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Originally Posted by Ubeja Vontell
So why this.....
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress of stage and screen, professional singer-songwriter, and comedian. She is best known for her role as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first Oscar won by a black entertainer.
Why do we need to be told she was the first anything....well?
Ernest Davis (December 14, 1939 – May 18, 1963) was an American football player, a halfback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1961 and was its first African-American recipient.
So why do we care if he was the first African American....right?
How about this....
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They were firsts. Breakthroughs into a world where African-Americans previously weren't allowed.
Talking about a "black" NFL QB now? Ridiculous. There have been hundreds. There have been great ones, good ones, average ones, shitty ones, completely incompetent busts, etc.
What now makes mention of it more redeeming? Because there are more good ones now than there has been in the past?
At what point are you satiated? When they are all black? Would that make it somehow a greater accomplishment?
I really don't understand why you're pushing on this. What's the agenda? You are devoid of any substance here other than reciting Google results of the past. Why does it matter? Perhaps that's the biggest question. And, why does it matter to you?