Comments on: Tim Thomas: White Privilege Says He Doesn’t Have to Go to the White House, But it’s not Racial

By: Jlso8630

Jlso8630 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:21:00 +0000

Nah…This has absolutley nothing to do with race what so ever…I guess you have half a brain and justify everything you do not understand with just calling it racist. Hey when the Steelers won the Super Bowl Jerome Harrison did not go to the white house but no one gave him any trouble and his reasons were 110% personal and disrespectful

By: NotAnAngryBlackMan

NotAnAngryBlackMan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:43:00 +0000

Forget your convictions and do what your rulers tell you is best for the herd. This is liberalism in a nutshell.

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0000

Yep, I’m worjking on how best to “act Black” because, well, my skin color doesn’t actually make me Black. But hey, every brotyha ain’t a brotha is what I’ve been told.

By: NotAnAngryBlackMan

NotAnAngryBlackMan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:04:00 +0000

you have no idea what privilege is how do I know? You spell it different every time you use it. Go look it up, it might actually mean something different than you think.

If you think “White Priovilige affords you the opportunity — just like Tim Thomas — to be angry for no damn reason” Then it sounds to me like white “priovilige” means actin black.

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:10:00 +0000

When a coach puts a curfew in place a player respects it though he’s “free” to break it and do what he/she pleases too. That asshole should have taken his ass to the White House with the rest of his team despite how he feels about gov’t. If he hates gov’t as much as he does, why the fuck then does he even drive on the roads built and maintained by gov’t? Fuck him and all these so-called “angry wjhite men” running around here with their wannabe anarchist asses.

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:07:00 +0000

The point you’re missing here, is that his protyest of gov’t is baseless. He even said it was not political or partisan. You can’t say you hate gov’t because it’s out of control and not explain just HOW they’re out of control. That’s that bullshit that I’m talking about. His “protest” wasn’t even a protrst because, well, what was he protesting? Further, the fact that people are using the first amendment to give him a pass doesn’t sit well with me. For example: though I have the right to free speech, me calling you a fat bitch because I don’t like fat women is yet and still disrespectful to you. But this isn’t about Obama as he said, it’s about gov’t. I find it funny that if he truly feels this way that he hasn’t been vocal before now about his displeasure.

By: jujube

jujube — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:52:00 +0000

You are right that there should not be a double standard when it comes to white vs Black athletes. However, I differ with you on one thing…. I believe that the problem is NOT that a white athlete “gets away with” this form of protest, but that a Black athlete would not, NOT that he is using this forum for exercising his views. In other words, I believe that ANY athlete, team member, business man, etc should be able to, without repercussions, stand up for their beliefs how they see fit. Now, if he came right out and said… I do not like Obama, with no specifics as to why, THEN I could see your point, but he expressed beef with the government as a whole, and ANYONE should have the right to make that statement in the way they choose.

Believe me, it is uncomfortable for me to be in a situation where I find myself defending the actions of a rich white athlete, but you know I would be the first one defending the rights of a Black athlete, actor, etc who chose to take the same form of action.

By: Reggie

Reggie — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:50:00 +0000

Hey we’ve got rights in this country, he didn’t have to go. So many athletes who do this, don’t have to go…….we know that. I do think though that even if you don’t respect the man, you should respect the office. If your president invites you to The White House, you go out of respect for the office and what it means.

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:12:00 +0000

That’s a very good point! There’s a clear and obvious double standard when it comes to how Black professional athletes are treated relatibve to white professional athletes.

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:10:00 +0000

As an American citizen you have the right to express your opinions about POTUS. However, you’re not a wealthy white professional athlete who happens to be a member of a championship team with vague criticisms of gov’t. Nope, you’re very far from that. Actually, in the interest of democracy, I encourage you to not be afraid to voice your concerns and critiques.

However, when you’re the member of a team, as a professorial, you sacrifice for the team. This would mean, in this instance, Thomas should have put his team before his personal beefs with gov’t — a beef which isn’t as clear as yours I might add — and went to the White House with the members of his team as do all professionals do. For one, it was an embarrassment for his team, and ownership — they have expressed as much. Even they recognize this to be disrespectful.

So at the end of the day, what you’re talking about is very different from the subject of this post. If anything, the post speaks to white professional athletes being able to do whatever they please without consequence, unlike Black athletes who have suffered as a result of taking a stand of a political nature.

By virtue of you being white, surely you can understand…

At least I hope you can.