Quote:Colin Kaepernick is an idiot and a coward.

 

What makes you think that?


 

Blacks and other minorities in this country are oppressed?  Really?  Nobody told me that, and I happen to be a minority.  Some people need to get over past HISTORY and recognize today's world.

 

Just a reflection on this. I am by no means a scholar on black race relations. I have never even read Invisible Man or Black Like Me. I do recall a conversation a long time ago that I had with one of my neighbors. We were discussing this one time I went into one of the best restaurants in town and sat at the bar. I was wearing a pair of distressed jeans (clean, but torn), a t-shirt, and some jogging shoes without socks. I ran up a tab of over a hundred bucks as I sat their eating, drinking and reading. I paid and left. She asked if I would have gotten the same (lack of) reaction and lack of 'looks' if I had been black. While I can't say that I would have gotten a different reaction, I thought it was an interesting question. If I had to guess, I would say there would be a greater probability that I would have gotten those 'looks' if I were black rather than white. 


 

One other thing, this time regarding 'Black Lives Matter'. I have always thought of the name as part of a sentence. It could be either :


 

Black lives matter ... as much as lives of another color   
or   Black lives matter ... more than other lives. 

 

I have always interpreted the intended meaning as the former, but it seems there are some who feel the intent is the latter.