Comments on: Injecting Race Into The Michael Vick Case http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/injecting-race-into-the-michael-vick-case/543/ Where the world comes to complain. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:55:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Matt http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/injecting-race-into-the-michael-vick-case/543/#comment-8256 Matt Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:36:42 +0000 http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/injecting-race-into-the-michael-vick-case/543/#comment-8256 Who are these "reporters" you quote. No one can know if they are reputable if we can't look up on them and actually see if they are as accomplished as you make them out to be. And Rodney King was beaten in the middle of the night. Just so you know. Who are these “reporters” you quote. No one can know if they are reputable if we can’t look up on them and actually see if they are as accomplished as you make them out to be. And Rodney King was beaten in the middle of the night. Just so you know.

]]> By: sportsdork http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/injecting-race-into-the-michael-vick-case/543/#comment-1017 sportsdork Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:05:49 +0000 http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/injecting-race-into-the-michael-vick-case/543/#comment-1017 One other argument I've heard is that this is "blown out of proportion" because it is Michael Vick and the media is looking to track the downfall of, arguably, the most exciting black athlete in current sport. Again, not so. Ask Paris Hilton about things that get "blown out of proportion". If you think Michael Vick pleading guilty to dog fighting seems like a big deal, how about if Peyton Manning were charged with such an inhumane crime? If anything, one wonders if this whole thing is somehow less traumatic because Mike is black and as others have said, has street credibility Kobe only wishes he could have, so something like this can be written off as "I'm not surprised". One other argument I’ve heard is that this is “blown out of proportion” because it is Michael Vick and the media is looking to track the downfall of, arguably, the most exciting black athlete in current sport.

Again, not so. Ask Paris Hilton about things that get “blown out of proportion”.

If you think Michael Vick pleading guilty to dog fighting seems like a big deal, how about if Peyton Manning were charged with such an inhumane crime?

If anything, one wonders if this whole thing is somehow less traumatic because Mike is black and as others have said, has street credibility Kobe only wishes he could have, so something like this can be written off as “I’m not surprised”.

]]> By: morecoffee http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/injecting-race-into-the-michael-vick-case/543/#comment-1014 morecoffee Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:33:37 +0000 http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/injecting-race-into-the-michael-vick-case/543/#comment-1014 No matter what race you are, I think the LARGE majority of people (in this country and many others) are disgusted by dog fighting, and for many of them, the Vick incident was the first time they really thought much about it. I bet the next person who admits to participating in it (on the level Vick has admitted to, like electrocuting the weak ones) will not be judged as harshly as Vick, nor receive as harsh a sentence, nor be such a pariah. That's just the way it goes. It's like how the older brother gets all the harsh punishements and the younger brother does the exact thing and the parents don't even care. Oh wait, I didn't mean to suggest that Marcus would be following in his big brothers footsteps..... (isn't it ironic that Marcus now looks like the "good brother") You implied that the pundits and reporters are NOT speaking for the black people of this country. You may not turn out to be correct on this. It will be interesting to see. Nevertheless, I really don't think this is about race and injecting race into it is disgusting. Unfortunately that's how the entertainment industry, ooops I meant news programs, operates. With respect to this incident, I think that what I said at the beginning of this comment is really the reason Vick was judged so harshly, and others who come after him - black, white, latino, whatever - won't be. No matter what race you are, I think the LARGE majority of people (in this country and many others) are disgusted by dog fighting, and for many of them, the Vick incident was the first time they really thought much about it. I bet the next person who admits to participating in it (on the level Vick has admitted to, like electrocuting the weak ones) will not be judged as harshly as Vick, nor receive as harsh a sentence, nor be such a pariah. That’s just the way it goes.

It’s like how the older brother gets all the harsh punishements and the younger brother does the exact thing and the parents don’t even care. Oh wait, I didn’t mean to suggest that Marcus would be following in his big brothers footsteps….. (isn’t it ironic that Marcus now looks like the “good brother”)

You implied that the pundits and reporters are NOT speaking for the black people of this country. You may not turn out to be correct on this. It will be interesting to see.

Nevertheless, I really don’t think this is about race and injecting race into it is disgusting. Unfortunately that’s how the entertainment industry, ooops I meant news programs, operates. With respect to this incident, I think that what I said at the beginning of this comment is really the reason Vick was judged so harshly, and others who come after him - black, white, latino, whatever - won’t be.

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