No Place For The Truth
First of all I'm white as bread
so I can see both sides of the picture. I am very dissapointed with the typical run of the mill responses i've gotten on this thread.
If "White America hates affluent young black males", then why are those same black males so glamourized and idolized? You know...Shaq, Kobe, Lebron, Tiger, etc. It's because successful black males aren't really hated after all, just the punk-assed ones
Shaq, Kobe, Lebron, Tiger, all of these people are galmourized because of they put a ball a hole. White America glamourizes them like know other because its another trap. The young black youths put all there stock in making it big in sports and do not put in any emphasis on education or a career and 90% of them fall on there face. Same thing with the record industry, for every thugged out millionaire on MTV there are 100,000 minorities whose life is in the shitter because of these unrealistic dreams. The good ole boy networks best work yet. It's not by accident the street thug is glamorized by the media if you can't see that don't worry your not alone.
yes...youre not looking for winslow justification. youre just starting a thread about it on an osu board
Maybe you didn't have your reading glasses on at the time, let me make it clear. I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT KELLEN WINSLOW. THIS IS NOT ABOUT KELLEN WINSLOW ITS ABOUT THE HYPOCRISY IN AMERICA THAT TWO PEOPLE CAN MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AND HAVE PUNISHMENTS THAT ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
uh oh....better play the race card.
This is one of my favorite responses of all time. The how dare you play the race card. Maybe because the race card is played every day, you might not know it but it is. Whether its subconsciously are just plain good ole boy racism, racism is alive and well and thriving in our society.
These guys need to realize that as a man with a job it's not important that you "keep it real" or "look cool" by carrying a gun, beating women or using drugs.
Debuckeye thats correct and that is the medias job to reinforce the glamour of street life to make sure that realizing education and hard work never come into play.
it might have had a little something to do with the fact that kg was talking up a game that hasnt been played and speaking metaphorically. while good ol kellen was crying cuz his team just lost and trying to justify his poorsportsmanship.
So if Kellen says before the game that he' a f'n solider it's okay. Sorry I find that quite lame.
Nice play, by the way, in a week when we are commemorating the work of blacks and whites to overcome real injustice
Ah a week of racial harmony. Here's a feel good racial story for you to kick off this weeks festivities. I come from a good ole boy part of Kansas. In my home town a black family had just moved from the city last year. They
had a 23 year old son. Last month he was at a party in La Cygne Kansas a neighboring town that is even smaller. That was the last time anyone had ever seen or heard from him. The party was on a Friday and he didn't come home all weekend. The local cops found his shoes and hat by a lake but
did not find any evidence of foul play according to KC tv broadcast. After about 3 weeks the FBI got involved and found his body in that same lake his shoes and hat were found near. No arrest have been made, no suspects have been released. Tell that boys mother and father that we shouldn't discuss race topics because next week we will be celebrating overcoming real injustice.
http://la-cygne.kansas.eachtown.com/city_info.php/cityid/13638
You won't find any info about here, wow i'm shocked.
Frustration grows in La Cygne over man's disappearance
[size=-1]By JOHN A. DVORAK The Kansas City Star[/size]
<!-- begin body-content -->LA CYGNE, Kan. — Allen Seimears drives by the white farmhouse just east of town on Kansas 152 almost every day, his feelings wavering between sadness and uncertainty.
“I look over that way and wonder if he's back in that swampy area,” said Seimears, pastor of the nearby New Life Baptist Church. “I don't know if he's alive or dead.”
If anybody knows what happened to Alonzo Brooks, they're not saying. The 23-year-old man last was seen at a party at the farmhouse. He never returned to his residence in Gardner.
For nearly two weeks, people have been struggling to cope with his disappearance. Those people include not only Brooks' devastated family, but also law enforcement officers, members of an anti-crime organization and La Cygne residents who never met him.
“They feel so sorry for him,” Seimears said of his neighbors.
The Brooks case has been a leading topic of conversation here. Some express sympathy. Others worry a murder may have been committed, that a body eventually may be found in the hills. Residents know that if foul play occurred, the perpetrators might not be from here. Or they might be.
The sheer mystery is troubling.
“Don't have a clue,” said City Clerk Devona Herrin.
The party, on the evening of April 3, reportedly was thrown by renters who aren't from La Cygne. Many of the dozens who attended, like Brooks, weren't from La Cygne. Boots and a hat belonging to Brooks were found later. Authorities, while declining to identify anyone at the party,
say they have searched extensively in fields, creeks and marshy areas near the house without finding evidence of a crime. Brooks, they say, never disappeared before.
Brooks' family and some townspeople fear that a hate crime based on a white-black conflict occurred. The FBI is investigating. Brooks is black; most at the party were white.
“I would like to dismiss that,” said Jamie Wilson, a businesswoman in downtown La Cygne. “I'd hate to think it would be local kids.”
But, she added, “You never know.”
Some in La Cygne, recalling the John E. Robinson Sr. murder case, are uncomfortable with the attention for their town. Two of Robinson's murder victims were found four years ago at a farm west of La Cygne, but Robinson lived in and was tried in Johnson County.
Law enforcement agencies that dealt with the Robinson case have been in La Cygne for the Brooks case.
FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza said more than a third of the agents in the Kansas City office — 40 persons in all — initially worked on the case in an effort to find as many of the partygoers as possible.
“There was a lot of potential witnesses to be interviewed in a short time,” Lanza said.
Lanza said the FBI entered the investigation because of indications that “bias against this victim's race” may be involved. So far, agents have no firm indication of a crime, he said.
Linn County Sheriff Marvin Stites, who aided the search for Robinson's victims, expressed frustration at the absence of clues in the Brooks case despite the hundreds of hours of investigation.
“I'm running short of sleep,” he said.
Stites is determined to continue. “We keep looking, we keep asking questions,” he said.
Alvin Brooks, Kansas City's mayor pro tem and a leader of Move Up, an anti-crime organization, knows the frustration of dealing with disappearances. His group helped spread the word about Alonzo Brooks' disappearance on radio and by distributing posters.
Alvin Brooks, a former police officer, called the FBI to suggest that the bureau investigate.
Facts are tough to come by, he said. Move Up has received some tips. Alvin Brooks said there was talk of a fight at the party, of a racial clash, of a possible suspect from Nebraska. Authorities say a lot of alcohol was consumed at the party.
“You've got to think something's wrong,” said Alvin Brooks, who isn't related to Alonzo Brooks. “You hope and pray for the best, but you brace for the worst.”
That sums up the attitude of Olathe resident Billy Brooks, brother of the missing man.
“The suspense is just killing the family,'' he said. “It's getting worse. We're thinking of so many scenarios, the things that could have happened.”
Despite the lack of evidence, Billy Brooks said he fears his missing brother was the victim of a hate crime. He contacts authorities daily for reports.
“We still have a little hope,” he said.
Maria Ramirez, mother of Billy Brooks and Alonzo Brooks, has gone to the Rev. Jerry Sheeds of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Gardner for counsel.
“They need to place their confidence in God's will,” Sheeds said.
Around the Ramirez house in Gardner, the atmosphere has been sedate. In the evenings, Alonzo Brooks used to turn on music in the basement. But now there is no more music. Relatives regularly visit and call. They don't want to leave Ramirez alone.
“It's a numb feeling,” said Ramirez, who has taken leave from her job. “I hate to go asleep. It's hard for me to get up in the morning.”
Alonzo Brooks was never a troublemaker, and the family has never encountered a crisis like this, Ramirez said.
“Miracles can happen,” she said. “I still leave the lights on outside for him
