Friday, November 4, 2016

OJ is he black, or white? Neither "I'm OJ"

Many people had many different views on OJ and his trial, many people were angry or happy from the verdict. Most of the people that were mad were many white people in America, and the happy ones were mostly the black community in the US. Now from this verdict, you could see the reaction from the people and it seemed to be a great deal to black people at the time and many in America were cheering and crying o joy. Now why was this were they happy that OJ got off without convicted of 2 murders, or were they happy for another reason. The black community was not cheering for OJ, they were cheering that a black man was able to get a fair trial and finally be able to beat the system, because in America there has been many unfair trails with different races, but seem to be more consistent. Black people at first would see OJ as a great figure for people to look to, but then when he was open about having no connection with black people and didn't help support the movement of the civil rights movement when he was probably the biggest named college football player at the time. OJ was asked if he was black, he responded by saying that he is just OJ. Now this response is fine and I can get what he is saying, but this comment really sparked a bad vibe with the black community it was like a sense of OJ leaving black people, and didn't care about them. OJ really never did anything to help people that really hurt the black community, because he was such a big star. I think him being a star really did get to his head, and started getting to comfortable with where he was in life, and being surrounded by white people, who really didn't care about blacks at the time, and that got to his head so he started seeing himself as "one of them." What I mean by that is he really lost where he came from, a single black mother and worked her whole life to get him the best oppurtunities and growing up knowing that white people called him a thug not even knowing anything about him. OJ really settled to go and stay with the rich white people in America and he really thought that they saw him as one of them. He was very fucking wrong. Now this is where I can get a little angry with this subject is because I see this now with many athletes now a days too. OJ you were never "one of them", you are a black male in America. I know you don't identify as that but you are, because those same white people that are there when you are rich and famous are not gonna be there when you fuck up, they gonna say things like he just another negro in America. So now if he is not really with the white people and truly not supported by them when he is failing, and doesn't help blacks, then what is he? He is OJ. I think that is fine, because as a black male I think OJ is a coon and shouldn't even be black, his black card is revoked.

1 comment:

  1. I love and agree with the theory and idea that he was very wrong to try and settle with the people of white america. I think that is a great theory, because it is true when black athletes become famous, a majority of them no longer identify with their former community. I think it is sad, because they allow themselves to be corrupted by money and fame, until they fall in which the only people who accept them is usually their old community.

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