Black on Black Crime?

One of the problems in the black community is black on black crime. Statistically the number of violent crimes of blacks are mostly done by blacks. For whatever reason, poverty and lack of education may be the cause. Black on black crimes, like for all other races can involve murder. Young men or women who join gangs are more likely to commit murder to finish their initiation to that gang. Nevertheless for whatever the reason, it happens and we all know what it means. It's a subject that is only spoken among conservative blacks to point out the problems of the black community. Its spoken quietly among liberal blacks to show their disappointment in what's happening in the black community. And we get that it needs to be stopped with more education and I hate to say it, more after school programs. But having said all that, never in my mind would I equate a star receiver throwing his quarterback under the bus, by words, as a black on black crime. Yet, if you listen to Donovan McNabb and his father, they believe such a heinous crime occured. McNabb is now responding and firing back at his critics. Well great. But it is too late. Where was this response before? Now don't get me wrong, I disagree with the criticisms lodged at McNabb, especially by a man, who is still sportin' Teddy Pendergrass' cowboy hat and claiming to be a protector of civil rights of people of color. The NAACP Philedelphia Chapter President, said that Donovan is basically selling out because he does not run the ball. Whoa! wait a minute, the last I checked McNabb is the quarterback, granted he is counted and considered a ball carrier, but the job of the quarterback is to run the offense. He is the offensive general that get his team up and down the field. Now, he can do this two ways, one, he can pass the ball to his designated receivers. Next, he can handoff the ball to either two designated runners, called running backs. And, if the coaches feel the need to move the quarterback, they can either have the quarterback roll to left or right, or do what we call a "quarterback sneak" up the middle behind his snapper aka center. Now, if the quarterback is passing the ball, he has to get rid of the ball in a certain amount of seconds. Why? because there are at least 7 guys aiming to send said quarterback to the hospital. Now if the quarterback's designated receivers are not "open" to receive a pass and those said 7 guys are bearing down on him. The quarterback has to run or do whats called a scramble. He can run around to find a open receiver, who probably by now is running to a designated hot spot on the field, or the quarterback simply becomes the running back, tucks the ball and runs...Sounds simple? not exactly..Remember those 7 players bearing down on the quarterback, now add 4 more...The quarterback now has 11 guys with blazing speed chasing him to either stop him for a loss of yardage, prevent a score or a first down. Now for as long as football has been played, quarterbacks have run with the ball. Fran Tarkenton comes to mind, Steve Young comes to mind...what do these men have in common? They are white. either was labeled a sell out for not staying in the pocket and just throwing the ball. Yet, McNabb, who can run is labeled a sell out...and the McNabb's consider that criticism, along with the words of Terrell Owens....

a black on black crime...

Puhleaze! Tell that to the parents of innocent children who were gunned down..Tell that to the wife and children of whose father was just coming home from work or hangin' out with the boys and gunned down because some knucklehead thinks he's a gang member.

That, along with others are black on black crimes.