The Racial Divide in the Michael Vick Case

Brain of mJ

For more Michael Vick fun check out a Pro-Vick rally held in town last week:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/falcons/stories/2007/07/29/0730vick.html

And now one of the most respected black organizations in the country wants to honor Vick at their 50th anniversary gala, headlined by a visit from Obama:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/08/03/vicksclc_0804.html

laDybiRdpEnmAn

anyone who treats an animal inhumanly (sp?) has got some serious fuckin issues... futhermore, to abuse animals in the manner that this "man" did, this guy should be behind bars for the rest of his life. he can do no good to society. worthless piece of shit. given that he has money, i doubt he will do much time...i just pray for a vigilante out there somewhere.

kenny olav

soulsinging wrote:

i think people forget that blacks only REALLY got any semblance of equality 40 years ago. that means that all the older members of the black community grew up under jim crow, open racism, etc. the fact that they stuck some affirmative action programs into the economy over the last 20 years does not erase that memory. it takes longer than that to assauge the fear from 400 years of slavery. once this generation of african-americans passes on (along with all the white baby boomers, thank god), i think some of this will start to fade. but these are people who grew up learning to view whitey as suspect and rightly so. that doesn't go away so quick. we can say it isn't like that any more and we might be right, but that doesn't mean they're ready to believe it yet becos they've been lied to before. it will take some time. show some patience.

i definately see the logic in that. the generational divide is almost painfully obvious. all of my friends and co-workers (people my age) who are black don't share the same mistrust of authority (presumably White authority).... they see that things are changing, and fairly rapidly... at least in some areas.

Abuskedti

soulsinging wrote:

i think people forget that blacks only REALLY got any semblance of equality 40 years ago. that means that all the older members of the black community grew up under jim crow, open racism, etc. the fact that they stuck some affirmative action programs into the economy over the last 20 years does not erase that memory. it takes longer than that to assauge the fear from 400 years of slavery. once this generation of african-americans passes on (along with all the white baby boomers, thank god), i think some of this will start to fade. but these are people who grew up learning to view whitey as suspect and rightly so. that doesn't go away so quick. we can say it isn't like that any more and we might be right, but that doesn't mean they're ready to believe it yet becos they've been lied to before. it will take some time. show some patience.

indeed...

Juberoo

Correct me if I'm wrong...but he did release an appology via his spokesperson. So all these people who are "supporting" him are doing so only out of racism or lack of morals. Where I live, dog fighting is prevalent among the black communities. Pit bulls are in just about every other yard. It's disgusting. So it doesn't suprise me that the blacks are rallying to cry racism. They know its true....dog fighting is a part of their community culture. It is being threatened (rightly so) and they are going to fight against it.

Juberoo

laDybiRdpEnmAn wrote:

anyone who treats an animal inhumanly (sp?) has got some serious fuckin issues... futhermore, to abuse animals in the manner that this "man" did, this guy should be behind bars for the rest of his life. he can do no good to society. worthless piece of shit. given that he has money, i doubt he will do much time...i just pray for a vigilante out there somewhere.

Maybe he could be put in a ring with some of the dogs to .... ahem....discuss the issue.