Floyd Mayweather Jr. – All money ain’t Good Money.

:verysad

 

I did, and Floyd's opinion does not matter. I like him as a boxer, but that doesn't mean I support everything he does or says. I've heard that interview too, and Floyd sounded like a complete idiot. But in no way should Floyd be, or be expected to be, the voice for the black community. I hate when people segregate themselves like that. There is no voice for any ethnic community, we are all individuals. And someone can't be disappointed in him for not fitting the role of the voice of the black community because it isn't self-appointed.

All this role model stuff is complete BS. Nobody becomes a boxer to be a role model. My favorite rapper is Eminem and he caught a lot of slack for that role model BS. My standpoint was, he's not in the business to be a role model and it's not his fault if someone looks up to him. I respect athletes, artists, whoever, who do what they do best, regardless of what people think. My favorite entertainers are ones who have mastered their craft.

 

what did charles barkley say about role models?

 

I don't know about you, but I personally won't buy the Pac-May ppv. I lost interest in them since they failed in 09, back when both were prime.
Pac doesn't have it anymore, he lost his greatest asset (his killer instinct) since he got into the religious bull****.
May didn't have it since his fight with Hatton. He can't knock anyone out, all he can do now is defend, potshot and foul. Nothing like the amazing and varied skillset he had back at lower weight classes, when he was younger.

This fight is 5 years overdue. **** Pac, **** May, **** their PPV numbers, I ain't buying it.

 

I guess not! Because if you're going to deny, that black social injustice is happening to this day in the the U.S, or if your going to compare black social justice to other social injustice happening in other parts of the Globe and say these people or culture have it so much worse then black in the US. Then yeah don't bother responding. Because it would sound as worthless as this Article.



When We are strictly talking about one athlete in the US (FMJ) and the disparity of justice and rights for Blacks in America. In which case, Blacks can claim a Monopoly of Social injustice. Again what does that have to do with Floyd other then he's Black himself.

As far as this article comparing past black athletes shaping and influencing black culture, compared to the influences of todays athletes /boxer, is totally irrelevant and has no point what so ever. What are they asking from Floyd? Be a positive black roll model or fight pac ? I don't get it . What does one have to do with the other?

Taking part in social awareness is a choice for any and every human being not just athletes.
Ali had his own personal reasons to take up arms against the black social injustice blacks had to endure in the 60s and 70s, because those issues affected him directly and prevented him from earning a living. Not because he wanted too. If that was the case why didn't other black boxer such Joe Fraser, and Bob foster voice their opinion on black injustice of black in the 60s and 70s ? And why is No one calling them out on their contribution to the black Social struggle of the 60s and 70s? Why because the writer of this article really does not give a ****. He wrote this article attached Floyd's name to it, because he knows a bunch hating idiot dummies buy into it and read it.
If this article had been about any other athlete it would not have gotten past his editors in box.

So why is this article about Floyd? And why Now ? And what does Floyd requesting Ped testing as a contract stipulation have to do with any of todays Black social issues ?
So What is the author really asking for? Is he asking Floyd to fight pac or take a stand in black issues? I'm confused, because one has nothing to do with the other.

I hardly see any social issue that require Floyd as a figure head for justice or injustice in which he should get involved in. Unless you know of a social issue Floyd should undertake to make him a more appealing athlete. atsch

The article to me is totally worthless and does little to focus on any social issues that require floyd or any athlete for that matter to get involved in.
I mean really? Are athletes required to speak out against social injustice? And what does Floyd's business decision, to fight or not fight Pac, have to do with issues with in the black community?

This article was a big wast of time, but I'm sure the Pac nuts not Pac boxing fans will just eat this BS up.

 

I am not going to quote the post above, but will say this: Blacks have it MUCH NICER that native americans.

MUCH

NICER

/end discussion

 

In what sense?

 

Ummm, lets see. Now, for the sake of this discussion, when saying "Black" it is assumed we are talking about african americans. At least that's what I gather from reading this topic so far.

