Floyd Mayweather Jr. an African-American boxer presented America with a profanity-laced, racial-filled rant against Philippine fighter Manny Pacquiao, the man he has been accused of avoiding to fight. This video stream will be a test for our country and what boundaries racial watchdogs like Jesses Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton are willing to set.  

The content of the rant was as cheesy as the quality of the video stream. But terrible quality is all that rant deserved. Seeing this reminded me of a few other incidents that were not rants like Mayweather’s but one-liner remarks directed toward African-Americans that created a furor and the issuing of pink slips.

While Jimmy The Greek’s “breeding” comment and Don Imus’ “nappy-headed ‘hos” remark got them axed from their long broadcasting careers, Mayweather has virtually sidestepped most of the criticism for his rant. Compare the tapes to all of these incidents and unless you are Rev. Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, you may be inspired to grab a loathing sign and follow Mayweather during his next press conference.

Most of the racial slurs or undertone statements in the past like Greek’s and Imus’ are normally short one-liners that the media or guys like Sharpton and Jackson like to run with.

Mayweather’s rant lasted several minutes, was profanity-laced and clearly demeaning to Philippine population in the United States, so where is Sharpton and Jackson during this clear display of racism?

Jackson is a self-proclaimed expert in the field of racism and actually tried to create a racial situation out of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert’s letter that was written after LeBron James left the shores of Lake Erie to dunk at South Beach. “He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. His feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave.” – J.J. 

Jackson doesn’t need to “create” any “racial undertones” with Mayweather’s rant, the racism is as plain as black and white and there may lie the problem.

Mayweather is a black man and was talking about another minority so much of America, including Jackson and Sharpton thus far, is letting it be brushed under the rug compared to if other races and people were involved.

Here’s some of Mayweather’s profanity-laced rant against Pacquiao.

“As soon as we come off vacation, we’re going to cook that little yellow chump.. . . Once I kick the midget ass, I don’t want you all to jump on my d —. So you all better get on the bandwagon now. … Once I stomp the midget, I’ll make that mother f**ker make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.”

….”that mother f**ker Pacquiao, he can’t speak no English. He never seen a contract he didn’t like. Mother f**ker signed with two companies, look it up. And then this mother f**ker with Nike only got 70 Gs. How stupid can a mother f**ker be? Reebok gave me a million dollars for three weeks. I wore Reebok s for a week for a million dollars.”

Again, where are Jackson and Sharpton? If they ignore and stay clear of this incident, there will be no need for them to wonder why so many cheeks are turned next time they put their faces in front of a camera. How does Jesse interpret this dialogue compared to Gilbert’s letter?

Mayweather did his version of an apology the following day after realizing his more raw personality had been discovered. During the apology, he mentioned various religions and races but neglected to apologize directly to the man most affected by the rant, Manny Pacquiao.

“Some of my guys are Muslim. Some of my guys are Jews. Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, white, it doesn’t matter. There’s nothing but love in my heart, you know what I’m saying? . . . .The only thing I want to say is, if anybody who was affected by what I said the other day, I apologize as a man. I apologize.. . . Forgive me for saying what I said. I was just having fun. I didn’t really mean it.. . . .So let’s stay on this roller-coaster ride and keep riding, baby. It’s all love.”

Call it love, but you just ripped your image to shreds in one sitting.

Before Thursday, the only jabs you had been ducking were the accusations of ducking a fight with Pacman. Now get ready for the uppercuts and haymaker rights.

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