(Spare me the innocuous accusation that I am playing the race card, because that insinuates that I am not adhering to facts, when this is nothing but fact).
Seems like Ozzie Guillen's body language said it all. But here is what I'm saying.
If you are a regular reader of my articles, you would know about my ongoing topic of questioning the integrity of ESPN employees, or even my official boycott of ESPN.
More precisely, reporting the truth about the malicious gossiper known as Jay Mariotti of Around the Horn , and ESPN's blatant attempt to assassinate the career of Raiders coach Tom Cable with incendiary claims of serial abuse made without evidence, only word of mouth.
ESPN does so to protect its agenda to undermine teams that do not garner big ratings.
As much as I hate to say this, historically, the Raiders have done questionably in regards to ticket sales. The Raiders nearly did not sell out when Los Angeles upset Washington for the third Super Bowl win by the Raiders in the 1983 season.
Meanwhile, East Coast teams and a handful of others, usually do garner big ratings. Must be easy to stay enthusiastic about your team and want to pay exorbitant prices when the mainstream media will flatter your ego all season.
Or when the mainstream media brands your fans as, "thugs."
Remember the Titans
A few months back, I wrote an article called, "Remember the Titans: The Cases of Pacman Jones and Ben Roethlisberger," in which I criticized the mainstream media (sports and in general) and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for selling the sizzle of racism; meaning, the effects of racism without calling it racism.
I think Commissioner Goodell did so unintentionally by reacting to over-hyped stories about black players that appealed to malicious white audiences who were more than willing to support a media "lynching of 'thugs."
Don't think so? You did not see too many black people caring about stories of troubled black players in the NFL. The only fans that did were white, or in the mainstream media, where they must sell hate or something easily malleable by bigots.
Many might think that I am just an acerbic prick who treks waters that he knows little about, when unfortunately, I only talk about what I know of all too well; sublimated racism.
A trap is easy to fall into, because it does not require direct bigotry. I for instance, had long had many diverse friends (many were black women).
That is why I have taken an aggressive approach to exposing the truth. That truth being, people are more than willing to take advantage of a system that unfairly benefits them, and delude themselves that they earned it or deserve it.
All it takes is the willingness to support a system that which unfairly benefits one race to the detriment of another race.
The Fightin' Side of Me is against the Willfully Ignorant
Many Southerners during the time of slavery, for instance, did not directly hate African slaves, but those Southerners did willingly benefit from a system that wrongly detriments others. Nevertheless, many of those Southerners became bigots in defense of slavery, because others started to question the morality of slavery.
What is that you say—slavery is over, so get over it?
Only a fool would believe that simply because slavery ended, that the effects of and underlying issues that enabled that system have gone with it. Trust me, I have been that fool, so you are not alone.
I used to question the tactics of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, because I viewed them as extremists.
Yet, to apply a quote I had always reserved for myself, and yet never applied it to others: "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"
That quote came from former presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, whom would vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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