TMQ: Playing the (wrong) race card...

I don't agree with calling an African-American fan "boy" but I've been on a few NFL sidelines, and I've heard players call officials every name in the book, usually modified with the words "M-f'er."

 

I don't know if this was changed, but I never saw that paragraph as you posted, Knighthawk. What I read, and what is currently up is this:

 

Well, I printed it off yesterday around lunchtime for my bathroom reading. Here is what it said, with the changed parts in bold:

"Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle said after the game that head linesman Phil McKinnely repeatedly called him "boy" in the game's closing minutes, a racial insult when spoken by a white person to an African-American. From the sound of things, Rolle was jawing with McKinnely, which even a veteran player such as Rolle should not do. But officials should never jaw with or insult players, either. If McKinnely (who is African-American) did use a racial insult against Rolle, during the same game-deciding moments when the officials were favoring New England (so far, McKinnely has not commented on this), that would have been highly unprofessional and would call into question whether the officiating crew was neutral.

 

Yeah, it was definitely changed. I read it as originally posted, and it clearly led you to believe the ref was white. What is up with Page 2 always playing the race card? It seems like 50% of the stories there are on the topic.

 

"(who is African-American)" did not appear in the original version of the story, and "a racial insult when spoken by a white person to an African-American" has been deleted from the first sentence you quoted.

Obviously, those two edits completely change the tone of the paragraph.

 

I'm afraid just because you say something is one way doesn't automatically make it so.

I find it hard to grasp that concept, too.