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Post by lionhart on May 2, 2008 15:29:49 GMT -6
just my 2 cents here.... i think we can all agree that we look at people as "humans" first before we see race/reliogion, etc. HOWEVER, people are different, theres no way around it. Not necessarily in a better/worse way... just different. and im sorry, but there willl be tings that one race might "understand" that others wouldnt. great example is like the previous post of the "week after" funeral which i guess was considered a "black thing". and on the other side.. when i go into my favorite italian deli with my HC and he orders a sangwich with prosciutto, mozzarella and MAYONAISSE...... I have to quietly inform him that mayo doesnt go on a sangwich with mozz. no big deal.... just different cultures thats all. i think we sometimes spend too much energy trying to convince ourse3lves that we are all so similar, that we ignore the true diversity that stares us in the face. my approach is mor along the lines of ...look, we ARE different, but if we accept that and try to learn from one another, whats the problem? and by the way... im one of 2 white coaches on an all-black staff in an inner-city team that is 100% black. im also married to an asian/latina woman and all 3 of my children are obviously multi-racial.
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Post by lionhart on May 2, 2008 15:30:55 GMT -6
just to clarify that whole "mayo" analogy... my HC is black
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Post by los on May 2, 2008 19:53:41 GMT -6
Exactly lionhart, good point.....this entire issue probably has more to do with "frustration".....when one culture/group "perceives" some inequity of treatment ,outside the norm.....interfering with their chances of being successful....they let their anger get the best of them.....insults are hurled at the "best" target available.....the "perceived" source of this persecution......and very rarely throughout history, has it been along racial lines? In my work place example above.....its more about the whole group of them having a fair chance to be successful(making money in this case).....when they all do well....it's like pea's and carrots.....if one or more get left out for some reason(real or imaginary) and feel like someone is showing "favoritism"....all hell breaks loose....and definitely "not" on racial lines for the most part. Kinda off the football subject a bit, but it seemed to apply...
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Post by schultbear74 on May 2, 2008 21:08:04 GMT -6
There is only one race that plays football (except for air bud and Francis the talkng mule). The human race. Get in in or get out.
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