Racist Hate Mail Reportedly Sent to NFL Players

[jf-08]

This saddens me as this letter possibly came from my childhood town

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=577&e=1&u=/nm/20031204/sp_nm/nfl_hatemail_dc

Racist Hate Mail Reportedly Sent to NFL Players
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MIAMI (Reuters) - A dozen black NFL players have been sent threatening hate mail telling them African-Americans should not be allowed to play professional football and earn stacks of money, a newspaper reported on Thursday.



Florida's Palm Beach Post said the NFL's security department sent out a memo last week warning players, and stating that the letters all appeared to come from the same person and were postmarked in Erie, Pennsylvania, or Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio.


"We do not have any suspects," special agent Robert Hawk of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cleveland office told the newspaper, saying the bureau was investigating the letters and would prosecute whoever was sending them.


"These letters contained veiled threats. There were overtures of violence," Hawk added.


No one was immediately available for comment at the FBI (news - web sites) office in Cleveland, nor at National Football League headquarters in New York. A spokeswoman for the FBI office in Miami told Reuters she had no information on the case.


The Palm Beach Post said one of the targets of the hate mail was an unidentified player with the Miami Dolphins (news).


"It was a threatening letter," Dolphins team security investigator Stu Weinstein told the paper.


"It said: 'African-Americans shouldn't be allowed to play professional sports and shouldn't be allowed to make the money that football players make and entertainers make.' Mostly it was about the dangers of racial mixing in our society."


The NFL memo said the sender was usually identified as "All Whites" or "Angry white women."

 

[phillycard]

That's disgusting. I know race will always be an issue in this country, but when it spills over into sports, a place it has no place being, then it's a problem. I can only imagine who the backwoods idiots are that took the time out of their busy schedule to spew racist bile onto a letter and mail them out. Human garbage these people are.

 

[Mr.Dibbs]

Instead of spending his own time working hard or getting an education, some moron would rather find out the mailing addresses of NFL players. You know that whoever wrote these letters is jealous, and probably has a fourth grade education. (And I'm sure it's the minorities fault that he didn't graduate from high school...)

 

[CaptTurbo]

Originally posted by Oran
Instead of spending his own time working hard or getting an education, some moron would rather find out the mailing addresses of NFL players. You know that whoever wrote these letters is jealous, and probably has a fourth grade education. (And I'm sure it's the minorities fault that he didn't graduate from high school...)

why would you assume its just whites?

 

[RugbyMuffin]

In a world where all bad things stem from racism and religion I am not surprised. I have never fully understood why some people hate because of differences in religion or race.

It is disgusting. What a peaceful place the world could be if people just accepted each other.

But no. Since many people cannot accept responsiblity for there own action (aka politicians, and religious leaders) there must be scapegoats.

And remember it is important that we "live our lives correctly". Meaning live and do what the men in power say or die!

I personally believe in the N.W.O.

The new world order where you have the freedom to live life on your own terms however you seem fit. As long as you don't impede on someone else's rights.

This Hate Mail Bandit is absolutely the jerks I descibe. He hates because people are different. He hates cause black people are different than him and feel HE is better than THEM. And just like most hate filled war mongerers he is a coward.

My solution: Drag him out in the middle of the street and blow his brains out. Hopefully he has not reproduced and we don't have any more jerks like him in the future.

Stupid. What an absolute STUPID, and kindergarden logic world we live in.

Peace

 

[Mr.Dibbs]

Originally posted by swd1974
why would you assume its just whites?

You're right. I'm assuming. But how many chinese or hispanic football players are out there? I can't see other groups caring about football.

 

[CaptTurbo]

What about a black fan writing a white player? There are actually quite a lot of white players. Not trying to start anything but the word racism is by default in this country meaning white doing/saying something to a black guys.

I went to a school for a breif time where white was a minority and trust me its not a 1 way street.

 

[phillycard]

The NFL memo said the sender was usually identified as "All Whites" or "Angry white women."

I don't think black people are going to send out hate mail under the cover of being white.

 

[Mr.Dibbs]

Originally posted by swd1974
What about a black fan writing a white player? There are actually quite a lot of white players. Not trying to start anything but the word racism is by default in this country meaning white doing/saying something to a black guys.

I went to a school for a breif time where white was a minority and trust me its not a 1 way street.

I feel ya, but the article does state that black players were getting the letters.

 

[phillycard]

Originally posted by swd1974
What about a black fan writing a white player? There are actually quite a lot of white players. Not trying to start anything but the word racism is by default in this country meaning white doing/saying something to a black guys.

I went to a school for a breif time where white was a minority and trust me its not a 1 way street.

No, don't go there swd. Where do you get that definition of racism? Look it up in the dictionary and give me an accurate definition, not a "default" one. Come correct with that and we can all have a dialougue on this. I agree with you on some points, but that's wrong to skew that word to fit your argument.

 

[CaptTurbo]

Originally posted by phillycard
No, don't go there swd. Where do you get that definition of racism? Look it up in the dictionary and give me an accurate definition, not a "default" one. Come correct with that and we can all have a dialougue on this. I agree with you on some points, but that's wrong to skew that word to fit your argument.

philly you came out of left field. I said racism SHOULDNT be just limited to whites commiting it to blacks. If you disagree there isnt much I can do to help you.

 

[phillycard]

Who said that it was limited to whites against blacks?? You did. I'm sure if you took a poll of the average man or woman on the street, they wouldn't, as you say, define racism as whites being prejudiced against blacks. Again, define racism as put in the dictionary, and your argument changes completely. Discrimination against ANY race based upon differences between two people is wrong PERIOD. I don't disagree with you, I'm just not trying to hear you when you say that racism is defined by whites treatments of blacks.

 

[JeffGollin]

I was just thinking the other day about all the recent give and take on this forum about whether Jeff Blake should/should not continue to start, sucks/doesn't suck, should/shouldn't play next year etc. And ditto whether Rod Graves is or isn't getting the job done as VP Player Personnel.

The beauty of it was that they were being discussed the same way you'd discuss anyone in the NFL - strictly on their pros and cons. The issue of race never entered our minds (at least I assume it didn't). And I felt good about that, because it seemed to reflect that we had, defacto, rendered the issue of race irrelevent - particularly with respect to NFL quarterbacks.

I'd still like to think that most people have; and that what we're seeing instead is a small nutso segment of the general population who are acting no differently toward black NFL players than they do toward Afro Americans in the community at large.

 

[earthsci]

I don't care if everyone on the Cardinals looks like Barney and Baby Bop, just as long as we win.

 

[CaptTurbo]

Originally posted by phillycard
Who said that it was limited to whites against blacks?? You did.\

philly read my original post again you got it exactly backwards. I said its NOT defined by whites against blacks but in america when you hear racism everyone automatically thinks it is a white against black which is wrong.

How could you get it bvackwards? Mt example was me(white) being in a school (in philly btw) that was mostly black and I got hit with ALOT of it.

So I am really confused that not only did you misunderstand my post but got it exactly backwards lol

 

[phillycard]

Correct me again if I'm wrong swd.

Not trying to start anything but the word racism is by default in this country meaning white doing/saying something to a black guys.

I went to a school for a breif time where white was a minority and trust me its not a 1 way street.

You merely pointed out an example of the treatment you received and how it's not one way (true indeed) but again I have to disagree with you saying that racism is defined as white against black. Whether by default or not, that was the first part of your statement, and I'd like to know where you're basing this from. I see now that if you read your whole statement together what you were originally saying is clear, but that definition and where you feel that may be true is not sitting right with what I'm interpreting your overall message to be.