Man this one hurts and it hurts bad. I'm a lifelong Steelers fan but as a kid growing up in the 70s OJ Simpson was the first individual sports hero most of us had. I remember what I had to eat the day he retired as a 9 year old back in 1979. I remember shopping for school clothes as a kid and having my dad buy a shirt with O.J's number and colors on it. This is bad but we all have to meet the end at some point. R.I.P Juice.
I was in elementary school, even the white teachers couldn't hide their racism on that day.
With that said is there a difference between O.J and Michael Jordan?So, decided to re-watch OJ:Made in America and the first hour of the show talks about race relations in the mid to late 60s.
OJ wanted nothing to do w/ all the Black athletes willing to risk it all to stand up for Black people in America. Jim Brown, Kareem, Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Ali, and many more!
It is what is and I'm not like those overly bitter cacs cheering cause he died, but I'm certainly not upset in the least that he passed.
Just wish OJ was more civic minded when it mattered. IMO, he only used Black people cause he had no other choice.
His winning that trail was more of a win for Black America. Just wish it was a victory for a person more deserving than OJ at the time.
With that said is there a difference between O.J and Michael Jordan?
The NEW MEDIA is taking over ESPN. You paint this BS Narrative around OJ and don't mention anything about how great he was in football....It's sad when I turn on the Fantasy Football Station on XM and no one is talking about his off the field stuff.....People saying how great he was and arguable one of the top 5 RBs the NFL ever saw....
I see what you did sir using the word slash. Mighty distasteful..if I was PC I would say he sliced and diced through the defense. We must use our words respectively and responsible black people. OJ was a cut above most running backs.OJ simpson OFFICIALLY CROSSED OVER TO PALEFACE WORLD is when he did the GREATEST COON COMMERCIAL OF ALL TIME,
THE HERTZ, SIR YOU FORGOT YO BRIEFCASE commercial.....decades later we get jerry rice in a chicken suit... yeah oj set the stage for
that shit.
BUT you cant deny he was a BEAST on the field one of the most graceful runners to ever do it, Only Gayle Sayers and Eric Dickerson ran
with that graceful SLASH better!!!
Agreed. Dear White people…..this subject y’all need to just leave alone and go to another thread.CACs should not be in this thread making comments