Is Racism the Reason?

 An excerpt from Deadspin - 

Racism is Why Your Favorite Team Might Have Drafted a Sorry White Quarterback

By Carron J. Phillips

This is not a story about Black quarterbacks.

It’s a story about how your favorite team may have a mediocre, on his best day, white quarterback because your general manager drafted him over the really good Black quarterback you could have had.

Life is all about decisions.

When Deshaun Watson signed his four-year, $177.54 million deal on Saturday, with over $111 million guaranteed, it meant that, for now, no one in the NFL will make more than him over the next four years.

That led to Field Yates dropping these staggering numbers in this tweet.

The highest-paid QB in the NFL on average money per new year:
1. Patrick Mahomes: $45M
2. Deshaun Watson: $39M
3. Russell Wilson: $35M
4. Ben Roethlisberger: $34M
T-5. Aaron Rodgers: $33.5M
T-5. Jared Goff: $33.5M

Due to be paid soon QBs include: Lamar Jackson & Dak Prescott.

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 5, 2020

Of the six highest-paid quarterbacks on average money per year, the top three are all Black, and the list doesn’t even include the large paydays that Lamar Jackson and Dak Prescott are headed for.

But this isn’t about the Haves. It’s about the Have Nots.

Here’s a look at some of the franchises that blew it all because they wanted basic white guys to lead their teams instead of the Black quarterbacks that are rolling in the dough.

https://deadspin.com/racism-is-why-your-favorite-team-might-have-drafted-a-s-1844970698

Black-Owned Bulletproof Vests

 From Black Enterprise - 

BLACK-OWNED LINE OF BULLETPROOF VESTS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN SEES 400% INCREASE IN SALES

by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors

Thyk Skynn, a Black-owned line of fashionable bulletproof vests for men, women, and children, has seen a nearly 400 percent increase in sales over the past few weeks as Americans continue to grow concerned about their protection from police shootings and other random acts of violence.

Mike Tyree, the founder and CEO of Thyk Skynn, was a police officer in the city of Atlanta for 9 years. He says he left his career and decided to start the business to give innocent people a safe way to peacefully protect themselves.

https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-owned-line-of-bulletproof-vests-for-adults-and-children-sees-400-increase-in-sales/

For more information about Thyk Skynn, visit www.thykskynn.com or follow the brand on Instagram @ThykSkynn

Young, Black, and Rich

From Women's Health Magazine - 

'Black Girl Sunscreen' Founder Shontay Lundy Became A Self-Made Millionaire By Taking Risks.  But she doesn’t do 7 a.m. meetings.

BY SHONTAY LUNDY, AS TOLD TO ALEXIS JONES

I'm Shontay Lundy, the founder of Black Girl Sunscreen, and I'm a millionaire—a title I never considered possible for myself.

I was born in the small town of Newburgh, New York. Today, it's one of those places that people from the city migrate to because you get more for your dollar. And it's undergoing gentrification. But when I was a kid in the 1980s, there was a lot of drug use and limited job opportunities in my hometown. If you were really doing something for yourself, you were taking the metro to Manhattan to work a better-paying 9-to-5.

I grew up having to work for whatever I wanted. I was raised part-time by my grandparents (my parents were both in the military). Eventually, I became the oldest of six kids, though the only child between the two of my parents. My mom and dad divorced and had children with their new spouses after they both came out of the service. Our age gaps span from a year and a half to 13 years.

Now, when I think about the meaning of leadership as a company founder, I realize this experience really groomed me from a young age to lead by example. I wasn't afraid to be the first or take risks.

I got my first real job running a paper route at 15 years old. I took pride in it. I'd get up at 4 a.m. every day and make sure the paper arrived at my customers' homes dry and secure. This job paid for things my parents or grandparents couldn't afford—like a landline for my room. But it wasn't part of my career goals.

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a33758806/millionaire-shontay-lundy-black-girl-sunscreen/

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Dog Goes to School

rudy goes to doggy school every day on a bus and he loves it
(jukin copyright management) pic.twitter.com/SuIO0I6XMT

— Humor And Animals (@humorandanimals) September 10, 2020

 

A Powerful Message

 From David Brooks - 

“It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral — whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable of deep love? We all know that the eulogy virtues are more important than the résumé ones. But our culture and our educational systems spend more time teaching the skills and strategies you need for career success than the qualities you need to radiate that sort of inner light. Many of us are clearer on how to build an external career than on how to build inner character.”

