Once again people have over reacted to something said by someone in a private setting.
The story of Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has drawn the ire of his own players for a common saying we all use.
But apparently it's now, on the fly, considered a racist comment.
What did he say?
'We can't let the inmates run the prison'.
That's it.
Now. A couple of things.
We've taken to assuming - without much thought or proof - to *knowing* what people mean or infer whenever they make a statement. Too often, we jump on people only to find out there was a perfectly fair and reasonable explanation. You would think we'd learn after holding the bag of embarrassment.
But nooooo.
Still, McNair seemed to know off the bat he chose the wrong words and understood it could be taken wrongly and apparently immediately apologized to a former player who was in the room.
Yet, without considering the context and keeping perspective, his own players (and illiterate people in perpetual outrage mode) have thought it smart to attack their owner despite his apology and explanation as they kneeled during the anthem before their game against the Seattle Seahawks.
DeAndre Hopkins - a player McNair gave a six-year $90 million dollar contract with half of it guaranteed money - has been especially vocal.
At this point, it seems they'll take a knee for anything they take offense to.
If I'm the owner - and I own a business - I read employees the riot act and remind them of their place. An owner HAS TO CONTROL his or her business.
The bottom line in all this is the players need to learn their place and do their jobs.
They largely do not have support of the fans and, I'm guessing, level headed people who respect the owner-employee line - black or white. Wouldn't surprise me if educated, smart blacks aren't buying into this nonsense either.
As for the phrase itself. Here's a Wiki entry:
Yet, it magically has become a leitmotif for black justice?
Here's the NFL arrest data-base. All 870 arrests.
32 of those in 2017. Granted, this can be interpreted this proves their point. It would be worth the exercise if in fact these arrests were legit and not due to reasons of injustice.
Now of course we should treat this carefully.
Nonetheless, it's worth noting statistically, whites are more likely to be killed by police and blacks than the other way around and that black on black violence remains a major societal and cultural issue facing that community.
Until we realize this is a police reform question and not uniquely a racial one, nothing will ever get done.
This is without doubt a case of much ado about nothing. A possible case of projection and irrational thinking; one in which hampers whatever message they want to get across by refusing all Americans face this issue.
If this be a trigger, we're clearly on a path to a paranoid populace too afraid to speak.
McNair didn't need to apologize. In fact, he doesn't owe anyone an apology. His players can take their contracts and go play elsewhere if it displeases them.
He, after all, signs their checks.
The story of Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has drawn the ire of his own players for a common saying we all use.
But apparently it's now, on the fly, considered a racist comment.
What did he say?
'We can't let the inmates run the prison'.
That's it.
Now. A couple of things.
We've taken to assuming - without much thought or proof - to *knowing* what people mean or infer whenever they make a statement. Too often, we jump on people only to find out there was a perfectly fair and reasonable explanation. You would think we'd learn after holding the bag of embarrassment.
But nooooo.
Still, McNair seemed to know off the bat he chose the wrong words and understood it could be taken wrongly and apparently immediately apologized to a former player who was in the room.
Yet, without considering the context and keeping perspective, his own players (and illiterate people in perpetual outrage mode) have thought it smart to attack their owner despite his apology and explanation as they kneeled during the anthem before their game against the Seattle Seahawks.
DeAndre Hopkins - a player McNair gave a six-year $90 million dollar contract with half of it guaranteed money - has been especially vocal.
At this point, it seems they'll take a knee for anything they take offense to.
If I'm the owner - and I own a business - I read employees the riot act and remind them of their place. An owner HAS TO CONTROL his or her business.
The bottom line in all this is the players need to learn their place and do their jobs.
They largely do not have support of the fans and, I'm guessing, level headed people who respect the owner-employee line - black or white. Wouldn't surprise me if educated, smart blacks aren't buying into this nonsense either.
As for the phrase itself. Here's a Wiki entry:
Etymology[edit]
Said to originate in a remark by Richard A. Rowland about the founding of United Artists.
Phrase[edit]
- Said of a situation in which those in charge are incapable of handling their responsibilities, and should rather be put under scrutiny themselves.
Yet, it magically has become a leitmotif for black justice?
Here's the NFL arrest data-base. All 870 arrests.
32 of those in 2017. Granted, this can be interpreted this proves their point. It would be worth the exercise if in fact these arrests were legit and not due to reasons of injustice.
Now of course we should treat this carefully.
Nonetheless, it's worth noting statistically, whites are more likely to be killed by police and blacks than the other way around and that black on black violence remains a major societal and cultural issue facing that community.
Until we realize this is a police reform question and not uniquely a racial one, nothing will ever get done.
This is without doubt a case of much ado about nothing. A possible case of projection and irrational thinking; one in which hampers whatever message they want to get across by refusing all Americans face this issue.
If this be a trigger, we're clearly on a path to a paranoid populace too afraid to speak.
McNair didn't need to apologize. In fact, he doesn't owe anyone an apology. His players can take their contracts and go play elsewhere if it displeases them.
He, after all, signs their checks.
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