Article: Taylor's death a grim reminder for us all

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<p>This is the point? Well, why use HIS example, this happens all the time. There are tons of things to be taken away from this, this isn’t one of the bigger ones.</p>

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<p>what saddens me is that you have all these smart black men- in hip hop, sports, who don’t do more to go back and help their communities</p>

<p>yes some do, but it needs to be a bigger effort</p>

<p>its like when I see people walking around wearing blood diamonds, cluesless to how they got around their necks</p>

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<p>What a thought-provoking article. Thanks for sharing it, Sam.</p>

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<p>“its like when I see people walking around wearing blood diamonds, cluesless to how they got around their necks”</p>

<p>How do you know that what you are seeing are “blood diamonds” and not CZ’s? The last time I checked it takes a trained eye to know the difference. This is quite a statement from someone who does not judge others by what they where.</p>

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<p>Sorry CGM, but I earnestly believe that athletes lost their status as exemplars or motivators for community enrichment ages ago. I believed Charles Barkley when he said “…I am NOT a role model.” We don’t need an athlete’s fame to improve schools and make places like Camden, Newark, Detroit, west side Chicago and sw Atlanta better places to live.</p>

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<p>When I heard of Sean Taylor’s death, the only thing that I thought was “This is so-o-o Miami.” Our family lived there in the early 90s for a couple of years and home invasion robberies and armed citizens seemed like the norm.</p>

<p>In fact, while we were there, the mayor’s house was invaded by home invasion robbers and the mayor grabbed his gun and shot it out with them. Only in Miami…?</p>

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<p>Nothing like waiting until all, or even some, of the facts come out until you all jump to conclusions.</p>

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<p>This is a much better take on Taylor than the OP’s article. Whitlock seems to be the designed Black person for white conservatives since he clearly reflects their biases about African-Americans.</p>

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<p>I’ve seen Whitlock as a frequent guest on ESPN-TV ‘The Sports Reporters.’ He never struck me as particularly humble as regards the viability of his own presumptions.</p>