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Would Have Became A Politician Had He Not Been Athletically Gifted?

posted 3 years ago by KingsRule (894)
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He strikes me as being in the mould of a modern day politician.

I'm not giving up on his football career. If not a player, as a general manager or color commentator.

um, I think you'd better give up on his football career. He lost his starting job for a reason, and it wasn't because he's half-black.

As for general manager, well he's got no experience there. I haven't heard him speak, so I can't offer an opinion on his color-commentator qualifications. He's got the "color" part down, or at least knows how to play the part of a victim anyway, despite being a multi-millionaire in that elite and evil "top 1%" that liberals usually despise for not "paying their fair share".

The "not paying their fair share" only applies to White Republicans though. The rest get a free pass on criticism.

[–] davebuffalo (3096) a year ago

Obama made it with absolutely zero experience or credibility. As long as you're "bi-racial" looking (i.e. Light-skinned black), you'll be accepted in politics.

If you look or sound too much like Jesse Jackson et al, you don't stand a chance.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) a year ago

Obama made it over Jesse Jackson, because Obama didn't give off any militant vibes. He was and is a moderate.

That said, I don't deny that colourism is an issue in most walks of like, including politics.

[–] elcamino (15540) a year ago

Black is a dead population in getting into politics. Latinos is the growing voters population.
Between 2010 and 2021, the Hispanic/Latino population had the most growth increasing by 11.9 million from 50.7 million in 2010 to 62.6 million in 2021