The Political Activism Of The Black Athlete – The Anthem Protest.

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(ThyBlackMan.com) I have been keeping up with what is going on with the huge protest of The Anthem on the Internet and social media for these past few weeks because I don’t watch mainstream media, especially mainstream news outlets like MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, especially ESPN.

A few weeks ago, a spark against the social injustices against black people was reignited again when Colin Kapernick said that “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”

And that statement alone set off a negative chain reaction from bigots like Donald Trump to negropeans like Ray Lewis because a huge part of The System’s tactics is to pit the house negroes like Ray Lewis against the field negroes like Kapernick and other black
athletes who dare to take a stand or speak out on social and political issues affecting our community daily.

I made a post on social media a little while back saying whenever a black athlete speaks out or takes a stand on social and political issues, there will always be negropeans like Jerry Rice, Ray Lewis, and Shaq that will deliberately say things to discredit and undermine the social and politicial activism of the black athlete in America.

There has always been an agenda by The System to keep black athletes distracted, ignorant, and uneducated and the public school system, the college system as well as The NCAA serve as primary accomplices in this agenda.

For example, I remember watching a film called “The Express” a film about the first black Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis and when Ernie was at Syracuse was about to win The Heisman, he saw what was going on around him and he told his caucasoid coach that he wanted to participate in it, but his caucasoid coach told him not to get involved in The Black Civil Rights Movement and that he should do his “talking on the field” which I think is a bunch of bullshit.

Jim Brown on the other hand was not only a great athlete on the field, but also off it because he maximized his athletic ability to uplift the people that he loves and cares about. He has never been portrayed very well my the mainstream media because in “The Express” they portrayed him as a “dangerous troublemaker” because he refused to remain silent about the injustices around him.

Seeing plenty of these black athletes today taking a stand and speaking out on social issues surrounding our community is reigniting The 60s again when you had black athletes like Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, John Carlos, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and others who spoke out on social issues and even taking political stands.

The Conclusion – Seeing more black athletes finally taking a political stand on social issues now is such a beautiful sight to see.

Staff Writer; Joe Davis

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Joe Davis says:

September 13, 2016 at 9:26 pm

I knew Jim wasn’t perfect because of course we all have our ups and downs. But he has done far more for our community than most rich paid slaves of today. You Can’t Deny That

Paul says:

September 13, 2016 at 8:37 pm

I think you need to have a closer look at Jim Brown’s history that in fact he followed a less principled pathway in favour of personal wealth.
Rather than continue as a footballer, he chose movies and for some years played stereotypical roles.
In his own words, he counselled then Cassius Clay against following the principled Malcolm X favouring the protection of the Nation of Islam. These words are in context and reproduced in Muhammed Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser.
His later counsel to Ali was no doubt conditioned by his fiscal interest in his affairs.
No question that Brown later matured into a vital force; particularly in confronting gang violence. But it always was not that way. Like any other human, he was not perfect.