“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

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Ladies and gentlemen with the election of Donald Trump as your President (not mine), it shows the African American community that racism is alive and well in America and we are living in a VERY VERY divided country sorry to say.

Well another form of racism happened this week. As sports fan know, our Seattle Seahawks played the Bills on MNF on ESPN. It was great game for once. Near the end of the game Seahawks Richard Sherman was involved in a play where he rushed in to try block a FG try by Bills kicker Dan Carpenter. There was a problem.

It is for sure Sherman jumped off sides in his rush to block the kick by Carpenter. Some say Sherman play was “dirty” and that he went for Carpenters knees. Here is where things went real downhill. Because Dan Carpenter’s lady, Kaela Carpenter decided to get on Twitter and leave one of the most racist tweets I have seen.

You see the pic here that made part of her tweet. Basically saying Richard Sherman should be lynched and he is ANIMAL. When I saw her tweet I just could understand WHY she would make a tweet like this.

Yes I can understand her supporting her man, but she stepped WAY WAY over the line into flat out and pure racism. Her tweet kaela-carpenter-tweetshows me again that racism is alive and well in America. At first Sherman took the high road, but after he saw the support he obtained from many people he decided to make his feelings heard.

He for sure made his feelings heard after Kaela Carpenter went online again on Twitter and TRIED to say what her racist tweet was really about. She failed big time in her explanation. This is for sure readers.

She said the following:

My attempt at humor during a heated and highly controversial NFL game has not been received the way I intended. When I saw the out of control nature of the events that happened on the field, I jokingly wanted to relate it to life on the farm, where I grew up, and how it would have been handled there. Unfortunately, I did not realize that a tone of racism would dominate the response to what I intended to be a lighthearted defense of my husand. Regardless of the narrative that has been attached to my post, it has never intended to be related to race, or the disgusting hatred that creates the basis for racism.”

SAY WHAT? Did she really use the word “jokingly” in her so called “apology”. And she bring up “life on the farm” GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK KAELA!! She does not realize the extreme racism she threw down with the pic she made part of her tweet relating the pic to the castrating of black men as punishment that happened to black men during Jim Crow days.

SHE SHOULD HAVE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING BEFORE SHE MADE THAT TWEET!!! PERIOD!!! Kaela Carpenter needs to make a REAL APOLOGY IMMEDIATELY to Richard Sherman and the African American community.

Sherman said her so called apology is “BS” HE IS 100% RIGHT!! And he also said folks hide behind there PC’s and make tweets and say negative things that they would NOT say in folks face. That is real talk. You see Sherman is a real brotha from the Compton who by the way has a hairstyle many white folks do not like. This brotha is from a family that had a mom and dad in the household. He also went to Stanford and has NEVER been in trouble with the law. By the way I have met Sherman’s mom and dad this past summer at Sherman’s celebrity softball game.

He has this game every year to help kids though the Richard Sherman Foundation. Which is doing great things in the community but Kaela Carpenter decided to take the very very low road in defense of her husband with that racist tweet and her non apology.

So as I said readers, the racist tweet by Kaela Carpenter and the election of Donald Trump shows racism is alive and well in American readers and it is very sad.

Finally, I am deeply disappointed in a fella named Tony Softli who is a African American and a former executive in the NFL. He is currently on the payroll of sports radio KJR here in Seattle. A station I have spoke out about for years for their lack of exclusion of African Americans as regular hosts. It is still a problem. The station has only had ONE regular host that was African American in it’s more than 25 years on the air, Jerry Brewer.

Softli is on the air from time to time on KJR to discuss the Seahawks and the NFL. I had built up respect for him because of his knowledge of the game of football and the NFL. But my respect if gone now. When I first saw the racist pic by Kaela Carpenter I was SHOCKED! I just did not believe anyone would do such a thing. The first person I thought about calling was Tony.

Well that was a huge mistake. I knew he would be on KJR regular host Chuck Powell’s program to discuss the Bills-Seahawks Monday night game and the play by Sherman would be discussed. I told Softli about the tweet by Carpenter. I thought he would be shocked as black man like I was. I WAS WRONG!! Softly asked me “Why are you telling me this”? When he asked me that I was speechless. I asked Softli if he would discuss the tweet by Carpenter on the air. He said he would not unless Powell brought it up on the air. I was very very shocked and disappointed in Softli.

Tony then basically rushed me off the phone and then HUNG UP IN MY FACE!!! Let me repeat…HUNG UP IN MY FACE!! This is a African American who I tried to have a discussion with about this tweet by Carpenter and put me off the phone and asked me why I am calling him!!

In my opinion, Tony Softli forgot he is a black man in racist America. To me this cat was worried about staying on the payroll at KJR. Pure and simple. BUT readers, other sports jocks on KJR and the rival 710 ESPN who happen to be white brought up the racist tweet by the kicker of the Bills wife. BUT the black man Tony Softli just brushed it off like it did not happen.

Also Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman on ESPN “First Take” discussed Carpenter’s tweet two days in a row. Colin Cowherd discussed it also two days in a row on FS1. “NFL Live” on ESPN discussed it. And of course it was discussed all over the internet on sports sites. BUT Tony Softli decided to show a no care attitude and just moved on and hung up on me.

His actions are basically just like Gee Scott on 710 ESPN here in Seattle. A African American who is afraid to talk race on the air and the question is why? And by the way, Scott would not be on the air on 710 if not for me speaking with GM Dave Pridemore and PD Mike Salk regarding having a African American on the air on a regular basis.

I sent a text at 710 about a issue and Scott CALLED ME EVERY NAME ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. And not only that, put a block on me on Facebook, Twitter and email!! Yes this AFRICAN AMERICAN did that to me. A PERSON WHO SPOKE OUT SO HE CAN NOW HAVE HIS OWN PROGRAM, HAVE A NICE PAYCEHCK ETC. Gee Scott was washing feakin cars and doing a podcast online before he was hired. This cat HAS TOTALLY FORGOT HOW HE GOT HIRED!!!! AND WHO HELPED HIM GET HIRED!!!

So it seems in my opinion, Tony Softli and Gee Scott have forgot they a black man in racist America. Look at the new President, look at the tweet by Kaela Carpenter for instance. Look at the stance by QB and former guest on “”M.I.C-TV” Colin Kaepernick ladies and gentlemen. YES… Tony and Gee, racism is alive and well in American. Hey ask Richard Sherman!!

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