You have to realize some cats are crabs and wait for something like this to happen so they can hate on someone with a "valid" reason. Cats too fickle acting like broads nowadays shyt is seriously sad from grown men.
I think it's some of that too, but a lot of it is just...blindness fam. Emotions are high surrounding shyt like this and it's real easy to lost in the words instead of the sentiment.
When other groups are attacked, we hear from their professionals. You see white people, asians, latinos, jews all bringing out their lawyers, politicians, professors etc. etc.
I never seen a Jew, Asian or Latino lawyer talking about anything...same thing for scientists or doctors breh. Real shyt...I'm open to your argument I just can't think of any examples. For one black folk are unique in our plight so maybe that's why I can't think of any of these race specific professionals that are usually front and center like you're saying.
We're better than just sports....and yeah Richard Sherman was gotten to, he's playing the "good ole boy" role now ala Charles Barkley.
Again, sports figures have the platform, for better or worse...that doesn't mean that's all that we are, but celebrities in this country are more readily available than your dentist.
As for Sherman...maybe he just has a different opinion? Think about his stance and yours and objectively take a look at where the margin is and ask yourself do you have to be a "good ole boy" to make that leap or simply have a different perspective?
The only thing I didn't like about his statement was the propaganda induced notion that BLM is co-signing these military strikes on police. While there are plenty of people (just look on the coli) that are on the fence or even straight up co-signing that shyt, the figureheads nor the protesters on the ground have ever taken that stance as far as I know. It's only been painted that way which is why I fukk with the general sentiment of the movement and the protesters but I'm not standing by it...whether they like it or not they are being used...but that's another thread.
Either way, I think comparing him to Charles Barkley is a huge leap. Barkley actually sounds like he's in OJ territory where he believes in his equality because of his celebrity...he sounds like he's actually being malicious toward blacks at times, it's hurtful.
I don't get that from Sherman or AI, I just don't think they are using the language everybody wants them to use to get their point across.
How's the KKK tactics how about BLM start pulling shyt from their old playbook and sees what happens... BLM is the idea of what happens when the cops take innocent life unimpeded... you really think that all lives matter shyt means something here in america to the white man?!!? 
That all lives matter slogan is a fukking joke. and you know what even if there was no fukking gang violence or black on black crime at ALL. people will STILL find a reason to blame a black man for all his ills... Looking at the fukking leaves but ignore looking at the fukking ROOTS.... 
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