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30-03-08, 01:10 PM
I doubt that Lebron really "knew" what was afoot,either, and that's the real crime to me. That means his parents/family didn't school him about certain things, and I think that's a big mistake that a lot of BLack folks make, because we're so busy trying to "transcend" race.
THe minute he found out they were going to be posing him(a big Black man), with a white woman, his antenna should have gone up,(if he had been properly schooled by his peeps). He should have been looking for some Tomfoolery from white folks in that instance. You can set your watch by it,lol.
Reminds me of one of those young Black dudes in Georgia who went to jail for having consesual sex with a white girl who was 2 years younger than he. Her racist parents found out about it, and the girl started saying that he raped her. The jury actually convicted him because she was a virgin and there was something in the law about "causing physical bruising or damage", which he did technically because of her virgin status.
The Black kid was a star athlete and a white couple who were parents of one of his team mates had "adopted" him. After everything happened ,they were all on Oprah. Oprah asked the dude if his Black parents/family had ever told him anything about dating a white in a small rural Southern town. He said NO, they never mentioned anything about that, his BLack mother didn't make any distinction about black girls and white girls. To the white couple's credit, they DID warn him(cause they knew white folks in the area well,i'm sure). They told him to make sure if he was gonna date white girls, that it was "ok" with the parents. BTW, the white girl was interviewed by Oprah on the show and the chick referred to Black people as COLORED. A teenaged girl in this day and time referring to Black folks as colored, but this Black dude couldn't decipher that this heifer's family were likely backwoods/crackers and the ish was gonna hit the fan. HIs Black ass should have headed for the hills, just from hearing this heifer SPEAK, but we know that wasn't going to happen.....That's his parents/community'y fault. Plain and simple. THat little omission could have cost him his LIFE, and it DID cause him his freedom, for a while.
Ya'll can keep on with that head in the sand nonsense if you want to.....
"I ain't scared of u mutherphuggers"-Bernie Mack
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