Clay Travis "In 10 years the Sterling's of the world will be gone"

[Dr. Narcisse]

Clay Travis ‏@ClayTravisBGID May 22
Average white person would rather go to jail for a DUI than be called racist in public. http://msn.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/mark-cuban-crosses-street-sports-world-explodes-052214…

Let's be honest, white people don't write or talk publicly about race unless it's to condemn people for being racist. It's easier that way. If we all create a universe where everyone and everything is either racist or not racist, then it's about identifying your camp, you're on one side or the other, either entirely racist or entirely not racist. There's no room for nuance or awkward uncertainty.

The company line from most white people is this: Racism is bad and we're not racist. In fact, most white people today fear being called racist more than just about anything in the world. How much so? Put it this way, if your average white person had to choose between getting arrested for a DUI or being publicly branded a racist, just about every single one of us would pick getting a DUI. That's right, we'd rather put countless lives in danger, go to jail and face criminal charges than be called a racist in America today.

Our reality is more complicated, yet our handling of this modern-day reality lacks any recognition of this complexity. Sure, there are still a few old, grizzled, avowed racists, but their world is dying. In 10 years, the Donald Sterlings of the world will mostly be gone. For the rest of us -- those who will be around for the next 50 years -- it's more complicated than it used to be, but we're analyzing the present with the tools of the past.

And keeping quiet doesn't make things better. It pushes everything underground. You want to know why so many white people stay quiet when issues of race arise today? You want to know why there are hardly any Mark Cubans, asking interesting questions in an age when nuance isn't favored? It's because the media's still playing gotcha with racism, fighting the battles of 1965 without acknowledging the present-day realities of 2014.

It's easier for everyone to create a false binary, keep quiet and pretend that you're either racist or you're not, even when pretty much anyone with a brain knows that reality doesn't fit our present-day life. In a time when we need more complexity, more nuance and more thought, we consistently get less of all three.

This guy..

 

[MikelArteta]

nope
as whites become a minority there will be more sterlings

 

[#1 pick]

Not really, whites are in a racist system. They aren't willing to break that for shyt. This was a pointless statement.

 

[the next guy]

Obviously the demographics are changing, this is why these blowups have happened. But no one knows what will go down in 10 years.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

cacs in the cut like

Ain't fallin for that okie doke.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Racism will never go away...Just evolve.

Its too ingrained in society.

 

[the next guy]

Racism will never go away...Just evolve.

Its too ingrained in society.

Yeah so were a lot of things though. It's not unreasonable to say that as the number of the majority dies off racism will lessen. IMO these incidents reek of "taking the last stand" you know?

 

[#1 pick]

Yeah so were a lot of things though. It's not unreasonable to say that as the number of the majority dies off racism will lessen. IMO these incidents reek of "taking the last stand" you know?

That's not racism, racism is this damn system. Anyone can be a fukking bigot.

 

[the cac mamba]

i..is this dude black? does he believe this? do black people believe this?

it would be nice, but theres fukkin 20 year olds in the south who havent gotten over the civil war

 

[42 Monks]

Yeah so were a lot of things though. It's not unreasonable to say that as the number of the majority dies off racism will lessen. IMO these incidents reek of "taking the last stand" you know?

or

OR

they consolidate

this wasn't taking a last stand by any means. it was a old ass billionaire talking sideways to his jumpoff and thinking he was beyond having to pay her off. the same old ass billionaire that came across as straight senile on national television. you think people who actually run shyt are that stupid? that's why the rest of the owners are voting him out. not because he's a racist - but because he's too stupid to keep up. there's nothing last stand about this. if anything, it just shows that people manage power better than people obtain it.

 

[Lakerman0834]

its gonna get worse. Whites will always ave the power and as their # decrease their racism will increase

 

[the next guy]

or

OR

they consolidate

this wasn't taking a last stand by any means. it was a old ass billionaire talking sideways to his jumpoff and thinking he was beyond having to pay her off. the same old ass billionaire that came across as straight senile on national television. you think people who actually run shyt are that stupid? that's why the rest of the owners are voting him out. not because he's a racist - but because he's too stupid to keep up. there's nothing last stand about this. if anything, it just shows that people manage power better than people obtain it.

That's not racism, racism is this damn system. Anyone can be a fukking bigot.

I disagree, I'm not saying the system will completely dismantle but how will the system continue to have as much power or be as effective when there isn't as many people up holding it. There is a real chance latinos could be the majority in the next 20-30 years.


I do think Sterling personally is that stupid though. Messing around with a jumpoff, thinking she would not leak the recordings, etc.

 

[#1 pick]

I disagree, I'm not saying the system will completely dismantle but how will the system continue to have as much power or be as effective when there isn't as many people up holding it. There is a real chance latinos could be the majority in the next 20-30 years.


I do think Sterling personally is that stupid though. Messing around with a jumpoff, thinking she would not leak the recordings, etc.

Smh... Their are few whites in South Africa and they control 98% of the wealth. smh..

 

[the next guy]

...

 

[Master Teacher]

sterling told this nikka it was a culture, and he think its gonna die
it's never gonna die, that doesn't mean black people have to continue to put up with

if black people became economically depended tomorrow, which there really is no reason where not under than generations of brutality, hate crimes would sky rocket and you will see the true nature of these beast

the whole point of white supremacy is to have white people remain the dominant class
what makes you think they will give that up
they don't want to compete on an even playing field be serious

all those we are the world whites will change their tune if they ever lose their privilege, because most of time they don't even realize they have it