Comments on: Yes Okay Let’s Talk About Josh Howard

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:32:54 +0000

As far as history goes, does anybody remember a little war we had called the CIVIL WAR? Remember, back in the 1860’s? The war with the most fatalities in American history? Seems that I recall from my AMERICAN history classes that a lot of men (white and black) gave their lives to end slavery.

Josh Howard is just young and ignorant. Someday he’ll appreciate his current situation.

By: la la lackadaisical

la la lackadaisical — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:10:56 +0000

that was simply ignorant…ugghh, why must these athletes continue to to make ridiculous comments that “mysteriously” appear online. WE MUST DO BETTER

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:19:11 +0000

I vote NO to Reparations.

By: Ali

Ali — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:25:32 +0000

i believe in people owning their faults and taking responsibility for their own actions, bad and good. however, if you are going to discuss the actions of a group of people, in this case American blacks, you cannot ignore the context in which these actions take place. this context was articulated very well by ‘wake up’.
it is really easy to say that the things that happened to black people in this country are history, that they should just get over it. it is also ignorant. just as we look at the accomplishments of women in the context of their historical (and current in many countries, see Saudi Arabia) oppression, we should look at the accomplishments of blacks in this country in the context of the apartheid they endured until very recently. somebody who is 50 years old is old enough to have been alive when blacks were legally prevented from having the same rights as other americans. i’m sorry, that is not history that is so old it can be ignored.
and saying that the people who sold Africans to slave traders were themselves African is completely irrelevant. that fact has nothing to do with the way those Africans and their descendants have been treated in America.
also, implying that the average person in Africa is running around killing people with machetes is incredibly racist and, more importantly, inaccurate. i think it says more about the way africa is portrayed in the american news media than anything else. we never hear about anything in africa except africans acting in ’savage’ ways. i’m not saying there isn’t horrible violence in some places in africa, i’m saying that is not the whole picture.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:06:23 +0000

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FTW!!!

By: You Guys are so smart!!!!!!!!

You Guys are so smart!!!!!!!! — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:36:23 +0000

you don’t seem to know much about American history and how those things that happened so long in your mind don’t have an impact on people today! read a book please and figure out the impact of how it felt to be a low class citizen because of your skin tone. Understand why some blacks, even the older ones will not stand up and pledge. You act like that pain doesn’t get passed on to their children and grandchildren. I know people who are 48 and a little older who remember jim crow, but I guess they are extra old since it happend so long ago. Of course white people don’t give a damn! It never happened to them! lol! common sense! I still hope you get get your tail beat down.

By: You Guys are so smart!!!!!!!!

You Guys are so smart!!!!!!!! — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:26:10 +0000

WTF Chuck

Ok uncle Tom we get it! you don’t think racism exist today and you date white women. Good for you, can’t wait till you get a reality check in your color blind world, because you seem to think that color doesn’t matter in this perfect world. the only people who agree with you here are white! Good luck to that one. Always a lost soul. No one told you to not to live out your dreams, but know your history! Get over it isn’t enough! sorry!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:41:00 +0000

wtf chuck?! – I like you. You use logic.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:16:59 +0000

I’m so sick of this bullshit. No matter how blacks were treated in this country in the past, this place is now a fucking cakewalk compared to Africa.

You think America was the only country involved in black slavery? Take a look at your beloved “motherland”.

“It has become clear that the enslavement of black Africans did not stop with the demise of the Atlantic Slave Trade. That on this very day and hour, as you read this, black Africans are bought and sold in two North African countries. In the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, black Africans continue to be enslaved by their Arab-Berber masters.

The enslavement of black Africans has existed in Mauritania for many centuries.” – taken from raceandhistory.com

By: wtf chuck?!

wtf chuck?! — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:32:46 +0000

I should be beat down because I refuse to blame someone else for my failures? Man. I must be a miserable human being, because I’m willing to responsibility for myself, and refuse to let the spectre of the past haunt my daily activities. Then again, it takes all kinds.

By: YOU GUYS ARE SO SMART

YOU GUYS ARE SO SMART — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:43:38 +0000

WTF CHUCK!

Wow, If you’re part black you should be beat down for that dumb ass statement you made. It has so much more to do with slavery! have you even studied post slavery laws? Do you know when black people got the right to vote, do you know when we got the right to buy homes in all white areas, do you even know when we were able to get decent jobs. Lets just say it hasn’t even touched 50 years since we got our rights, that’s current history, read a book!

By: North Carolina Native

North Carolina Native — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:22:35 +0000

Josh Howard is being oppressed by no one … let’s make that perfectly clear.