1. Native Americans LIVED in what you call USA until they were robbed of their land. History shows that the first slave ships carried men and women SOLD into slavery by BLACK warchiefs - Native americans were just downright scammed due to their inherent compassion and trusting nature.
2. Aboriginals were introduced to a plethora of diseases and to alcohol, which they were incapable of digesting properly. As such, mortality rate among aboriginals is the highest of all races, and alcoholism is rampant.
3. Native americans have no representation in the media, there are no reparations, no affirmative action, no famous aboriginals on tv or in the news. And the best part? No one gives a ****. No one gets racially sensitive around aboriginals, no one is looking out for their rights.
4. There are no sincere programs to help aboriginal youth (At least here in canada, the scholarships they get are laughable, compared to a great multitude of scholarships offered to other visible minorities), no streets named after them, their culture is being destroyed slowly but surely.

If all that wasn't enough, there is no aboriginal president, nor will there ever be. Aboriginals are peaceful, kind people, incapable of violent acts to make themselves heard. Their peaceful protests usually end up with no results, or with protesters ignored/jailed.

All in all, no race has been shafted more than the natives. NO RACE. Persecuted, forced into tiny settlements with subhuman standards of living, dealing with rampant substance abuse, teenage suicide, lack of career prospects and dealing with a government that hopes they will all die off so the land claims will be void, they have it the worst, and they don't scream about it on every corner. They don't have scumbags like jesse jackson and that rev ******* that extorts corporations if they don't meet the "black quota" and fill their own pockets pretending to help the community. Don't you ever forget this.

 

I don't think you know very much about the African Diaspora, because you trivialized it too much. I won't go to great lengths to educate you about that. You should do your own research. There is nothing trivial about it, and it is an unparalleled disaster in human history. The attempted genocide of Native Americans is another. So, why you are even comparing the two, to show who has it worse is senseless to me.

Yes, some African tribes sold other African tribes into slavery just as some Native American tribes turned on others. That's what happens when Native peoples are manipulated by foriegn powers promising wealth in return or pointing weapons in their faces with 10x the effectiveness of spears or bows and arrows. Europeans didn't know the terrain, so they used the natives (Africans in Africa and Native Americans in America) to help do the slaving or 'clear the land' (of other 'hostile' tribes).

Blacks were treated as a mere commodity in this country, chattel, up until a little over 100 years ago...not as as human beings. Again you are trivializing this to make your point about who has it worse.

I would venture to guess, there is as much hopelessness and despair, substance abuse, alcoholism, and suicide (and a lot more homicide) in urban communities as there is on Native American reservations.

I'm truly amazed you consider protesting and laying down one's life in the pursuit of basic human rights to be "screaming on the corner." Because, if you were educated on the history of what was involved in those struggles, for African-Americans, you couldn't describe it in such dismissive terms. It's not just "affirmative action" or the "black quota", as you describe it.

Class dismissed.

 

theftjr is a serial woman beater and lying racist *******.

how this ****** got a boxing promoter license is beyond comprehension.

i heard sterling is comtemplating switching to promoting boxing instead.

theftjr is a good role model for the women beater and racists. good success story.

 

Did you even read the post you quoted ? Man your such a idiot. Its like you are limited to very few lines and always spew the same sh1t.

 

if you read the article, instead of scanning it, you'd realize that, like yourself, the author isn't demanding floyd be a rôle model, just that he doesn't talk out of his arse and claim it's a black thing.

 

the article is about floyd presenting his argument as a black thing. if you're confused as to why floyd is mentioned in this context, i pity you.

don't put words in my mouth. tell me honestly, would you sooner be black in america or palestinian in gaza?

 

slavery is an abomination, and the industrialization thereof a shameful period of history. but it started with europeans buying africans who were already enslaved to fellow african masters. i'm surprised this didn't crop up in your extensive research.

 

I did not attempt to explain the origins of slavery in Africa, or the slave trade. So you shouldn't be "surprised" at all...unless you failed to comprehend or you have an agenda. The vast majority of those untold millions in the African Diaspora were free people who were stolen...not slaves who were purchased.