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“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey
Unless you have been under a rock the last few days, you should know that NBA player Gilbert Arenas has been suspended by the NBA for having unloaded guns in his locker at the arena where the Washington Wizards play in Washington D.C. What a STUPID THING TO DO.
Where is and was Gilbert’s brain at when he decided to do that? I cannot and will not make excuses for Arenas. Dude was flat out wrong. Yes NBA and NFL and MLB players are multi-millionaires with big cars and jewerly up the ying yang and yes they are targets.
Look at what happened to former boxing champion Vernon Forrest. He was with his kid at a Atlanta gas station and a cat tried to rob him. Forrest tried to run after him. He lost track of the guy and was shot and killed by the assailant.
There are plenty of other stories like this where guys with money where attacked at there homes or just trying to put gas in there car.
This IS NOT a excuse for Arenas having guns in his locker. Not at all. Again, he broke NBA rules and he has to pay for his actions. But having said that, athletes are targets. This is a fact. So the athletes have to learn better ways to protect themselves.
Finally, the above link is about Gilbert’s foundation he runs. Did you ever here about it? Have you heard about MLB player’s CeCe Sabathia and Chone Figgins and Torii Hunter’s foundations? Did you hear about big Shaq giving away thousands of turkeys at Thanksgiving? Did you hear about Racheed Wallace and his wife giving away thousands of Xmas trees for inner city families? Did you hear about Ron Artest and wife doing the same?
Most likely no. Because the media wants to beat up on people of color all the time with negative stories. Mainly men who are people of color. We are “thugs” and other negative names.
This is why I was among millions who was thrilled to death to see the election of President Obama. A VERY positive story. The first African American President of the United States. Every time I see him on TV I am proud.
I am tired of all the negative stories on people of color on sports radio stations like ESPN 710 and KJR here in Seattle. Two stations who have ZERO African Americans working at the stations in ANY CAPACITY!! None in sales, manangement, producers and over the air. This is a outrage when people of color dominate the sports world.
Yes Arenas was wrong. But I want to see more positive stories on African Americans and people of color here in the American media. One thing for sure, we will bring you the stories as much as we can.
Yes we will put a few folks of color on blast, but it will not be a normal routine here at “Music Inner City News Magazine”
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