For two black golfers, path to PGA tour is rocky
By PETE IACOBELLI, AP Sports Writer
Tiger Woods’ phenomenal rise and accomplishments seemed destined to lead to a wave of talented minority golfers, a new generation topping leaderboards throughout the country.
As we’ve posted before… this is a bullshit statement, and the white man’s dream to wash themselves of the guilty feelings.
Where did the logic in the above quote come from? If the best golf player is African American, then more African Americans will play the game? Well the dire truth is…. Tiger Woods is the ONLY black player on the PGA tour. The real reason there are no black golfers is because the separation between rich and poor is widening. Let’s face it… golf is an expensive sport and people who are under privileged have no chance in hell to pick up the game. Sure they’ll be the odd kid who somehow manages to get a lift to the local public course, but a $60 green fee for some people is no shrapnel in the pocket.
The average white man can’t handle Crusha on the course… 6′7″ and 330lbs of Shabazz
Read this article to get the full extent of why there are no blacks on the courses.
A week or two ago while doing work in my studio I noticed a black cloud of smoke wafting through the air. I quickly grabbed my camera and Solo and slowly made my way towards what we believed to be a house fire. The time was 3:30 in the afternoon. Once we got close to the scene we started noticing the residents of the neighbourhood coming out of their houses and moving towards the entertainment excitement, but something was different. The first thing my brain said was “Why the fuck are there so many people out… Is this not a weekday?” The second thing I noticed was the smell of booze off most of these residents and the fact several of them were wearing housecoats. Did I mention it was 3:30 in the afternoon. The closer we got to the house fire the more people I noticed. It seemed you could have filmed a hip-hop video using these people as the backdrop. I counted 10 pitbulls with studded collars, and their owners wore the typical “nighty” oversized t-shirt with flat brimmed hat. We had ventured into the Land Where Stereotypes Are Alive. The neighbourhood has always had this reputation but 15 years ago, it wasn’t hip-hop white trash. It was head banger white-trash (10 speed bikes, handlebar mustaches, doing knives…). I always make jokes about this neighbourhood because of it’s reputation, but on this day the rep became reality.
In golf, a caddy (or caddie) is the person who carries a player’s bag, and gives insightful advice and moral support. A good caddy is aware of the challenges and obstacles of the golf course being played, along with the best strategy in playing it. This includes knowing overall yardage, pin placements and club selection. A caddy is not usually an employee of a private club or resort. He is classified an an “independent contractor,” meaning that he is basically self employed and does not receive any benefits from his association with the club. Of course, some clubs and resorts do have caddy programs, although benefits are rarely offered.
This is not a redesign… it is a realign…
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Michael Stone
Stone was most famous for the “Milltown Massacre” in 1988, which took place at the predominantly Catholic Milltown Cemetery in Belfast during the funeral of three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, who had been shot by the British Army in Gibraltar. Stone later said he hatched the idea for Milltown after the IRA bomb killed eleven people attending a Remembrance Sunday service at the cenotaph in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh in 1987. Intent on killing top republicans, including Gerry Adams, Stone attacked the crowd with grenades and a pistol. He killed three people, including one member of the IRA, and injured sixty others. Stone was eventually overpowered by mourners and would have been beaten to death had he not been dragged to safety and arrested by members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary – he still walks with a slight limp as a result of the dislocated thigh bone he received in the aftermath of the attack. The attack was caught on television cameras, and provided some of the most savage images of the conflict.
