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Bill Beshlian's avatar

Deion needed to do to Shedeur what Keyshawn (Johnson) did to his kid. Keyshawn’s son was recruited by Nebraska. He showed up acting like he was all that. Got in trouble. I can’t remember if it was Reilly or Frost who benched him. Keyshawn found out about everything, came to Nebraska, pulled him off the team and out of school because of his behavior and attitude. I wasn’t a big fan of Keyshawn but when I heard about this he earned my respect.

Frank Sterle Jr.'s avatar

(Putting aside the concept/theory of genetically inherited racism) When it comes to such ugly sentiment it is typically acquired during childhood, sometimes even passed down generationally like a communicable virus/sickness.

Especially if it’s deliberate, rearing one’s very impressionable young children in such an environment of baseless contempt and overt bigotry amounts to a formidable form of child abuse.

If racists won’t do it for plain moral reasons, they then should do their own children a big favor by NOT passing down onto them such destructive anti-social/-societal sentiments and perceptions (including stereotypes and ‘humor’), since such rearing can readily make life much harder for those children.

It fails to prepare them for the practical reality of an increasingly diverse and populous society and workplace. It also makes it so much less likely those children will be emotionally content or preferably harmonious with their multicultural and multi-ethnic/-racial surroundings.

Children reared into their adolescence and, by extension, young adulthood this way can find themselves seemingly always feeling angry yet not really knowing exactly at what. They also may feel self-compelled to move to another part of the land, where their own ethnicity/race predominates, preferably overwhelmingly so.

This serious social/societal problem can/should be proactively prevented by allowing young children to become accustomed to other peoples/cultures/faiths in a harmoniously positive manner.

Rebecca Gaconnet's avatar

I don't follow pro football at all, really. But, since Cam Ward is literally a hometown boy, I have been paying a little more attention than usual. Ward has a great family that has been an active part of this community, even after their own kid moved up. The man who coached Cam as a peewee player coached my grandson as a peewee, and my grandson loves and respects that man deeply. My grandson is wearing the Roughneck uniform as Cam Ward did, and we can only hope he continues to receive the physical, mental, and spiritual training today's coaching staff is handing out. Our town is pretty proud of the work Cam put in to get where he is today. It does seem a striking contrast to what we hear from young Mr. Sanders.

Fred Richmond's avatar

Maybe he's just an insufferable blowhard.

Racism?? Laughable.