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The White Flight From Football
City Lab ^ | February 1, 2019 | Alana Semuels

Posted on 02/04/2019 3:11:45 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff

Shantavia Jackson signed her three sons up for football to keep them out of trouble. As a single mother who works the night shift at a Home Depot warehouse 50 minutes away from her house, Jackson relies on the sport to shield the boys from gang activity in her rural Georgia county. They began in a local league five years ago when they were still little, their helmets like bobbleheads on their shoulders. Now 11, 12, and 14, they play in games across the region. Jackson says she passed up a daytime shift at Home Depot so that she can drive them to games and cheer them on.

Over time, the boys’ coaches have become mentors, making sure their athletes get good grades and stay off the streets. They take the boys on field trips to the beach and to Busch Gardens. Jackson’s eldest son, Marqwayvian McCoy—or Qway, as she calls him—has particularly thrived. Jackson says Qway has been diagnosed with schizoaffective bipolar disorder, which sometimes manifests in bursts of anger and an inability to focus at school. Now his teammates help him when he gets stuck in his studies and look up to him for his prowess on the field. They’ve nicknamed him Live Wire because he can hit so hard.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: alwaysaboutrace; dainbramage; footballfield; nfl; nfldecline; racecardplayer; raceobsessed; sjw; sports; whiteflight
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1 posted on 02/04/2019 3:11:45 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Race race race race race race race race race.

How utterly boring.


2 posted on 02/04/2019 3:16:09 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Does the article ever get around to what the title says?


3 posted on 02/04/2019 3:17:23 PM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Shantavia

Marqwayvian

🤣


4 posted on 02/04/2019 3:17:31 PM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

When Marcus Attilius fought his first battle as a gladiator, he was just a young novice and was given the designation of “tiro” – a title given to a gladiator who was commencing his career. Usually, the organizers would pit gladiators of similar status and experiences together during these fights. But as fate would have it, Marcus Attilius was facing Hilarus – an imperial gladiator who had already fought fourteen fights and won twelve of them. Right when everyone was convinced Marcus did not stand a chance, this newcomer scored a thumping win against the veteran – staging an upset that earned him much admiration. Then rose, the legend of Marcus Attilius, who went on to defeat the likes of Raecius Felix – another fighter who had won twelve fights in a row.


5 posted on 02/04/2019 3:18:09 PM PST by babble-on
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To: subterfuge

Click the link and find out.

Then come back and tell me. Cause I sure ain’t gonna click the link.

lol


6 posted on 02/04/2019 3:20:26 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Blacks banned from football = racism

Blacks a majority in football = racism


7 posted on 02/04/2019 3:21:36 PM PST by 2banana (Were you)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Shantavia Jackson signed her three sons up for football


“I want to sign my kids up for football.”
“Yes, ma’am. And what is your name, please?”
“Shantavia Jackson.”
“Can you spell that, please?”
“No.”
“Come on, we don’t sell our mailing lists.”
“No, I mean I don’t know how to spell it.”
“Okay. Then just sign here.”
“I don’t do cursive.”
“I hate this job.”


8 posted on 02/04/2019 3:23:21 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

It does not matter what race you are. If your parents (or single mother) gives you a name like Marqwayvian you are going to have a hard life.


9 posted on 02/04/2019 3:23:56 PM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Wow. Pile CTE on top of schizoaffective disorder.
That should work just great.


10 posted on 02/04/2019 3:25:05 PM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

” schizoaffective bipolar disorder”

I think that means qway-qway will be in prison before any nfl career gets started.


11 posted on 02/04/2019 3:26:48 PM PST by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Sooooo, I must watch and subsidize football or I am stunting young black males? The new welfare.


12 posted on 02/04/2019 3:28:50 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Too bad for white kids.

I got to know and befriend quite a few black kids because I played football. The only color that mattered was the uniforms.

White kids are going to be absolute p^ssies and black kids will become men.


13 posted on 02/04/2019 3:28:57 PM PST by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: dynachrome

...probably before trade school...


14 posted on 02/04/2019 3:31:12 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Major League Baseball is spending ten of millions of dollars trying to get minority youth to play baseball. They have to be willing.


15 posted on 02/04/2019 3:32:07 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Where are there Daddies in all of this? *Rolleyes*


16 posted on 02/04/2019 3:32:18 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

‘their’ Fat Fingers!


17 posted on 02/04/2019 3:33:57 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I await the next obvious flight story-NASCAR. When it happens because the drivers start taking a knee before starting their engines, flee to the mountains. Nascarmegeddon has begun


18 posted on 02/04/2019 3:35:59 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

...creating more schizoids


19 posted on 02/04/2019 3:36:26 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Responsibility2nd

I won’t click on it, either.
The URL is a little more informative, though.
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/02/white-flight-football-brain-injuries-racial-divide/581887/


20 posted on 02/04/2019 3:36:37 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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