Black Player admits Caste System

[IceSpeed]

I am still not exactly sure what the Caste System
is, but I think this black player just acknowledged it. He also
was frustrated by the lack of black quarterbacks however.

Here is the site. Same Newspaper as before, Chicago Sun
Times. Could Mike Mulligan be a mainstream writer for "your
cause?".









<h2>Blake: NFL limited by ongoing color scheme </h2></font>


August 26, 2005</font>


BY MIKE MULLIGAN STAFF REPORTER

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When a group of
reporters looking for a feel-good story about advancements in race
relations approached Jeff Blake at the Super Bowl in January, they got
a reaction they weren't expecting. Blake, then a backup with the
Philadelphia Eagles, wasn't nearly as impressed by the fact that half
the quarterbacks on the Super Bowl teams were black -- Eagles starter
Donovan McNabb, New England Patriots reserve Rohan Davey and himself.
He was disturbed by the fact that only 17 of 96 quarterbacks in the
league last season were black.</font>











Blake, now the Bears'
third-string quarterback, said he has seen the numbers increase since
he came into the league 14 years ago, especially among starters, but he
believes the percentage of black quarterbacks -- and black coaches, for
that matter -- isn't nearly where it needs to be in reflecting the
racial breakdown of the league.</font>



What's interesting
about Blake's viewpoint is that he doesn't believe racism is behind the
numbers discrepancy. He says the problem is stereotyping, and it's a
problem that affects white players as well as black ones.</font>



"It's not about a black
or white thing,'' he said. "It's about stereotypes. I'm sure there are
white running backs that can come out here and be running backs. White
guys that can be receivers or defensive backs. They are a minority in
those positions [in the NFL].''</font>



Blake said his life
experience growing up in Austin, Texas, and playing high school
football against all-white teams has taught him that players of both
races are capable of playing at a high level at every position. And he
believes certain positions being filled by certain races is reflective
of decisions that are influenced by stereotypes and made by coaches,
scouts and maybe even the players themselves.</font>



"If you look at the
teams in Austin where I am from, the majority of teams are all white,''
Blake said. "Look at West Lake High School, where Drew Brees and all
those cats went. Their whole team is white. They probably have one
black guy on the whole team. That is a big-time football school in
Texas, and it has always been that way.</font>



"I know some white boys
that are fast, and they can play. I've seen some white boys play
basketball. I've seen white boys that can run track. Do you see them in
the NFL?''</font>



Talking about race
issues can be a minefield on which a single misstep makes the most
socially conscious observer sound like Al Campanis or Jimmy the Greek.
Blake, for one, is convinced that heredity and genetics are less
important than opportunity.</font>



He said he doesn't know
enough about basketball to discuss the fact that the only white players
to make the All-Star Game last season were foreign-born. He doesn't
know enough about baseball to discuss how White Sox outfielder Scott
Podsednik, who is white, leads the major leagues in stolen bases.</font>



But Blake does know
football -- and the history of quarterbacks in the NFL. He said it
amuses him that Charlie Ward won the Heisman Trophy at Florida State
but was deemed too small for the NFL.</font>



"He was too small for
the NFL, but he was big enough to play in the NBA?'' Blake said. "There
are plenty of good quarterbacks in black college football. They are
big, strong, they can throw, they are spontaneous and athletic, but
they never get invited to camp.</font>



"But [scouts] will go
to Division III schools or NAIA schools just to get guys in camp. There
will be some guy from Ithaca College or CW Post or some crazy school
getting to camp. These [black quarterbacks] just want to get into a
camp. If they don't make it, fine. But let them show what they can do.''</font>



Teams always take an
extra quarterback to training camp. The Bears brought two this year and
actually have six on the roster because they have yet to make an
official decision on Rex Grossman. That means there are currently 128
to 140 quarterbacks on active rosters. Only 27 are black, with about 20
considered to be good bets to stick on a roster.</font>



"It looks like it is
changing,'' Blake said, "but you have to look at the big picture, and
it's really not. But before you can have an equal share at quarterback,
you have to have an equal share of cornerbacks and running backs.</font>



"It's not about football, really. These are things we have to correct as a society.''</font>



Edited by: American

 

[JoeV]

Yeah this article has been pointed out numerous times on this board.