Must read for MLK Day

I found this to be very interesting. I think others will too.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110117/SPORTS15/101170313/?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|IndyStar.com|p

 

Excellent column. Also explains rather well just why diversity is so important.

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Brett Favre is universally more reviled than Chad Ochocinco. It's not even close. Column lost me at that point.

 

Agreed, the "why do white people like Favre and not (insert current showboating African American WR)" line has become a dated cliche, and one that ignores the fact that circumstances have changed in recent years and that ain't the case any longer.

That also seems like the 18th time I've seen someone use the "contrasting reactions to the O.J. Simpson verdict" theme as a lead-in to discuss race relation issues.

I guess it was an OK column, certainly well written, but there wasn't an original word in it. More like a patching together of bits and pieces of many other columns exploring the same territory over the years.

 

The last three paragraphs says a lot about this industry and the country.

 

Ridiculous column with bad assumptions not based on fact.

Lost me here:

"I bring this up on the King holiday because those of us in the media, especially the sports media, have the power to shape opinions, and we have to remain eternally mindful regarding issues of race.

I don't want my opinion shaped. I just want the facts and can think for myself. I prefer not to be a lemming to sports columnists.

I can see and determine for myself players I like and don't like. On the football field I don't like showboats. I'm Old School. Ochocinco first came on my radar when he was at Oregon St and made a clown of himself in 2001 Fiesta Bowl and has not stopped since. I used to like Favre but now that he has proven to be a fraud I don't like him any more.

 

Not sure what this means. What do those three paragraphs say about the country?

 

Kravtiz wrote:
"So here's what I would ask of myself, and ask of you, the readers and fans, on this King holiday: Acknowledge your baggage, acknowledge your "stuff,'' and take a few moments before passing judgment on people or events in sports. Try to look at things through different eyes, from different angles.

Maybe you'll see a different picture.

Maybe I will, too."

Perhaps if EVERYONE did this, this truly would be a United States of America.

 

Amazing how much better the Bengals played in the last couple of weeks after Chad's mememememememe act receded into the mists.