Article written by: Andre SanchezPosted on: October 14, 2009
He went from being one of the finest quarterbacks to ever come out of this decade and the NFL in general to one of the most heavily criticized individuals in recent times. Having recently finished serving 18 months in prison for dog fighting, Vick is currently restarting his football career with the Philadelphia Eagles.
An eight part docu-drama is set to air on BET in early 2010, which will mostly cover the off-field life Vick is living now. Luckily for Michael it doesn’t involve running fChris Rock, recently on the Jay Leno show, quipped “What the hell did Michael Vick do? A dog? A pitbull, that ain’t even a real dog! That’s white people stuff. Dogs are white man’s best friend; dogs have never been good to black people…”
After laughing at that, I gotta agree with Chris. During the Civil Rights movement, dogs had two types of food: Alpo and Negro.rom pitbullsI’m happy for Vick, yet part of me wonders what would happen if John Elway or Troy Aikman were caught dog fighting. Would they get the same treatment and prison sentence, or would they break a record for shortest time a celebrity has been in jail (I think Paris Hilton currently holds that record). What are your thoughts, reader? Do I have a right to think of this as a racial issue? Will you be checking for this show? Have you yourself forgiven Michael Vick?
He went from being one of the finest quarterbacks to ever come out of this decade and the NFL in general to one of the most heavily criticized individuals in recent times. Having recently finished serving 18 months in prison for dog fighting, Vick is currently restarting his football career with the Philadelphia Eagles.
An eight part docu-drama is set to air on BET in early 2010, which will mostly cover the off-field life Vick is living now. Luckily for Michael it doesn’t involve running fChris Rock, recently on the Jay Leno show, quipped “What the hell did Michael Vick do? A dog? A pitbull, that ain’t even a real dog! That’s white people stuff. Dogs are white man’s best friend; dogs have never been good to black people…”
After laughing at that, I gotta agree with Chris. During the Civil Rights movement, dogs had two types of food: Alpo and Negro.rom pitbullsI’m happy for Vick, yet part of me wonders what would happen if John Elway or Troy Aikman were caught dog fighting. Would they get the same treatment and prison sentence, or would they break a record for shortest time a celebrity has been in jail (I think Paris Hilton currently holds that record). What are your thoughts, reader? Do I have a right to think of this as a racial issue? Will you be checking for this show? Have you yourself forgiven Michael Vick?
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