Yet I keep hearing conversations on talk radio that the home run chase is a racial issue, that Michael Vick's problems are racial.
How is it that I'm a racist because I think the guy soon to have the home run title is an ass and a cheat and makes the record worthless when the man that holds the real home title, Hank Aaron, is black? How am I racist if I would be extremely enthusiastic if Ken Griifrey, Jr (a black man) won the title?
How am I racist if I think Michael Vick is a scum bag for electrocuting and hanging dogs?
It's why I'm always so glad to read a piece by Jason Whitlock. Because he's black and not a white guy, he's able to put out an opinion calling out stupidity without being shouted down as a racist.
Here's his take on Vick
...Seriously, Vick didn't do it for the money. The Atlanta Falcons gave him all the money he could ever hope to spend. Vick was involved in pit bull breeding (and quite possibly dogfighting) because he enjoyed it. He's a product of a culture that makes the "profession" acceptable and honorable. It's the same culture that has turned the dope dealer into mayor of the neighborhood.
To add to Whitlock's take...it's the same culture that elects Ray Nagin & Marion Berry as mayors of a city despite their obvious incompetence. It's the same culture that applauds when OJ gets one over on "the man". It's the same culture that applauds people like Al Sharpton, who's actions have resulted in people dying.
If American "black leadership" ever wants white America to embrace the hardships and struggles of discrimination, they have to be willing to make the first step and call out the culture that breeds an Alfonso Price. Until that day, "Whitey" will just continue to shrug his shoulders at all this other menusha.
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