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OT: Penn State Alum Letter To Dreadlocked Player

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jackbenimble71 said:
if she was born in Africa and then moved to America and became a citizen, then yes, she is a an African-American.
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Actually, that comes under Nationality. Forms, passports, etc. always clarify Nationality and race. So someone like her would be a Caucasian, with South African Nationality. African American is a category under race..
 
TheMatador said:
I had a friend, a blonde woman from Capetown, who called herself an African-American. More as a joke. Incidentally, she lived with a Black guy for a while and loved Mandela.

But what was she other than an African? And since she was going to apply for citizenship here, she aspired to be an American.

By the way, I see guys around with those locks that seem to be 2-3 feet long. Aren't they a lot of work?
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Sounds like the religion I was raised in, jehovahs witnesses think beards or long hair is bad lol. You must be clean cut.

Well....I use religion loosely, more like a cult.
 
Was there an era I missed where people mailed letters to players? Where do you even send a letter to reach an individual player? That's just weird as sh-t to me.
 
pacusmc said:
Why did he single out s black player?
I’m sure pedophile state has white dudes with long hair as well. But he went out of his way to single out a dude with dreadlocks. If he was concerned about “clean cut” he should’ve wrote a letter to the coach or the AD. Don’t know if you white or black. But in today’s politically divisive climate we are quick to either call something racist or victim mentality.
Yes plenty of crazy extreme talk of any little thing being racist. But also a lot of quick lashing out of someone playing the victim or race card.
I think the dude who wrote the letter is racist and doesn’t know it. The reason is their are levels of racism.
To a some non black persons being racist means not wanting to be friends with or work or live next to a black person. But there are levels and degrees of it.
So while this person likely doesn’t wear a white robe; he took the time and energy to write to a black player to change his style of hair because according to his standard he shouldn’t have that. But didn’t point out any white players with long hair. The reason is that men with long hair has been around since the 60’s and 50 years later it is socially acceptable. But a black man with dreads for some reason isn’t.
As a former Marine I understand grooming standards that are placed on everyone when they voluntarily join an organization. Take the Yankees for example in sports. No one is calling them racist cause it’s applies to everyone on the team. Also I’ll shave my eyebrows if they want me to for the money they pay out.
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I'm a former Marine as well and if someone wrote me this letter I would have balled it up and thrown it in the trash and not thought about it for another second.

I'm willing to bet this player is the only one on penn state with long hair too. That's not singling out a black guy and being racist. Its hairist.
 
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So there's a jackass out there who feels the need to express his opinion about how others should act. First I've heard of such a thing.
 
kyle_schick said:
I'm a former Marine as well and if someone wrote me this letter I would have balled it up and thrown it in the trash and not thought about it for another second.

I'm willing to bet this player is the only one on penn state with long hair too. That's not singling out a black guy and being racist. Its hairist.
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Let’s get Paul Mitchell on this ASAP!
 
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DC Child *** Predator: Okay

Dreadlocks: Not Okay.

I wouldn't **** on fire to put it out if a PSU fan was engulfed in flames.
 
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