With the Daily Email Update, I stick to football about 99.9% of the time.
Last night I did not. http://footballguys.com/updates/20update43.php
I opened with this.
To be clear, I FULLY understand people read my content because of Football. Fully understand. It's why I stick to football 99.9% of the time. This question is about this .1% of the time.
Obviously, I received a lot of feedback by email. I always interested in getting a read on the audience. Even after the fact. I don't have any plans to change anything going forward. But I also was wondering what you folks thought here? Thanks.
Edit to add - For sure I think it's OK to send. I wouldn't have sent otherwise. I'm interested in what you think.
Last night I did not. http://footballguys.com/updates/20update43.php
I opened with this.
And then the other 95% of the email was all on Football.Howdy Folks,
Good Sunday to you.
Please forgive me but I'm going to get a little bit personal. I "stick to football" 99.9% of the time. But I've also pledged to be your "Guide" on this Fantasy Football deal. And this feels important. And for sure, I'm talking to myself here first.
I'm sad about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. I talk a lot about "Empathy" and "We're all in this together". Both of those apply here. This isn't about being "woke". Or some kind of "White Guilt", whatever that is. This is about being human. This is about giving a damn.
I'll never fully and completely understand what my Black friends go through and have gone through.
What I can do is show empathy. To at least try to understand. What I can do is listen to them. And listen to others who are exposing parts of our world people of my race and people who live in my neighborhood may minimize. Or even ignore.
We can't ignore this if we truly believe the second thing - "We're all in this together". Let's be clear - I don't mean "All of us that I like and that look like me and think like me and won't challenge me are all in this together." I mean all of us. In the South, we say "Y'all means all". That has to be the case here too.
So if we're going to practice empathy, we'll see the news of a man killed in Minneapolis hits some of us "all" in a different and more profound way. And that matters a lot. Ram Dass said, "We're all just walking each other home at night". I believe that to be true.
To my Black friends and People Of Color, in whatever this may look like, I'm with you. We're with you.
Most of my friends are white like me. I'm guessing most of the folks reading this are too. To you my friends, and I hope you'll allow me to call you a friend as that's how I see it, I'm begging us, especially me, to be empathetic. And to act like we're truly all in this together. Like we're truly walking each other at home at night. I'm praying for peace and grace and strength and courage and wisdom to move forward here and make a change. Much love for y'all. Thank you for allowing me to be honest with you and share my heart.
Now, let's please switch gears and get to the content you've signed up for. We've got some great new content for you plus the News and Notes.
Let's go.
To be clear, I FULLY understand people read my content because of Football. Fully understand. It's why I stick to football 99.9% of the time. This question is about this .1% of the time.
Obviously, I received a lot of feedback by email. I always interested in getting a read on the audience. Even after the fact. I don't have any plans to change anything going forward. But I also was wondering what you folks thought here? Thanks.
Edit to add - For sure I think it's OK to send. I wouldn't have sent otherwise. I'm interested in what you think.
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