Posted on 06/27/2020 12:35:21 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
In a passionate message in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said "it's time" for America to address and solve systemic racism.
Through a message released via Twitter on Friday afternoon, Krzyzewski said America had chosen the "easier wrong" for 400 years and denied the impact of racism.
"We see that," Krzyzewski said in the video. "And what do we do when we see it? We turn the other way. We don't solve the problem. The problem will not be solved and no problem is solved unless you acknowledge the problem. Acknowledge it. If you acknowledge it, you have the duty to solve it. We as a country have the duty to solve this problem."
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Thank you! I came to this thread to say that. We all knew the real deal on Duke lacrosse within 4-8 weeks. He could and should have known the real deal as well. And it wasn’t just the lacrosse coach, he should have said something about the Duke faculty and administration lynch mob that went after those three kids.
I lost 95-99% of my respect for coach K during that event.
I agree, the game is 80% blacks and these coaches are falling all over themselves to pander, if they really believe what they say, resign and give it to a black -same for Biden and richies like Jack Dorsey (twitter) Bezos , give away all your money to Blacks , resign, stop with the virtue signalling tokenism
The term “systemic racism” is anti-white racist at its core.
And let’s look at the system. The Left runs K-12 education in this country, has for decades. It runs the universities. It dominates print and broadcast media, has for decades. Hollywood is completely dominated by Leftists, similar time period. All these important cultural institutions are run by the Left, if the system is truly racist, then most of the blame falls on the Left.
But in truth, the system isn’t racist, what we are seeing here is an attempt to remove the ability to criticize Leftist policy, because if you do, you are branded a racist. Which is exactly where we are. They can’t win an honest policy debate, so they’ve cooked this up.
The hell its not a political one.
Words of wisdom from a white guy who makes several million dollars a year by recruiting great Black athletes.
He’s currently worth 40 million, but that’s apparently not enough to keep him from being a sellout.
Nice try Coach K now get busy shinning those shoe.
“Black lives matter” implies that others don’t. So it’s neither a human rights or a political statement. It’s a racist statement.
There's so much wrong with the above statement it's impossible to fully unpack. Wrong solutions based on wrong premises may be emotionally palliative but will never lead to any solutions or benefits. Coach Krazyzewski is possibly sincere in his belief that he's giving us an answer but, more likely, he's just throwing the nation under the bus to protect his white rear end.
Two things must be said in response:
1) No country in the history of humanity has worked harder to redress racial abuse than the United States of America; CW1 was not fought over parking spaces. And,
2) The demand to modify and perfect human nature has been a rallying cry of every totalitarian system on earth. It can't be done but its attempt will kill large swaths of humanity.
Now is the time for all rational people to reject sportball idolatry once and for all. Turn it all off, and go outside and take some physical exercise yourselves.
When the incoming Democrat administration makes “healthcare” “racially equal,” many people are going to wish they’d taken better care of themselves, and it’s (almost) never too late to start.
It is an information warfare statement.
JoMa
As the t shirt says, “Lives Matter....any word in front makes this racist”.
Every life has always mattered. If a white kills a black person he will be arrested. Does anyone disagree with that?
It is good, Butterfly, to numerically designate the Civil War{s}.
A rasist i am NOT.
I want their accusations pointed to the right target.. the Democratic party...
And leave our President alone
....leave us out of their mess..
Whatever they are after.. go after the dem party. The dems wznted them needy... the dems have lost their way completely
You can toss those words of yours somewbere else.
It’s political.
You are hitting the issue in exactly in the right spot, this is where the discussion needs to start. Bets are that living inside the demonkrap stronghold Durham, wherein leftist controlled Duke University is located, Krzyzewski wasn’t thinking about this.
There is some truth to the existence of systemic racism ... and its origins, operations and current existence is all connected to the demonkraps. Let’s start with abortion and how white demonkraps have utilized it as a way to eliminate (black) childhood poverty.
Got loves the way the LSM bends over backwards to avoid ever using the word white while using Black with a capital B wherever they can. The racists!
In other random observtions, it’s been weeks since I’ve heard or read the term ‘African American’.....was there a decision made somewhere that tbis odious term is ow dead and buried?
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