Ben Holmes

This is the most racist garbage I have ever seen. Everyone has struggles. I grew up poor in a rich part of town and was picked on and left out a lot because of my financial situation. No white privilage was granted. Did matter the cor of there skin they picked on me. Instead of complaining how unfair it was i stepped up and changed my future. When it got tougher, I worked harder. I teach my kids this. This is the problem in America these days. Everyone acts like they are entitled to something because of the past. You are not entightled to anything except a life of hardwork with the hopes that one day you can relax and retire. If there is white privilege, I want to know where it was at when my poor white self was denied college scholarships because of the color of my skin. Why is it i have to be african american to qualify for a scholarship and what about native american. Isnt this a voilationnof civil rights. Or are civil right not available when you are white. Where is it now 14 years after college and still in debt for college loans. The civil right goes all ways. Want to end racism stop offering anything and everything based on skin color or ethnicity. Oh and you are "poked and proded" at nfl combine to check for your abilities to perform a job. Sounds like a job interview. Get over it and prove yourself. ALSO No correlation to slavery. You are given multimillion dollar contracts to play a sport. There are people in the world that will work eveyday and never retire and still will not make the money some nfl players make in a year in there entire lifetime. Slaves were not paid to live a lavish lifestyle. The polical, educational, and economical systems in america are not racist. A select few individuals may be, but not the systems. The general American public is not racist. Stop dragging American thru the world news painting every American as racist. A few people are, but there are also a few people everywhere that will have there opinions that differ from yours that you just will never change. What the Hell is wrong with people! The sad part is that the national anthem says land of the free and home of the brave. You kneel and discredit the very thing that allows you to stand in protest. Want a moment to kneel about injustice, ask for it, but dont do it to spat in the faces of the Americans that came before you to get you were you are today. There is a right time and a right place. During the national anthem is not one of them.