that guy in the gym!!

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Ditto. As a white person I`m almost offended by this idiot. Heck, think of all the blacks living in Africa that can`t even get food on the table, Acazores, would you like to switch places with them? Probalby not! Be proud of who you are and the folk that made you and just make the best of it.
I played basketball, but instead of bitching about not being 7" tall and black I started lifting weights and playing football. You just have to find your niche.

Something to think about: when black slaves were brought to America, only the strongest, healthiest and most muscular ones were taken. They then interbred with each other, and with some whites. The blacks living in America is therefor kinda of like the physical "super-specimens" of the black race.
What do you think would happened if you took a bunch of people like Arnold and Dorian Yates and seperated them on an island for hundreds of years along with the fittest tennis bunnies in the world (like ms. Kornikova)?
I bet you`d have an island with some pretty amazing white body builders and tennis players after a couple of hundred years.
Also, blacks have a tendency to try and find a living through sports more often than whites, at least in America. Who`s to say that some geeky white accountant haven`t got the genes of a muscle GOD hidden somewhere in that skinny body?

I don't know the dude well enough being a newbie, so I best be careful, but I think his comment was intended to be innocent. The press is so "correct" all the time, looking for folks to crucify with the slightest off color comment so to speak I think things have gotten ridiculous. You can't even have an open discussion about race issues anymore. I don't frankly think you can find anyone that is black or white that is not prejudice to some degree, why can't we just admit it to ourselves. I don't mean we are proclaimed racists; my point is no one is as pure as he thinks he is in his ideas and the conclusions he draws.

There is an awesome black pastor here in Pittsburgh, I really enjoy hearing him speak, he can make any of us look "silly" with his wit and humor. Here is a short segment from one of his little stories, in the middle of a sermon; I am not going to use quotes since I am paraphrasing:

I grew up in a mixed school. When I was in Junior high I knew no one could beat up a black dude. After all, look at of the famous fighters from back then, the scene has changed now, but back then, every big name, every winner was black. I just understood all that, so I wasn't afraid, no white could touch me. So one day I was in the men's room with a very big white dude, he had a reputation, and no one messed with him. Well, somehow one thing led to another and words were going between us. Well.... he grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and threw me against the wall, pinned me there with one hand and said, " I could kill you right here and now!" All of a sudden my whole doctrine and everything I understood went right out the window! Fortunately I escaped that incident unscathed

Very cool man, I have great respect for, By the way, he is in his 60's not sure if he lifts, but his a very big very impressive man of natural stature too.