I was at home relaxing, watching sports center on television the other night.
When they had Spike Lee quotes they were remarking about. The mood on the set
was very jovial and laid back. Spike Lee was talking about in his opinion who the
best basketball players of all time were. He said Awhite media@ would make you
think that before Larry Bird there were no great players. He also referred to Bird
as Athe most overrated player@. And he also said Aif Bird was a blackman he would
be just an average player@. To me racist statements.
After listening to these comments, and white Spike had to say. I thought
about Rush Limbaugh, and the remarks he said about Eagles quarterback Donnovan
Mcnabb. Limbaugh was working on the ESPN football game day crew when he said
AI think what we=ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has
been very desirous that a black quarterback do well, There is little hope invested
in Mcnabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he
didn=t deserve. The defense carried this team.@
In Spike Lee=s eyes Larry Bird is an overrated white NBA legend, and the
view of Rush Limbaugh is that Mcnabb is an overrated black NF L quarterback. In
my opinion two racist statements with extremely different outcomes.
The comments Rush Limbaugh, made there was a huge public outcry well
beyond the NFL community. Chances are you=ve heard about this even if you have
no interest in sports and football. Various political leaders have made comments
and condemned what the analyst had said. Kweisi Mfume who is the NAACP
president was outraged and called for Limbaugh to be terminated. And in the end
Limbaugh was pushed out, and resigned from his position.
The comments Spike Lee made stirred up some heat, made some heads turn,
But didn=t leave the sports community and after a few days we
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