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Originally posted by wisref2
Don't be too hard on the coach, here. It seems he's honestly looking to learn. Personally, I think he's being a little tough on himself, but the incident obviously bothered him and he's looking for a better way to handle it in the future. And it takes guts to make the "act white" comment. Being from a white, middle class, upper Midwest area - I'm in no position to argue the point - but he's not the first to talk about the attitude (Bill Cosby and other black leaders have also been talking about it for a couple of years).
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Since when did Bill Cosby become the voice of the Black community? I hope you do not think because Cosby had a TV show with a Black family that gives him some credibility that trumps those that deal with regular Black people on a day to day basis. You need to listen to many people in the Black community that disagreed with him.
In my area Thanksgiving (this season) there was a white kid from a private school that cursed out his coach and refused to come off the floor and go into the game during a tournament. In the fall out the coach resigned and the kid was only suspended for 2 games by the school. Now that sounds like attitude to me and there were no people of color involved in that story. So I am not sure this "attitude" you talk about has anything to do with some Black kids in a violent area in a specific way.
Peace