(ThyBlackMan.com) What do Lebron James and Tiger Woods both have in common? They are BLACK Men. Yes even Tiger Woods’ “Cablinasian‘” self is Black, the world reminds him of his true identity daily.
Lebron James net worth in 2017 is over 400 million including all of his deals and endorsements. He made over 86 million this past season alone. However money cannot buy him the safety or shield him from being a “Black Man in America” in his $21 million dollar house located in a gated community in Los Angeles. How were the vandals able to get that close to his home with security and cameras? Society does not hear about vandals getting on Tom
Brady’s property and defacing it.
In other words society will always view black people and black men specifically as “Niggers/Niggas” no matter what thier bank accounts look like. Regardless if one is a King James fan or not, no one can deny he is a freakishly great player with the stats to back it up. However all of that talent is null and void in the land of “Milk and Honey”. Lebron is a Black Man.
Lebron James told ESPN, “As I sit here on the eve of one of the greatest sporting events we have, race and what is going on comes again. On my behalf, family’s behalf, I look at this as if this sheds a light and keeps the conversation going. My family is safe, that’s most important. Just shows that racism will always be a part of the world, part of America. Hate in America, especially for African-Americans, is living every day. It is hidden most days. It is alive every single day. I think back to Emmett Till’s mom and the reason she had an open casket, she wanted to show the world what her son went through in terms of a hate crime in America. No matter how much money you have, how famous you are, how much people admire you, being black in America is tough.”
Now Tiger Woods net worth is over 740 million in 2017. Just to refresh reader’s memory, According to USA TODAY, Woods was charged with driving under the influence after police in Jupiter, Florida, found him asleep at the wheel of his Mercedes-Benz. The arrest occurred about 2 a.m. May 29. Woods was stopped in the middle of the road and his car had two flat tires and noticeable damage. He was unable to perform routine DUI tests. Breath tests showed no presence of alcohol, but Woods told officers he had a reaction to several prescription drugs, including Vicodin and Xanax.
Tiger Woods was detained, and a mugshot was taken, his ethnicity read “Black”. But remember the press conference he held to tell us all he wasn’t Black, he was “Cablinasian”? Caucasian, Black, Indian and Asian. Now James and Wood’s situations are two completely different situations or are they? In both incidents Lebron James and Tigers Woods are both reminded no matter how much money and status they both have they are still BLACK men in America.
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