The Black Beast: The NFL's Fortunes and Larry Bird in Cleats or The Making of Clay Matthews Again or a Picture is worth a thousand words when creating the White Superstar

About the Black Beast title

A blog on racism in professional and college Sports...Beast, animal, and the like were the first names our ancestors were given out of their own name by the slavers. This dehumanized them and set the stage for the entire enlavement process. It was objectification. Today, adult black men who play professional sport are referred to as beasts (and required to be more athletic than their professional white counter parts who are only required to be some what athletic and intelligent so that better black athletes are cut and more white ones are given large sums of money to be professional(as if black athletes do not demonstrate intelligence) which would not happen if all athletes were equally appraised. But more white athletes is a requirement by white coaches, white owners, white ruled leagues who realize that white children look up to, even idolize these men in uniform and that role can never fall to the Black Beast alone. Moreover the self identity of the white male is at stake, for the white male must be able to compete. (The white male must!) This beastly objectification harkens back to the day of the slaver when our ancestor was nothing more than muscle to do their bidding. Here in this blog, The Black Beast is loosed to take back humanity, to demand treatment as a human being, more than muscle and sinew bid to win or loose for white males.Here in this space, it's the Black Beast walkin' down every iota of racism and vindicating all uses of the race card against those who created it.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The NFL's Fortunes and Larry Bird in Cleats or The Making of Clay Matthews Again or a Picture is worth a thousand words when creating the White Superstar

You see the picture don't you? Why he standing in front the brothers? These are the defensive stars who are left standing for the NFC and AFC championships. Why can't they all be standing together on the battle field? On the same plane? Don't ask me again, anybody, why the Black Beast exists. The NFL will manufacture a white star period. Durelle Revis? #24 what he's done in these two games, the entire season, has been phenomenal. Locked down Reggie Wayne of the Colts with Peyton on the field in the wild card. Took away a whole side of the field against Brady and the Pats after being part of the 45-3 thrashing a month ago against those same Pats(in his defense he was injured.) Probably the most unique corner the NFL has ever seen. Strong, fast enough and just mauls receivers within the rules. Highest paid and worth every penny. Julius Peppers? #90. Mano-a- mano just dominates week in week out. Almost always sees a chip or double team. #43 Troy Palamlou? Wow! Lines up backfield, up with the front seven, on the D Line. Just every where and is productive. Safety hitter with corner speed. Scoop and score? Save the season? Whatever you want to call him. Just an incredible season for an incredible athlete.

But they all stand behind Clay Matthews who almost never makes a play without the DT taking two players the other way so he can get a sack? Huh? Fine if you want to use him but why does he stand in front. Fine if you want to use him, despite the year Collins and Woodson are having which by the way is incredible but why is he in front and so much bigger than every one else.

AND THIS PICTURE APPEARED AT NFL.COM(note the tag bottom left hand corner.. TELL ME THEY ARENT MANUFACTURING A STAR!

Look at him in front of these magnificent Black Beasts. Remember this picture and that it could have been done a thousand different ways, but they chose this way at the NFL. Call me what you want, but this is the truth I present to you. And it's worth a thousand words, even here at the black beast

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For The Record

I give little to no love to any one other than Brothers in this space, even if I love them, because these other ballers have ESPN, Sports Illustrated, CNN, Network TV NFL Network and its Media Machine, The AP, UPI, Every Corporate Sponsor, TV announcers and so called experts trumpeting average or merely above average exploits daily to the detriment of Black men (and women in other sports)who routinely do the incredible in front of the either purposefully ignorant or the uninformed as an entire society ignores these feats in large part due to the previously mentioned Media Outlets, Corporations, TV announcers and experts own often intentional or unintentional racism .

The Big Picture: Why we should care about Racism in Pro Sports

Statement:

I can't sympathize with pro athletes .. A sharecropper is one step away from a slave.. The differene between a SLAVE and a Pro Athletic(sic) is at minimum 5 million dollars!!!!!!!!!!!! Plzzz..

Answer:

NO. You can not, must not be jealous of what one has. Wealth given in abundance must be shared equally. It is a difficult spiritual lesson but it is truth...Just because the numbers are larger does not mean there is no discrimination. To do otherwise is simply to objectify those individuals, yet again. No one asks for sympathy, what is sought is equal treatment. Allow them to be treated unequally and this attitude only "trickles down" to every strata of society. Your boss who accepts it as fine that there is inequality in NFL contracts, lets say, will only believe the same is fine in your contract...Unnerstand?

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