[Bgs-list] Questioning the existence of plantation mentality in college & pro sports?

[Charles Baker]

Not discounting sports.
Like I said my sister was a D1 athlete.
All of my siblings and I played sports, all of my children played sports.
However, there are very few industries that depend to such a large extent
on a majority black labor force that generate the amount of money that
college and pro football and men's basketball do with such meager
representation in management (coaches, etc.) and ownership.
Did you listen to the podcast episode? Or are you just going off our prior
conversation?
The women on the podcast really dig into several examples: Univ of Texas,
Les Miles, Creighton basketball coach and Ole Miss.
Not just the programs and the coaches but the fans, too.

And yes, the entire system is problematic which is also a point I was
trying to make Friday.
For example, I work in IT.
IT is horrible in general for Black people, Latino people and women of all
races.
Friday we were talking about sports specifically.
Your argument seems like a "what about X" deflection rather than dealing
with the specific discussion of sports.
Are you saying because the entire system is unjust or broken that no
specific part of the system can be critiqued independent of system level
critique?


Charles H. Baker
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“Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or think
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 12:19 PM Harold Coleman <haroldc06 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think a single person on the call questioned a slave "mentality".
> There's a slave mentality that dominates the large majority of the US
> workforce. Everything is rooted in that mentality. It's how the US
> maintains control over its citizens. Far too present among our brothers and
> sisters but also present among other races. It's by design.
>
> Too much effort to discount sports. It has its problems not unlike many
> industries in the U.S. I can say this same thing about this sister. Does
> she answer to anyone? Is she employed by anyone? Lol in the mirror. Each of
> us. Answer that question. Some can answer it proudly but most have a ton of
> work to do.
>
> Pro/college sports is not the problem. It in itself has granted many
> individuals the opportunity to come out of poverty much like education,
> arts, etc. The problem lies with what folks do once they come out of those
> areas. Sitting there trying to discount the sport, the art, or the
> education or opportunity at any of those is laughable. So the question is
> would you choose 40million dollar slave or 100k slave as a college
> educator/administrator, or 50k slave as a middle manager at corporation X?
> What's the solution? Just a bunch of folks shooting arrows at the next
> person. Just my opinion.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 10:35 AM Charles Baker <charleshbaker at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> If you don't think the plantation slave labor camp mentality doesn't
>> exist in college and pro sports listen to this episode of the Burn It All
>> Down podcast.
>>
>> My sister, a former D1 athlete and now professor at VA Tech, shared this
>> podcast w/o me even telling her anything about our conversation re $40M
>> Slaves Friday.
>>
>> Episode 196: New News, Same Terrible Song of College Sports
>>
>> https://www.burnitalldownpod.com/episodes/196
>>
>> Is it exactly the same or as harsh as American Chattel Slavery? No. But
>> it is rooted in the same mentality, the same racism.
>>
>> Charles H. Baker
>> 864.990.1297
>> “Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or
>> think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn’t know what
>> you know today.” — Malcolm X
>>
>>
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