Auburn’s Bruce Pearl keeps telling everyone exactly who he is and why Black players should not play for him.
In a video shared by Outkick, Pearl joined well-known ignorant Dan Dakich and expressed his views on Barack Obama.
“I thought in so many ways, rather than uniting us as a country, even by race, he divided us,” said Pearl. “Everything was Black and white. Everything was the obstacles that were against, you know, my players for being successful. I’m trying to teach my guys, look, I don’t want you working at Subway..I want you owning five of them, and that’s possible.
“I think in many ways Barack Obama told a different story.”
That is both ridiculous and foolish and a purposefully politically inflammatory statement about the former president.
Obama was the first Black president in American history. His presidency inspired millions and millions of people who look like Pearl’s players and showed them that the impossible could be achieved.
That alone means that Obama did more for “his players” and their families than Pearl could ever do.
But the other thing Obama did do was expose the racism that has always existed in this country simply due to his Blackness, complemented by his intelligence and success. Because of it, racism flourished outwardly to the point where Trump was able to exploit it in his rise to power.
And THAT’S what has divided this country.
Obama enabled tens of millions to have healthcare, including those who hated him because he was Black.
That’s more unity than owning a Subway franchise could ever achieve.
Now, to be fair, Pearl did acknowledge that “we’ve got a lot to work on,” and that racism does exist. He also said he loved listening to Obama because he’s “such a great orator” and that he disagreed with “so many of his policies,” that latter of which isn’t an issue.
