i am curious to get peoples reactions over this story. i consider myself very open minded and very liberal on social issues but i think him being suspended is just a bit too much. if you are black, or non-white, are you offended by his comments? i appreciate all feedback and if i am looking at this wrong, please feel free to correct me. i am a human who can learn and adapt.
he said- "He's really good at that fake, Lamar Jackson, but when you consider his dark skin color with a dark football with a dark uniform, you could not see that thing," Ryan said on air. "I mean you literally could not see when he was in and out of the mesh point."
not to state the obvious, but lamar is a black man. he has dark skin. if you asked a first grader to describe lamar they'd reply he's black, brown, or dark skinned. and the ravens jerseys are dark. it seems we are too hung up on race that we cannot state the obvious anymore. was there something really offensive said? he said lamar's skin is dark. he didn't comment on anything that color affected his ability, he commented on the basic skin tone compared to the color of the football and uniforms. i found it 1000x more offensive when a white guy says he should play back or receiver, that to me is racially offensive.
dude's point is 100% valid and i wish lamar would say, uh, people my skin is dark. but i am a white person saying this. from any black person, or non-white person, am i out of line to think this is overblown?
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...radio-analyst-tim-ryan-lamar-jackson-comments
he said- "He's really good at that fake, Lamar Jackson, but when you consider his dark skin color with a dark football with a dark uniform, you could not see that thing," Ryan said on air. "I mean you literally could not see when he was in and out of the mesh point."
not to state the obvious, but lamar is a black man. he has dark skin. if you asked a first grader to describe lamar they'd reply he's black, brown, or dark skinned. and the ravens jerseys are dark. it seems we are too hung up on race that we cannot state the obvious anymore. was there something really offensive said? he said lamar's skin is dark. he didn't comment on anything that color affected his ability, he commented on the basic skin tone compared to the color of the football and uniforms. i found it 1000x more offensive when a white guy says he should play back or receiver, that to me is racially offensive.
dude's point is 100% valid and i wish lamar would say, uh, people my skin is dark. but i am a white person saying this. from any black person, or non-white person, am i out of line to think this is overblown?
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...radio-analyst-tim-ryan-lamar-jackson-comments