Jim Brown is going to tell Tiger Woods to give back more the black community? Are you kidding me? Really?
Tiger Woods is a role model of ALL kids of ALL levels of society. He leads the kind of life Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to when he spoke of people being judged on the content of their character instead of the color of their skin. Tiger Woods has accomplished that very thing. He has become the greatest at what he does and he lives in that world where people are NOT judged by the color of their skin. For many of us out here, we tend to forget about the color of Tiger’s skin until someone like Jim Brown comes along and throws it in our faces. We admire Tiger for his skill, for his determination, for his character and his ability to inspire us to be better people. Those are the qualities ALL children should look up to – and the fact that he’s a great example of what any American can become if they work at it.
On the other hand, we have Jim Brown who came up in a different era. I can understand the bitterness he carries that has bent him into the man he is today. He was one of the leaders of his day breaking through barriers others shirked. He came up against some of the nastiest supremacist that era had to offer, so I can see why he’s mostly turned into the very thing he fought so hard against.
I, too, remember those days. I was around, too. They were hard times, there’s no denying THAT. Nor should we. Our history is something we should review regularly and learn from repeatedly. Many – particularly our politicians and media people – tend to forget or embellish the past. There was more than enough hatred to go around in those days. But I also remember it was not JUST black men and women on those marches. It was not just black politicians getting laws changed and establishing the Civil Rights Act that has allowed us to move forward. ALL Americans had a stake in getting past those times. ALL Americans have a stake in never allowing us to slide backward into those times again.
Tiger Woods is showing us ALL that we are ALL Americans with a future TOGETHER. He’s NOT dragging us back over historical dark days repeatedly and sticking our noses into the excrement of those days like the hate merchants like Jim Brown and his fellow race wallowers. In their estimation there have been no changes in the attitudes of Americans while Tiger Woods is all about living as evidence to the contrary.
Tiger Woods is a role model of ALL kids of ALL levels of society. He leads the kind of life Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to when he spoke of people being judged on the content of their character instead of the color of their skin. Tiger Woods has accomplished that very thing. He has become the greatest at what he does and he lives in that world where people are NOT judged by the color of their skin. For many of us out here, we tend to forget about the color of Tiger’s skin until someone like Jim Brown comes along and throws it in our faces. We admire Tiger for his skill, for his determination, for his character and his ability to inspire us to be better people. Those are the qualities ALL children should look up to – and the fact that he’s a great example of what any American can become if they work at it.
On the other hand, we have Jim Brown who came up in a different era. I can understand the bitterness he carries that has bent him into the man he is today. He was one of the leaders of his day breaking through barriers others shirked. He came up against some of the nastiest supremacist that era had to offer, so I can see why he’s mostly turned into the very thing he fought so hard against.
I, too, remember those days. I was around, too. They were hard times, there’s no denying THAT. Nor should we. Our history is something we should review regularly and learn from repeatedly. Many – particularly our politicians and media people – tend to forget or embellish the past. There was more than enough hatred to go around in those days. But I also remember it was not JUST black men and women on those marches. It was not just black politicians getting laws changed and establishing the Civil Rights Act that has allowed us to move forward. ALL Americans had a stake in getting past those times. ALL Americans have a stake in never allowing us to slide backward into those times again.
Tiger Woods is showing us ALL that we are ALL Americans with a future TOGETHER. He’s NOT dragging us back over historical dark days repeatedly and sticking our noses into the excrement of those days like the hate merchants like Jim Brown and his fellow race wallowers. In their estimation there have been no changes in the attitudes of Americans while Tiger Woods is all about living as evidence to the contrary.
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