bigwhitehorse
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I dont follow high school football very closely, but did notice a trend in my area. The majority of highschools feature all white or nearly all white teams. That is until the last 5 years or so. Now it seems each school must feature a black at tailback. No big deal one would think, its happening all over andI guessI knew soon enough it would happen in my little neck of the woods. But what unfolded thisseason really made me sick.
Last year one of the big schools in the area went unbeaten in league play and made it deep into the state tournement.Many of this teamsopponents had the token black tailback, yet this team dominated with a solid white back.Solid would be an understatement. This kid is 6'4' 230 lbs and ran the ball up and down the field at will. Heeasily went over 1,000 yards, was named all state. He was a local favorite with the media and was the top returning player in the area, if not the state. This team was picked to win the conference crown again this year, led by their returning star at tailback.
Enter the caste-system. Theteam decides to keep pace with other teams in the area. This returning all-state tailback is now delegated to blocking back. The team has one loss on the season and has earned a share of the conference title(they won it last year outright).They dominate with an overpowering line and give their new scat-back, who is a junior, 20-30 carries a game.Local mediaproudly crowns this new black kid "king of the grid-iron." What about the returning all-state tailback? Quietly dismissed as being less athletic, nothing is said of him anymore. He gets a few goal line and short yardage carries. They worshiped him a year ago. Even smalltown america is being disgraced by the caste-system now days.
What if the roles were reversed? What if the returning all-state black back was moved to fullback for a white junior? All hell would break loose. Racism would be hollered from the rooftops, probably by both blacks and whites. It would be HUGE news. Truley disgusting
Edited by: bigwhitehorse
Last year one of the big schools in the area went unbeaten in league play and made it deep into the state tournement.Many of this teamsopponents had the token black tailback, yet this team dominated with a solid white back.Solid would be an understatement. This kid is 6'4' 230 lbs and ran the ball up and down the field at will. Heeasily went over 1,000 yards, was named all state. He was a local favorite with the media and was the top returning player in the area, if not the state. This team was picked to win the conference crown again this year, led by their returning star at tailback.
Enter the caste-system. Theteam decides to keep pace with other teams in the area. This returning all-state tailback is now delegated to blocking back. The team has one loss on the season and has earned a share of the conference title(they won it last year outright).They dominate with an overpowering line and give their new scat-back, who is a junior, 20-30 carries a game.Local mediaproudly crowns this new black kid "king of the grid-iron." What about the returning all-state tailback? Quietly dismissed as being less athletic, nothing is said of him anymore. He gets a few goal line and short yardage carries. They worshiped him a year ago. Even smalltown america is being disgraced by the caste-system now days.
What if the roles were reversed? What if the returning all-state black back was moved to fullback for a white junior? All hell would break loose. Racism would be hollered from the rooftops, probably by both blacks and whites. It would be HUGE news. Truley disgusting
