[QUOTE]Originally posted by Salience:
OKAY THAT IS IT!! This has pushed a damn button- pardon my French.
Why are you all proud of him? Because he is a man of color? What does that mean for us as a people? He's not Black. I could still support him, as a person of color, except for the fact that he has REPEATEDLY made disparaging remarks about Black men. He has been quoted in EM and Esquire- I've read both articles.
So, anyone that full of self hatred has been voted out by my one-woman tribal council.
So what's the obsession?
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Ok, this doesn't happen much...but I am speechless! First off, I was and STILL am proud of Tiger, as a young man of color.(I believe that's how I worded it in my post). No post on Greekchat.com or words from any magazine will make me feel otherwise. I have not heard of any "disparaging remarks" made by Tiger, so it would be quite foolish of me to even try to make comments on them. What I did hear was something to the effect of he doesn't consider himself an African American because by doing that he will be denying who his mother is and that side of his family. He's entitled to feel that way. Now, I know I do not need to explain this to you (or Tiger) but *Newsflash* The Boy Is Black! His daddy black, and so is he! He is a young man of color who has done something no other man his age, white or black, has managed to do. So, PLEASE let's not rain on this man's parade. I respect your feelings Salience, don't get me wrong, but I'm just trying to show the man some love here. Does it really matter why? With all the hating and negativity that are sometimes spewed in these forums, when a sista is trying to show some love...don't question it , embrace it!
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