, there is no irony here: the University of Michigan spent many MILLIONS of dollars pushing two cases to the supreme court. The thrust of those two cases was that the university wanted to be able to use affirmative action in processing applications. It was the STATE not the school that tried, successfully, to take affirmative action out of the equation. You can blame the state, but not the school.

Second, it is not up to the school to police the internet and they have no control over the abuse heaped on Mr. Gardner.

Third, there is no excuse for the racism being dumped on a kid who is trying his hardest.

Fourth, as reality_check notes, I would never recommend ANY child of ANY race pin their hopes on professional sports…the odds are too steep and there are too many other ways to earn a living. Focusing on sports narrows one’s opportunity set too thoroughly to be a plausible approach to earning a living.

By: David

David — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:13:07 +0000

What? Did you even read the source material?
Horrible that you feel you have to twist what happened into the school’s failing.

“Gardner spoke about the hate email and Twitter posts he received. This year has been just as bad, if not worse, and he estimated he’s received at least 1,000 negative comments via Twitter and Instagram.
“I’ve been called the N-word so many times this year,” Gardner said. “One guy told me I was the N-word, and said I know N-words can’t play quarterback. And I was like, are we not past this? Say what you want about my skill, but come on.”

The entire story was about how tough he is, what helped him be strong in situations like this in his life, how his family and team have made hin stronger.

Are you saying U of M should start policing the internet to stop their players feelings from beeing hurt?
Hate is hate. It’s hardly the Universities job to play nanny to grown adults.

By: reality_check

reality_check — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:22:34 +0000

This is exactly why I’m against black men getting into professional sports in the first place. The industry, along with the system it operates off of , is rigged. These college athletes spend their PRIME years contributing their talents for FREE, while the risk of a career-ending injury is high. Knowing what I know about the history of blacks and sports, I would never encourage any black man to play professional sports. They spend all this time and energy into developing their athletic skills, but these skills are TOO EASY to be taken away (from injury). In addition to that, most of these college athletes will not make it to the NBA, NFL, MLB, etc., so it’s a losing proposition for most. Add the fact that most of them really did not learn anything from their courses due to demanding travel and practice schedules and you have a recipe for a walking black brute with all the athletic skills but no education.

Again, I’m against black men focusing on athletics as a career. I say black men need to focus on academics and developing their intellectual talents and not their athletic skills. No one can ever take away your intellectual skills, those are permanent. This is not the case with athletic skills. Black men can least afford to spend their time developing temporary skills. It’s not in our best interest.

By: LeVar Smith

LeVar Smith — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 01:34:29 +0000

How Ironic the same school who wants to ban affirmative action ….has students and alumni calling the nigger…… Thanks Dr. Boyce….I’m about to write a new piece tonight call the new fab 5 I was sitting around with some partners and we were thinking how can we get the top recruits to go to all black colleges