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*****The Patrick Mahomes Thread*****
IT ****ING HAPPENED
OP UPDATE: Because of all the interest in this thread, I've place all of the video content of Patrick Mahomes II's college career, and draft day goodness into a single post that can be found here. Enjoy! Last edited by Dante84; 05-17-2017 at 09:40 AM.. |
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09-30-2020, 11:37 AM | #28786 | |
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09-30-2020, 03:35 PM | #28787 |
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It’s amazing in today’s world, and today’s NFL, race is still being talked about this way.....
He’s not black enough. It’s sad. |
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But man, it's REALLY unavoidable. There's a HUGE class of NFL analysts that see Watson and Jackson as 'real black quarterbacks' and won't ever embrace Mahomes or Russ because they're light skinned and had relatively comfortable upbringings. And they dispense with any semblance of impartiality on account of it. That's the most frustrating part. When it was Peyton vs. Manning there was no favorite son so you'd get genuinely good analysis and some real good point/counterpoint discussions. Now you just get Marcellus Wiley "talking 'bout my BOY Action Jackson!!" It's just irritating. Really worsens the quality of the dialogue.
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09-30-2020, 04:00 PM | #28789 | |
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09-30-2020, 04:03 PM | #28790 | |
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Light skinned POC often feel really ostracized as they're not 'black enough' and yet they're not white and white people basically treat any non-whites as less than. Not always on either count, and intelligent people of every color don't do that as much, but it's a real and palpable thing when you're around it. |
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09-30-2020, 04:12 PM | #28791 | |
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Barack Obama (love him or hate him) talked about this issue a lot in Dreams of My Father and how he had to "find his own blackness" in Chicago after growing up in Hawaii and Indonesia. Sadly, I do think we'll see Patrick get hit with those takes too every now and again. It wasn't long ago that RGIII was being hit with takes like that (and RGIII grew up in a straight up working class family). It's been cool to see that DeShaun Watson doesn't seem to subscribe to that mindset over Mahomes at all (wish he could find a way out of being around BOB). Last edited by Chiefspants; 09-30-2020 at 04:33 PM.. |
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09-30-2020, 04:16 PM | #28792 |
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09-30-2020, 05:03 PM | #28793 |
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Is there a way I can hide this post from douche****s like Chiefshrink? I don't want to turn this into a political thread.
But I wonder if Colin Kaepernick took the bold step he did in demonstrating for race issues specifically because he was tired of being perceived as not black enough. Yeah, he was adopted, but still... mixed race kid raised by a rich white family. He probably had that shit in his face his entire life, so conveniently when he got his contract he made that big public image change. Grew his afro, started speaking out about race, became Muslim... and then the whole kneeling national anthem thing is what really made it blow the **** up. I doubt he thought like this, but deep down maybe he was like, "I'll show every person who said I wasn't black enough by becoming the ultimate black guy for black causes. NOW who isn't black enough?!" |
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If you want to slow Patrick down, quit ranking him less than #1. That just angers him. The finger counting is a warning to all.
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People treat you differently based on the color of your skin. No one should be shocked.
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