Brown Meets with Trump by Bill Wilson
When we look at fake news, false headlines like "In Trump's America, NFL players are targeted with racist messages" cannot be ignored.
The story makes the case that incidents of racism against NFL players are on the rise because of Donald Trump. The story cites the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center (the radical group that lists the Family Research Council as a hate group) as saying hate crime reporting is up since the election because "The white supremacists out there are celebrating his victory and many are feeling their oats."
Despite the attempt at labeling as racist everyone who supported Trump, civil rights activist and former NFL great Jim Brown has a different assessment.
Many consider Jim Brown as the greatest football player ever. He also has been a vocal civil rights activist that doesn't mince how he feels about any subject, especially racism.
Brown's organization Amer-I-Can is instrumental in working to empower mostly inner-city kids to "meet their academic potential, to conform their behavior to acceptable society standards, and to improve the quality of their lives by equipping them with the critical life management skills to confidently and successfully contribute to society."
Brown is a no-nonsense, call-it-like-he-sees-it sort of man. He, former NFL linebacker Ray Lewis, Cleveland pastor Darrell Scott, and Kayne West met with Trump on December 13.
Brown told CNN reporter Brooke Baldwin, "We couldn't have had a better meeting. The graciousness, the intelligence, the reception we got was fantastic. He's amenable to listening to people who didn't vote for him...I can't speak for the pastor, but I fell in love with him, because he really talks about helping African-American, black people and that's why I'm here."
Lewis said, "Urban development and job creation are everything. What we believe with the Trump administration is if we can combine these two powers of coming together--forget black or white. Black or white is irrelevant. The bottom line is job creation and economic development in these urban areas to change the whole scheme of what our kids see."
Brown said, "The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island...
When I come out of the box, I don't come out of the box as racial. I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings."
Brown said he admired Trump because "People that called him names when he won, he reached back and brought them along with him. He held no grudges."
CNN's Baldwin was so taken back that Brown said to her "You're outta speech?"
It's not supportive of the fake news narrative of the Southern Poverty Law Center and the likes of CNN. It's real.
Those who go out of their way to accuse others of hate, usually hate.
As Jesus said in Matthew 12:34, "for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks."
When we look at fake news, false headlines like "In Trump's America, NFL players are targeted with racist messages" cannot be ignored.
The story makes the case that incidents of racism against NFL players are on the rise because of Donald Trump. The story cites the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center (the radical group that lists the Family Research Council as a hate group) as saying hate crime reporting is up since the election because "The white supremacists out there are celebrating his victory and many are feeling their oats."
Despite the attempt at labeling as racist everyone who supported Trump, civil rights activist and former NFL great Jim Brown has a different assessment.
Many consider Jim Brown as the greatest football player ever. He also has been a vocal civil rights activist that doesn't mince how he feels about any subject, especially racism.
Brown's organization Amer-I-Can is instrumental in working to empower mostly inner-city kids to "meet their academic potential, to conform their behavior to acceptable society standards, and to improve the quality of their lives by equipping them with the critical life management skills to confidently and successfully contribute to society."
Brown is a no-nonsense, call-it-like-he-sees-it sort of man. He, former NFL linebacker Ray Lewis, Cleveland pastor Darrell Scott, and Kayne West met with Trump on December 13.
Brown told CNN reporter Brooke Baldwin, "We couldn't have had a better meeting. The graciousness, the intelligence, the reception we got was fantastic. He's amenable to listening to people who didn't vote for him...I can't speak for the pastor, but I fell in love with him, because he really talks about helping African-American, black people and that's why I'm here."
Lewis said, "Urban development and job creation are everything. What we believe with the Trump administration is if we can combine these two powers of coming together--forget black or white. Black or white is irrelevant. The bottom line is job creation and economic development in these urban areas to change the whole scheme of what our kids see."
Brown said, "The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island...
When I come out of the box, I don't come out of the box as racial. I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings."
Brown said he admired Trump because "People that called him names when he won, he reached back and brought them along with him. He held no grudges."
CNN's Baldwin was so taken back that Brown said to her "You're outta speech?"
It's not supportive of the fake news narrative of the Southern Poverty Law Center and the likes of CNN. It's real.
Those who go out of their way to accuse others of hate, usually hate.
As Jesus said in Matthew 12:34, "for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks."
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