I’M HOPELESS, because I’ve lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I’m not surprised and at some point my little children are going to inherit the weight of being a minority and all that it entails.
BENJAMIN WATSONI’M HOPELESS, because I’ve lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I’m not surprised and at some point my little children are going to inherit the weight of being a minority and all that it entails.
BENJAMIN WATSONI’M FEARFUL because in the back of my mind I know that although I’m a law abiding citizen I could still be looked upon as a “threat” to those who don’t know me. So I will continue to have to go the extra mile to earn the benefit of the doubt.
BENJAMIN WATSONI’M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I’ve seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.
BENJAMIN WATSONI see it in my personal relationships with teammates, friends and mentors. And it’s a beautiful thing.
BENJAMIN WATSONIn any given marketplace, there’s a triangle. There’s a line of Dior goods at $25,000 that creates the sharp focus you need to sell $100 scarves to every woman.
BENJAMIN WATSONI believe that I have a platform because God blessed me with the talent to play football. Having that talent, my job is to be responsible with it.
BENJAMIN WATSONWhen [Design Miami] Basel popped on the scene, it proved there’s a market for the top of the design triangle, which will lead the wide base beneath it.
BENJAMIN WATSONIt’s a sin problem, not a skin problem.
BENJAMIN WATSONNow he has to fear the backlash against himself and his loved ones when he was only doing his job.
BENJAMIN WATSONI’M SYMPATHETIC, because I wasn’t there so I don’t know exactly what happened. Maybe Darren Wilson acted within his rights and duty as an officer of the law and killed Michael Brown in self defense like any of us would in the circumstance.
BENJAMIN WATSONWhen we look at our children, I think a lot of the troubles we’re having as a society is because we don’t have strong fathers in these families that can tell their kids that they can do more.
BENJAMIN WATSONIf fathers aren’t growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.
BENJAMIN WATSONMoral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.
BENJAMIN WATSONSometimes I’m just as prejudiced as people I point fingers at. And that’s not right. How can I look at white skin and make assumptions but not want assumptions made about me? That’s not right.
BENJAMIN WATSONI’M INTROSPECTIVE, because sometimes I want to take “our” side without looking at the facts in situations like these. Sometimes I feel like it’s us against them.
BENJAMIN WATSONThe cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It’s the Gospel. So, finally, I’M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope.
BENJAMIN WATSON