Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

Demario Davis was on CNN earlier this morning ...

Solid, genuine responses.

Easy to see why he has a C on his jersey. He's a leader on and OFF the field.

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

The media, the talking heads, these times, nothing is good enough.:rolleyes:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBA1P3gH...ource=ig_embed
Sports news and national news are picking him apart again.
Then he is going to get picked apart again during the season. I hope when FOOTBALL commentators ask him about this again, he just says no comment.
It is like a dog with steak,

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

Made the mistake of scrolling through the comments on his post.... I've lost even more faith in humanity today. So many ignorant people, so determined to be outraged and offended. I feel bad for Drew that he has to put up with this, and from his own teammates on top of it. Sad that a man who has done so much for New Orleans and the state of Louisiana and football in general is being raked over the coals by a bunch of people not smart or qualified enough to carry his jock strap. I'm 99% sure this will be his last year. Probably was going to be anyway, but after this bull**** I can't see any possible reason he would want to stay. It'll be a rollercoaster season, maybe we still sneak into the playoffs, but the effects of this mess will rear their ugly head once again and we'll get bounced out early. At this point I'm torn between hoping the team can continue to be successful after Drew, and wanting to see the whole thing burn to the ground so that all these fools realize how good they had it with Drew. These dudes deserve to have to sit through some ****ty awful seasons and be brought back down to earth. I don't know... the whole situation sucks and they'll probably try to portray sunshine and rainbows by the time the season rolls around, but this is gonna leave a lasting mark and it sure as hell won't make things better.

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

You won't hear me try and justify Black police officers killing unarmed White civilians. Just the other day we applauded several Black police officers being reprimanded in Atlanta for attacking two innocent, Black college students. Like someone stated earlier, many of us view Black police officers just the same as White police officers because they're often partaking or implicit in the injustice of the force as a whole.

The thing is, the Black community is protesting what effects them as most communities do. If White people take issue with White civilians being murdered by police (Black, White, Asian, or Hispanic) then they too have every right to protest. Our community won't complain, and many would likely join in. It's not our responsibility to draw attention to things happening outside of our community while everybody sits back and chastises us for everything wrong with ours without lifting a finger to help.

As far as media coverage, that has nothing to do with us. We don't control that industry. We don't control the major media outlets. We aren't in control of the narrative. We aren't in control of much of anything which is a large reason why we remain in such poor condition as a whole. We control maybe 2% of the wealth and less than 1% of the land. This is a capitalistic society. We don't have enough of the "GREEN" to dictate our own terms.

In regards to Trump, I'm not a supporter or a detractor of his. I'm indifferent. Whether it be him, Obama, Bush, or Clinton; it's all the same to me. Our overall condition has been the same regardless. Left or Right. Blue or Red. White or Mulatto.

I'm not a reformist in ideology. I'm a revolutionary. I cherish the minds of men like Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael). So in saying that, I'm not looking for the support of Drew Brees or the White community like many of counterparts. I believe we can achieve greatness on our own without the help of America. However, it does get annoying hearing the birds chirp.

Finally, the military. I don't know anybody who doesn't have family that's military personnel. My dad is NAVY. My grandpa was ARMY. My great-grandpa fought in WWII and had to come home to Jim Crow in New Orleans. I undoubtedly had ancestors who fought in both the Civil War and Revolutionary War. I mean, my ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War and were still slaves for another 100 years afterwards.

We've been involved in every war this country has ever had. Thus, any way we choose to demonstrate is righteous. People must understand that those stars and bars don't mean the same thing to everybody. While you feel the flag is being disrespected, many feel that those representing that flag have disrespected us for 400 years.

When my father passes hopefully long in the distant future they'll fold that flag up and present it to our family. We all have a connection to it. It's just that these connections aren't all the same.

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

What do you think some solutions are (end goal)?

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

I have to preface the statement by reiterating that I'm not a reformist in ideology. However, most of my community are proponents of reform. When Malcolm X said "By Any Means Necessary" what that really meant was use whatever works. If non-violent protest works, do it. If voting works, do it. If looting and rioting works, do it. If all out warfare works, do it. So I must meet my people where they are.

Therefore, we need legislation that helps put more control of the land, resources, and the means of production in our hands. There was a Homestead Act in 1862 that gave Americans up to 160 acres of federal land in the West. You had the Boomer-Sooner rush of Oklahoma. We need something like that to shrink this large wealth gap.

Again, this is a capitalistic society. How can we fix our faces to say things are equal when one race controls well over 70% (likely and understatement) of the wealth? So if reform is the route, we need any and all legislation that will spread the balance of power more evenly; even if that only means that the amount of wealth, land, and resources is equivalent to our overall population. That would be a VAST improvement.

STEM is the way of the future. Within our own communities we could emphasize focusing on that. You can take those skills anywhere. It doesn't even have to be here in America. I'm pro-gun. So I'm sure we all have a lot in common there.

We need emphasis on self-empowerment and an establishment of the cultural identity we had to give up because of the power structure. It's a lot we can do on our own, and legislation is only as good as the people enforcing it, but a genuine effort goes a long way.

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

Also, I appreciate the question.

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

Things are really crazy over there right now.

I'm clueless about it all living in a totally different culture and society, but it makes me sick how all these media personnel are twisting and dissecting Brees' words.

Shannon Sharpe said Brees should retire. If the NFL community would force his hand to retire for what he said - I think I'd be done with the NFL.

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

That's not going to happen. Like I said, the redemption story is written on the wall. All he has to do is win.

Re: Backlash from Michael Thomas, among others, forces Drew Brees to clarify comments
 

Brees is done. They have made sure his ability to lead is now questionable. He will probably lose that contract with NBC or whoever it was too. The networks will bring it up every game because they have to create the narrative. I have to believe that some of these guys just want to make an example out of Brees to further their agenda. They will sacrifice a decent human being to show that their needs to be more decency. This is also what causes the disconnect and prevents people from sitting down at the table. He apologizes and he has his record before all of this of what he's done for the community but it will not be enough. If this can happen to him, what chance do you think the rest of white america has? We must all humble ourselves and kneel, then still get kicked in the teeth. That's the message.....