― David Brooks, The Road to Character

BREAKING NEWS: The@MiamiDolphins players will stay inside for both national anthems. They express their discontentment with what they call “fluff and empty gestures” by the @NFL pic.twitter.com/ghUktHhPt9

— Jay Williams (@RealJayWilliams) September 10, 2020

 

funny monkey telling secrets @memes

When Hispanic Families visit you at the Hospital. �� #TeamLeJuan

A SIMPLE explanation of the Simple Hybrid Model.

Chadwick Boseman

 https://hypebeast.com/2020/9/marvel-chadwick-boseman-official-tribute-art-black-panther-2-potential-recasting

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Famous Recipes

 From the Food Network - 

Copy That! Secret Restaurant Recipes

Make your favorite chain restaurant dishes at home with these copycat recipes, created by Food Network Magazine.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/photos/copy-that-secret-restaurant-recipes

A Class Act

This is the first message Chadwick Boseman sent to my son in 2017. He had already been diagnosed with colon cancer, unknown to anyone. Amazing. 🙏🏾💜✊🏾😭 pic.twitter.com/2Tb4V2O8bN

— Brian Hammond (@_Bro_Hamm_) August 29, 2020

Hanging Tree Guitars

 From the Bitter Southerner - 

Freeman Vines: Hanging Tree Guitars

https://bsgeneralstore.com/products/hanging-tree-guitars?utm_source=The+Bitter+News&utm_campaign=d78a45fc20-2020_09_01_HOUSE_THAT_CARVING_BUILT&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8269ec3593-d78a45fc20-92175213&goal=0_8269ec3593-d78a45fc20-92175213&mc_cid=d78a45fc20&mc_eid=0b6dd8ed2d

How to Vote in Every State

 From Slate - 

The Best Way to Vote in Every State

An extremely comprehensive guide to making sure your ballot gets counted, no matter where in America you live.

By MOLLY OLMSTEAD and MARK JOSEPH STERN

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/2020-voting-guide.html

The Marines Have a Problem

 An excerpt from the NY Times - 

The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color

A respected, combat-tested Black colonel has been passed over three times for promotion to brigadier general. What does his fate say about the Corps?

By Helene Cooper

WASHINGTON — All things being equal, Col. Anthony Henderson has the military background that the Marine Corps says it prizes in a general: multiple combat tours, leadership experience and the respect of those he commanded and most who commanded him.

Yet three times he has been passed over for brigadier general, a prominent one-star rank that would put Colonel Henderson on the path to the top tier of Marine Corps leadership. Last year, the Navy secretary, Richard V. Spencer, even added a handwritten recommendation to Colonel Henderson’s candidacy: “Eminently qualified Marine we need now as BG,” he wrote.

But never in its history has the Marine Corps had anyone other than a white man in its most senior leadership posts. Colonel Henderson is Black.

“Tony Henderson has done everything you could do in the Marines except get a hand salute from Jesus Christ himself,” said Milton D. Whitfield Sr., a former Marine gunnery sergeant who served for 21 years.

Proud and fierce in their identity, the Marines have a singular race problem that critics say is rooted in decades of resistance to change. As the nation reels this summer from protests challenging centuries-long perceptions of race, the Marines — who have long cultivated a reputation as the United States’ strongest fighting force — remain an institution where a handful of white men rule over 185,000 white, African-American, Hispanic and Asian men and women.

“It took an act of Congress last year to get them to integrate by gender at the platoon level,” said Representative Anthony G. Brown, Democrat of Maryland and a former Army helicopter pilot. “And now they continue to hold onto that 1950s vision of who Marines are.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/us/politics/marines-race-general.html

Mama Said

An excerpt from Bored Panda - 

Indian Mom Goes Viral After Son Convinces Her To Put Her Worldly Wisdom On Signs And Share It On IG (30 Pics) 

By Jonas Grinevičius and Ilona Baliūnaitė

The world really needs more heartwarming people like Poonam Sapra and her son Pranav. Especially in 2020. Together, the mother-son duo from India runs the ‘Mother With Sign’ Instagram page. They post photos of Poonam holding up signs with wholesome, relatable, and humorous motherly advice for living a good, healthy, and happy life.

They started the page 8 months ago and, since then, they’ve gained a whopping 108k followers. What’s more, they even got the attention of the Humans of Bombay IG account that has over 1.1 million avid fans. Poonam and Pranav’s content is nearly universal because the world’s filled with moms who constantly give out helpful advice.

https://www.boredpanda.com/mother-with-sign-poonam-sapra/

 

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