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Old 11-18-2010, 04:48 PM   #2172
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I think it has more to do with that he was a quarterback and such a big star at the time more than anything. I know who would like to believe race doesn't play a factor, but this is a nation where 35% of the population thought Obama was a Kenyan and Muslim.
I think it had everything to do with the fact he was a quarterback, a good one at that, or back then, at least a dynamic, exciting player that was always talked about.

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Also the nation where 79% of African-Americans voted for Barack Obama just because he was African-American.
Yeah, as far as that goes, it goes both ways. Unfortunately there are a number of things that will be effected along racial lines for generations to come because of the culture fostered through this nation's development.

Regardless, race doesn't really have anything to do with this situation. Black quarterbacks may have been heavily scrutinized 20 or 30 years ago, but not today.
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