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Cam Newton GQ Article "It's not racism we're beyond that." regarding extra scrutiny because he's black.

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His response may be somebody else’s response, but that’s not how I feel.”

Do you feel like football fans are racist toward you?

“It’s not racism. Everybody’s entitled to their own opinion.”

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So if it’s not that, what is it, do you think?

“I’ll let you be the judge. I don’t look at it like that. I look at it like some people have certain beliefs, and I have my own belief, and we can agree to disagree on certain things. But this is what makes sports so amazing, that we can start a discussion around a table, in the newspaper, in the magazines, that will get people’s attention. And that’s what sports does.”

In January, right before the Super Bowl, you said: “I’m an African-American quarterback that may scare a lot of people because they haven’t seen nothing that they can compare me to.”

“I don’t want this to be about race, because it’s not. It’s not. Like, we’re beyond that. As a nation.”

 

http://www.gq.com/story/cam-newton-versace-pants-race-and-football

 

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Love this guy more and more every day. It's funny when the article was mentioning that Cam was ridiculed until he started winning then everything was ok - to me as a fan the best part has been seeing Cam do the same thing he's always done, but get better every year, and watching the team around him improve as well. 

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Is it so hard to find people to write these stories who don't try to shove their political agenda down everyones throat, or who at least don't hate football?

Glad Cam nicely told him to fug off when he tried to force him to answer those BS questions.

Guess he didn't care what Cam thought about Hillary being a crook.  How shocking.

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Cam giving the right answers. Looks like he finally learned you have to feed the media with nothing to write about. If he said ANYTHING else than what he said, there would be a sh*t storm coming. Think if Cam said "yes, I do feel that people are racist towards me because I am a black QB". Just think of all the unneccessary crap he would get (including the team). So minimizing any backlash is good and hopefully Cam continues to feed the media with nothing to write about.

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6 minutes ago, Cookie Lyon said:

I love you Cam, but I disagree. Some fans are racist towards him because he's black. Also, we are not beyond racism as a nation. 

He has completely backtracked from his previous statements on this matter. I wonder who got in his head to make him do so.

Money more than likely.  Cams doing right by not stirring the pot when that was exactly what this reporter wanted. Cam wants a intelligent conversation about what a white fan eyes wants to see at QB, not some angry mob saying everyone is racist.

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2 minutes ago, Cookie Lyon said:

Also, we are not beyond racism as a nation. 

Sad to say, that's true. Getting beyond racism (and bigotry in general) is a long, slow process.

 

4 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

Never trust a reporter.

I learned this a long time ago. They will take your words out of context in a New York minute.

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Just now, Cookie Lyon said:

I love you Cam, but I disagree. Some fans are racist towards him because he's black. Also, we are not beyond racism as a nation. 

He has completely backtracked from his previous statements on this matter. I wonder who got in his head to make him do so.

You're right, we're definitely not past it as a nation, and likely never will be.  

As far as him backtracking, I'm sure he still firmly believes in his previous statements.  Being one of the faces of the league, I'm sure he's been told how he needs to respond to questions like this.  

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11 minutes ago, Castavar said:

Cam giving the right answers. Looks like he finally learned you have to feed the media with nothing to write about. If he said ANYTHING else than what he said, there would be a sh*t storm coming. Think if Cam said "yes, I do feel that people are racist towards me because I am a black QB". Just think of all the unneccessary crap he would get (including the team). So minimizing any backlash is good and hopefully Cam continues to feed the media with nothing to write about.

THIS.

It's really sad that he can't say how he really feels

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11 minutes ago, nctarheel0619 said:

Money more than likely.  Cams doing right by not stirring the pot when that was exactly what this reporter wanted. Cam wants a intelligent conversation about what a white fan eyes wants to see at QB, not some angry mob saying everyone is racist.

My main problem is that he said "We're beyond racism as a nation" when that is completely NOT true.

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