"All my young boys, stand up. The ladies, sit down," Winston said. "But all my boys, stand up. We strong, right? We strong! We strong, right? All my boys, tell me one time: I can do anything I put my mind to. Now a lot of boys aren't supposed to be soft-spoken. You know what I'm saying? One day y'all are going to have a very deep voice like this (in deep voice). One day, you'll have a very, very deep voice.
"But the ladies, they're supposed to be silent, polite, gentle. My men, my men supposed to be strong. I want y'all to tell me what the third rule of life is: I can do anything I put my mind to. Scream it!"
So...men can do anything and ladies are supposed to sit down and be quiet? And men can't be soft spoken???
My grandmother or mother-in-law would have helped that professional athlete see the light...or maybe some stars.
As an ESPN reporter wrote: "You have to ignore a lot in order to throw Jameis Winston up as a role model for 5th graders." (He has quite a checkered past)
We've got to stop trying to equate athletic ability with character...for the good of both girls and boys.
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