GiovaniMarcon
Mentor
Scenario:
A white athlete -- let's say a football player -- is a tremendously successful running back in high school. Against all odds, he becomes a top recruiting prospect for a Division I NCAA team, and becomes their number one ball carrier.
After a three or four year stint as a college running back where in he does exceedingly well and sets several school records, he becomes a top NFL draft prospect.
He gets drafted by a lousy team but his presence immediately brings a lot of media attention to that team, and he anchors a steady improvement in that team over the next couple of seasons.
In his first three years as starting NFL running back for his team, this white athlete is among the top five running backs in the league in yards per carry and overall yards gained per season.
However, what if this white athlete -- all through high school, college, and his pro career -- basically acted like a stereotypical "wi66er"?
As in, he speaks in a sloppy "ebonics" manner, sags his pants like a thug, speaks disrespectfully of women, wears tacky jewelry, paints his car in effeminate colors and inappropriate wheels and rims, speaks disdainfully of other whites and socializes almost exclusively with blacks, doesn't seem all that bright, and never addresses the issue of the political unfairness whites face in American sports?
Does he lose his "white card"?
Or, do you still celebrate him in the hopes that his anomaly-success will lead to other whites succeeding, too?
A white athlete -- let's say a football player -- is a tremendously successful running back in high school. Against all odds, he becomes a top recruiting prospect for a Division I NCAA team, and becomes their number one ball carrier.
After a three or four year stint as a college running back where in he does exceedingly well and sets several school records, he becomes a top NFL draft prospect.
He gets drafted by a lousy team but his presence immediately brings a lot of media attention to that team, and he anchors a steady improvement in that team over the next couple of seasons.
In his first three years as starting NFL running back for his team, this white athlete is among the top five running backs in the league in yards per carry and overall yards gained per season.
However, what if this white athlete -- all through high school, college, and his pro career -- basically acted like a stereotypical "wi66er"?
As in, he speaks in a sloppy "ebonics" manner, sags his pants like a thug, speaks disrespectfully of women, wears tacky jewelry, paints his car in effeminate colors and inappropriate wheels and rims, speaks disdainfully of other whites and socializes almost exclusively with blacks, doesn't seem all that bright, and never addresses the issue of the political unfairness whites face in American sports?
Does he lose his "white card"?
Or, do you still celebrate him in the hopes that his anomaly-success will lead to other whites succeeding, too?