James Harrison and Roger Goodell, The Brotha Man and The Other Man, The NFL's Racism on display in Conquering America

Let me first say that I love all people equally. Now let me say that you must understand that it is a very, very, difficult task to tell a white male about his own racism. People who are not white have been telling people who consider themselves white about their issues for years. But that discussion always falls upon deaf ears. You see it is human nature to ignore other human beings when they are screaming at you about how you are destroying or other wise harming their humanity. I believe this comes from the fact that it is also human nature to believe one's own self to be intrinsically good and there fore we can not believe that we would ever do anything to unknowingly harm another.

Seriously. Think about it.

You see this is what happens when we scream the isms, racism, sexism, etc, at each other. The harmed one screams, the accused freezes believes he or she is not guilty and inevitably does what? That's right get other people like the accuser to agree he's not guilty.

The Isms dance. It's human nature on display as we attempt to move toward a healthy society. It is the reason The Black Beast exists....

Enter James Harrison and Roger Goodell as they do the  Isms dance I like to call the Brotha Man and the Other Man to the racism remix. The comments are quite colorful. They well known. We'll stay away from the name calling in order not to inflame the readers, for once. Let us for once say simply say the tenor of these words was strident but there was so much truth to them that there's an entire watch dog blog dedicated to that truth, The Black Beast. I don't often do this but it is best to understand that the racism is so obvious mainstream black reporters are empowered to support Harrison as is many of his peers secretly. At issue for Harrison is that fact that he can destroy, maim and cripple a black quarterback with little regard, but let him touch a white one and he is heavily fined by the self appointed Judge, Jury, and Executioner of the NFL Mr. Goodell. Black men are human we can see unequal and disparate treatment and feel more than slighted. We become angry and this anger is multiplied when it comes with disregard for the safety. And the fans, society can also see. The NFL is the highest profile billion dollar sports league in the United States having conquered every competitor, it has a responsibility to ensure that it is not only a beacon to the country, but a model of enlightened unbiased behavior as well. With out a doubt this has not happened.

We here at the Black Beast would like to ask a question, if the racism is so clear when considering these fines, then what does that say about the rest of the leagues actions--namely hiring (a predominately white coaching staff, front office), ownership(all white) and management (white male Goodell). Speaking to the issue of disciplined raised directly, admittedly there are black people involved in the process of fines, but that is meaningless when Goodell is judge, jury and executioner-the final arbiter over all and every thing.
With all due respect to every Goodell apologist on record, no matter their media outlet, association or pedigree, simply having black people involved does not absolve any of the head white man in charge's action. To suggest so is racist in an of itself. We must look to the actions complained of, the deeds of the man, the industry itself. That is the task here. Let us not bury Harrison's words in a pile of Mea Culpa and I told you so, but rather let us use them as a rallying cry to fix something which is so obviously broken.

Let us not continue to conquer America NFL, but rather let us truly live the America of truth, liberty and justice, or as we sweep James Harrison under the rug so do we sweep the next brother shot by the cops. This racism denial has to end so help me God, for we continue to repeat it. And as we do repeat this racism version of the Isms dance on the playing fields of a sport which has the impressionable hearts and minds of the American people then the 300lb black Gorilla embedded in the psyche of America continues to allow the incredible inhumane treatment of black people in our reality. This may sound overblown and dramatic, but the racism of the world is being taught to the screaming white children in the American homes and these stadiums in this way, every fall sunday. And since the NFL has conquered the American sports landscape, racism is being taught year round, now Mr. Goodell. Year round.