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RG III Gets 'Uncle Tom' Treatment

Arley2 Wrote: Dec 28, 2012 9:04 PM
So, I'll interject some "race" into this post. I'm an old white guy. I spite of my handicap when I look at Robert Griffin III I see a young man with massive athletic talent, a brain that's at least as big as his talent, and a man blessed with a great deal of common sense as well. Until reading Mr. Elder's article I didn't know how well Robert fared academically, but here's a fellow all young guys can use as a role model regardless of their own heritage or color. I'll confess I didn't like him THAT much when he was at Baylor and was kicking butt in games against Kansas U and Kansas State. For Parker and others to take shots at RGIII for "not acting like a brother" is flat idiotic.
To a black ESPN sports analyst, this is the critical question: Is Robert Griffin III, aka RG III, the black rookie sensation Washington Redskins quarterback, "a brother, or is he a cornball brother?" What has RG III done or said to raise a suspicion about his bona fides as a black person? More importantly, what does this have to do with appreciating -- or choosing not to appreciate -- Griffin as an athlete?

Turns out RG III fancies himself as a quarterback who happens to be black -- as opposed to a black quarterback. When asked for the millionth time about...

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