Derek Jeter honors Muhammad Ali for living the life he never would

[JLova]

Exactly. You literally had Donald Sterling telling his side piece to not bring "******s" to his games and when the whole team of nikkas that are employed by him had a chance to knock the sport on its ass (in the playoffs no less) they bytched up and turned their shirts inside out.

Ali was right. No Vietcong ever called him a ****** but since the infancy of this national millions of CACs and white supremacist practitioners have had no issue with using "******" with the near easy of something like talking a shyt. It was/is a natural reflex to them.

So piling on Jeter in this instance is lame. He is MJ Jr. when it comes to speaking on social issues and frankly I don't think he even knows enough to take a stance on any real issues. Dude been in a bubble since he was 16 and if he ever wanted to feel "black" all he has to do is turn to his dad or Gerald Williams, his bff

If athletes wanted to speak up, they would. Because there's been enough police shootings in the last 5 years alone to kick start their activism. It's a matter of picking a cause. Truth is a lot of these dudes get a check from white daddy, got thots to trick off on, care more about the sport and (more importantly) know that even somewhat speaking on real shyt somehow pulls them back into a world they wanna escape forever, but only visit on occasion.

You also have to look at the time period. People were just built differently then.

 

[AV Dicey]

spawns of Jordan, all about the $ fukk any social activism, see Kobe and Tiger.
At least Bron is trying to find a middleground, Ye is a jackass, Jay's wife is more socially active than he is.

There's a dearth of social activism from that community, I guess people got content

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

None of these stars take a stand on anything so don't know why Jeter gets made an example.

The Clippers had an opportunity to really shake things up but still played last year after the Sterling fiasco

 

[BlackAchilles]

Even if it's some truth I find to be in poor taste to write this now

 

[DonRe]

And Ali did?

Your not grasping what I'm saying. Education was just a metaphor for being Wordly and obtaining knowledge independently. Many athletes don't do that back then and now. Therefore, I would t expect Ali to be social or informed and wouldn't hold it against him if he wasn't.

I'm happy he did it was amazing for his time and meant a lot for people who shared his rage at the time.

 

[Remote]

Even if it's some truth I find to be in poor taste to write this now

When would you write it?

6 months later?

 

[T.he I.nformant]

I'm okay without the obvious Jeter hate. I'm no big fan of baseball or any of its players but I've always respected Jeter for keeping his nose clean and not loving them hoes. A man can't pay respect to a great one without being subjected to hate. It's the Twitter/gawker reality we live in now apparently.

Sometimes people need to get over their agenda. This is one of those times. Let an all time great pay respect to another

I think you missed the point

 

[concise]

Good.
Better late than never to start dismantling the facade of this overrated clown.

 

[Walt]

Typical corporate swagless bland athlete.
Understand he didnt want to scare away sponsors/endorsement money but he lacked charisma, people couldn't relate to him. He seemed distant and standoffish.

actually Bernie Williams, paul o'Neill, and tino Martinez were both more clutch than him. Remember 1999 alcs game 1? 1996 Alds? 1996 Alcs mvp? Bern baby bern...Bernie williams.

Jeter was called captain clutch tho. He was remarkably consistent but i didn't recall being him hitting the big time hits ala david Ortiz.

mookie Wilson, Joe namath, Reggie jackson, darryl strawberry, jackie robinson(brooklyn dodgers), babe ruth, joe dimaggio, dwight gooden, mike piazza, patrick ewing, JOHN STARKS, and gary carter will always be remembered unlike jeter. Because of their charisma and personalities.

The whole premise of Jeter being forgotten is so absurd for so many reasons but the bolded names really had me

 

[Remote]

Good.
Better late than never to start dismantling the facade of this overrated clown.

Exactly.

It's angers people that I can be a Yankees fan but still not buy into this holier-than-thou propped up fraud of a hero that was Derek Jeter.

 

[BlackAchilles]

When would you write it?

6 months later?

A week after the funeral at the earliest

 

[FaTaL]

If anything Jordan should be the one to be criticized

Why jeter? Did he fuk your girl and leave her with a basket of autographed balls?

 

[BXKingPin82]

You also have to look at the time period. People were just built differently then.

Just imagine tho if one of these brothers went full blown Ali NOW! In this day and age.
See how all these white Ali lovers will flip the script

A muthafukka cant even have beef with POLICE killing UNARMED black folks without getting shyt on

Imagine if the Clippers said "fukk this we aint playing til this guy is GONE!"
Remember when that shyt happened? The real issue Amerikkka had at first was him being secretly taped.
fukk him being a racist scumbag, he was being recorded without having any knowledge of the shyt.


These brothers dont even realize the power they have
Maybe with Ali's death and the old timers reflecting on all of what he did it might spark something in these guys minds

 

[OG Talk]

So it's okay to call out for being a do nothing corporate shill, but n1ggas gettin in their feelings and for Jeter?



"Light skinned" privilege or New York bias?

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Sounds Personal