Racism - Forever and Always

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  1. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The great philosopher Yellowman has a lot to say about this:

    Seh, if you have a start, yuh mus have an end
    If yuh have a pey-per, yuh mus 'ave a pen
    Five plus five, it equal to ten
    If yuh 'ave a goat, you put dem in a pen
    Jump fe happines, yuh jump fe joy
    Yuh no fe call Yellowman nuh bwoi

    The origin of the use of "man" came from Black jazz musicians over 100 years ago. They would call each other "man" as a sign of respect, because they were often called the disrespectful "boy."
     
  2. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Putting here as I think it is more relevant that the sports thread.

    https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ler-of-the-year-jess-carter-england-interview

    Jess Carter has spent her life grappling with when to hold back and when to speak up; wrestling with being naturally herself, embodying the characteristics her parents instilled in her of being open, honest, vocal and confident, and subduing herself because, while society values those traits, in a black woman they can be viewed negatively.

    Racist stereotypes of black women as aggressive, confrontational, loud, ill-tempered, overbearing and more, mean that black women walk a tightrope of acceptability, where one wobble can bring them down in horrific and unreasonable ways.

    Yeah, not just in the UK. Here, too.
     
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  3. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1503 Kryptonite, Jan 23, 2026
    Last edited: Jan 23, 2026
    Tommy Lee Walker exonerated 70 years after execution for rape and murder of Venice Parker

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/tommy-lee-walker-exonerated-70-years-after-execution/story?id=129465114

    Walker, who had no criminal record, maintained his innocence and said that when Parker was killed he was witnessing his girlfriend give birth to his only son -- Edward Smith -- an alibi corroborated during the trial by 10 witnesses, The Innocence Project noted.

    In the absence of forensic and circumstantial evidence, prosecutors relied on an alleged confession that Walker made, according to the group. Walker later recanted his confession, according to the Innocence Project.

    "The only direct evidence connecting Tommy Lee Walker to this offense is a confession obtained through the use of coercive tactics," the court's declaration stated.
     
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  4. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Missed a number in the link
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/tommy-lee-walker-exonerated-70-years-after-execution/story?id=129465114
     
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  5. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    400 years of miseducation created that stereotype, a few poorly treated Black folks perpetuated it, and now she has to live it down or become part od it.
     
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  6. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Christians got to ABC. the link doesn't work anymore.

    Was the victim (the unjustly incarcerated dude) Black and the accuser White? Typical.

    EDIT: nutter's correct link worked.
     
  7. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    I fixed it.
     
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  8. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    Raleigh NC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    It was Latinos who murdered Pretti.

    This isn't a caste system. Or it is, but it works for REAL Spaniards, not the fake ones like Machado.
     
  10. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    I'd attribute it more like what NWA described in "******** tha Police"

     
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