Colin Kaepernick Didn't Think He'd Beat Newton To Super Bowl, He Says At Media Day (USA Today)

[Navy_football]

Hesitate to even get into this conversation, but I know a number of dark-skinned Americans with light skinned siblings - and yes they have the same parents.

Complexion has little to do with the percentage of white or black some one is.

[BigSyke]

^^ well true but if you go down the line that family has white in them......genes can skip like that. kids dont always inherit the same disease their parents have and then sometimes they do.

[footballisasport]

well lighter skinned blacks tend to be more famous to me??? especially on the woman side.... like most of the lighter blacks was house servants and slave owners wouldnt go as far(hurting) with them compared to a darker slave because alot of times they were kin to them.

remember now that racism became a little of a no no in america...so i guess alot of racist switched from hes a "oh no hes mixed with black" to "well at least he has some white in him.....so maybe hes better than the pure black guy..."

just like i was on a forum one day and a racist guy claimed that all the black scientist who had made great contributions to america were mixed with white or of lighter skinned...meaning they smarter than pure africans....

idk maybe im wrong but it seems like that to me sometimes.

Education goes a long way to stump out ignorance, in my opinion.

Anyway, the media is already deminishing Colin's success by stating that he didn't start the season as a QB. They are, in a sense, still making the subtle argument that a black QB cannot win an SB as a starting QB, just incase he does win. And if he doesn't complete the task by winning tonight, the push for Alex to get back his starting job back next season will begin. Funny thing, how much hype did the meda make over The Golden Calf of Bristol with the Broncos despite coming off the bench and only winning 4 games during the season? Can you imagine if The Golden Calf of Bristol had taken the Broncos to the SB like Collin did with the 489ers. He might be on Mount Rushmore by now.

The reality vs. fantasy of the race component in this country.