Ms. Elaine
Spoiled Brat
It's no coincidence that the only major sport that isn't black dominated (baseball) also has the strongest players association and collective bargaining agreement. 
If You STILL Cant Atleast See the Parallels Of Modern-day Sports & Slavery
- Thread starter PhonZhi
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So any black person working at a job thats run by/where the white man is the OWNER?
Fixed.
Parallels?
Well shyt in that case there are parallels between driving a car and piloting a rocket ship.
Parallels between banging Tika Sumpter and jacking off.
shyt man there's parallels between being a triple black belt and being a white belt.
Parllels...
Be intellectually dishonest brehs.
If you don't agree with whats been said then what is your counterpoint? Speak on it.
I clearly stated out of slavery came this class system we live under now. Everywhere you look black people are in the working/poor class, it's not just in sports. Dudes in here really so naive to think that just because they are making millions thats all that matters?!?! We see all the time how black people can still get fined, censored, demonized, vilified, straight up fired, etc... just for "being black". The reality is that ownership = control. White folks came out of the slavery era and realized they didn't have to deprive blacks of their freedom to keep winning the game, they just had to maintain control thru ownership of the resources/businesses.
Now i've voiced the parallels i see twice in this thread, either you gonna agree or disagree breh.
BaldingSoHard
Veteran
I already spoke on it. You just missed the point, so I'll be blunt. One can draw parallels between any two things that are even remotely related. The term "I can draw parallels" is used when people are trying to demonstrate who alike two things are. Except in this case (and in the cases I highlighted) they really aren't.
This really wasn't that hard to figure out.
Let's make it easy... how many non-slaves would have willingly traded places with slaves?
Now, for reference, how many non-professional athletes would willingly trade places with professional athletes?
Parallels my ass.
I already spoke on it. You just missed the point, so I'll be blunt. One can draw parallels between any two things that are even remotely related. The term "I can draw parallels" is used when people are trying to demonstrate who alike two things are. Except in this case (and in the cases I highlighted) they really aren't.
This really wasn't that hard to figure out.
Let's make it easy... how many non-slaves would have willingly traded places with slaves?
Now, for reference, how many non-professional athletes would willingly trade places with professional athletes?
Parallels my ass.
I wouldn't ever use the term "drawing parallels" in cases of simple similarities so your earlier examples don't hold any weight. I agree that "drawing parallels" is in fact used when wanting to show how alike things are with either multiple similarities and/or a deepness in their connections. Which is why i explained how i see the roles of whites controlling blacks and wealth distribution under slavery and under sports today in 2016 are similar. Not only that but also how one system of control(slavery) directly birthed the system of control we all live under now(class, capitalism, white supremacy).
I'm not trying to argue how wildly different slavery is from sports nor am i trying to call them the same(and i didn't get that out of what the OP initially wrote although he used alot of analogies to slavery that might have rethought). Any fool knows they aren't the same from a standpoint of methodology. I also am not arguing which was worse as we all know slavery was the worst of the two systems so let's quit trying to move the goalposts. Slavery was a means to an end... Its the bigger aspects of control and wealth that most ppl see the similarities on.
BaldingSoHard
Veteran
Why'd you have to go and get all reasonable with your response, breh.
lol so many of ya'll lack critical thinking skills.
besides the obvious slavery parallels, sports is a huge distraction. so many of our brothers dedicate their entire youth chasing this dream when its damn near guaranteed that they wont ever get paid to play sports. imagine if all those brothers focused and strived to do other things besides ruining their bodies to make cacs rich.
i see so many emotional responses here.. probably because many of you idiots fantasize about selling your kids to cac training camps to "make it" since u couldnt.
besides the obvious slavery parallels, sports is a huge distraction. so many of our brothers dedicate their entire youth chasing this dream when its damn near guaranteed that they wont ever get paid to play sports. imagine if all those brothers focused and strived to do other things besides ruining their bodies to make cacs rich.
i see so many emotional responses here.. probably because many of you idiots fantasize about selling your kids to cac training camps to "make it" since u couldnt.
Moose_Greyjoy
I DO Not Sow
I've never felt so free making minimum wage
PhonZhi
Veteran
The average American earns 1M in about 20 years.
That's player irresponsibility encouraged by the culture.
Can the same be said for baseball, football, hockey, and futbol? Boxing?
It's not comparable to slavery or a plantation in any way.
The exact same weak correlation could be applied to working for any multinational company, which pays poorly, doesn't allow you to "get out of hand" and is likely owned and operated by cacs.
It's not comparable to slavery or a plantation in any way.
The exact same weak correlation could be applied to working for any multinational company, which pays poorly, doesn't allow you to "get out of hand" and is likely owned and operated by cacs.
Wasn't baseball the most popular sport for the majority of modern American history?It's no coincidence that the only major sport that isn't black dominated (baseball) also has the strongest players association and collective bargaining agreement.
And I think the word OP is forgetting to use is "capitalism."
Except, there are whites and samoans at the combine too. Are they slaves getting auctioned off to the highest bidder as well?
It is a mystery
Tory Lanez Stan
@PhonZhi is hockey like slavery? All of the same principles apply in hockey as they would other sports. Only the sport is majority white 
Athletes are still disposable, moved, around and owned. Sport is full contact and it's ROUGH. Or is that different?
If every black person quit the NBA would it still be slavery?
Athletes are still disposable, moved, around and owned. Sport is full contact and it's ROUGH. Or is that different?
If every black person quit the NBA would it still be slavery?
Keep_It_Hip_Hop_Fam
All Star
V Stiviano: I don't understand, I don't see your views. I wasn't raised the way you were raised.
Donald Steeling: Well then, if you don't feel—don't come to my games. Don't bring black people, and don't come.
V Stiviano: Do you know that you have a whole team that's black, that plays for you?
Donald Sterling: You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses. Who gives it to them? Does someone else give it to them? Do I know that I have—Who makes the game? Do I make the game, or do they make the game? Is there 30 owners, that created the league?
That Clippers team will always be p*ssy to me. They should have never went out and played after these comments came to light. fukk out of here with that silent protest wearing shirts inside out.
Donald Steeling: Well then, if you don't feel—don't come to my games. Don't bring black people, and don't come.
V Stiviano: Do you know that you have a whole team that's black, that plays for you?
Donald Sterling: You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses. Who gives it to them? Does someone else give it to them? Do I know that I have—Who makes the game? Do I make the game, or do they make the game? Is there 30 owners, that created the league?
That Clippers team will always be p*ssy to me. They should have never went out and played after these comments came to light. fukk out of here with that silent protest wearing shirts inside out.