Hello World! I am back after a long hiatus, and I am fiercer than ever. First off, an article care of AOL's Black Voices message boards:
Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder has reportedly admitted he didn't know people spoke English in London.
Miami Dolphin Channing Crowder
The NFL player might want to check a map before he gets on board a plane for Sunday's prestige game against the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium.
Crowder, from Atlanta, may be praised on the field, but confessed geography was not his strong point.
He admitted he didn't know until Tuesday where London was - or that they spoke English.
"I couldn't find London on a map if they didn't have the names of the countries," he said.
"I swear to God. I don't know what nothing is. I know Italy looks like a boot. I learned that.
"I know [Washington Redskins linebacker] London Fletcher. We did a football camp together. So I know him.
"That's the closest thing I know to London. He's black, so I'm sure he's not from London. I'm sure that's a coincidental name."
The Miami Dolphins will play New York Giants at Wembley this Sunday in the first NFL regular-season game to be played outside the USA.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1290248,00.html?f=rss
As someone said, I am sorry that it had to be a brother (double SMH!)! And even worse, he is from the South. Now while I know that many people from the South are smart, Crowder certainly isn't helping change THAT stereotype! He not only makes Blacks and Southerners look bad but also Americans in general. British people as well as other Europeans are going to read this and think,"See, I KNEW that Americans were this dumb!" And I think that SKY news talked to this man because they had a feeling he was going to say something ignant like this. What a dummy.
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2 comments:
Channing is a pretty smart guy, scored a 30 on the Wonderlic (the test the NFL makes all incoming players take). That's very good.
he was just joking around with the media
Hi Mike,
First off, I would like to thank you for making a comment. Secondly, I will take your word for it that Channing is smart, but if you did not tell me a/b the NFL exam, then I would have gone on thinking the same way a/b him. Nonetheless, I don't think it was wise for him to say those comments because a lot of people neither know nor care what he got on the NFL test. On the blog that I found this article from, people were so quick to write Channing off as the dumb African-American jock. He may be smart with sports, but he really should have the common sense to watch what he says. British people don't know much of anything a/b football, but they do know the stereotypes a/b the "dumb American" or the "dumb Black person," and from those stereotypes, they will think that is how all Americans/Blacks/jocks think.
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