Not that I really care what former football player Michael Irvin said, but apparently he’s going to get away with what would get a white man fired and/or ostracized.
Last week Irvin said that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who is white, must have some “black” in him because he’s a good athlete. I won’t quote the rest. Suffice it to say, Irvin could use a few lessons in diction.
Normally, this would be a compliment (for blacks), would it not? I mean, how many among us don’t believe blacks are genetically superior athletes? I believe they are, and I also believe that physical abilities aren’t the only abilities heavily influenced by genetics. Mental abilities…well, I won’t go there today.
That’s not to say that Romo has some “black” in him or that whites aren’t good athletes. But generally speaking, blacks just do certain things better, like sprinting, for instance.
In his own ineloquent way, Irvin expressed what most people know but don’t talk about in public. I don’t think he should be fired or made to apologize, but I’d be remiss on this Monday morning if I didn’t point out the dirty double standards.
(Writing about double standards is a specialty of mine.)
You may recall that Rush Limbaugh was fired from his sportscasting gig for implying that Donovan McNabb, black quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, was hyped up as a great quarterback because he was black.
I agreed with Limbaugh and wrote a post last year making fun of the NAACP for chastising one of its members for agreeing with Limbaugh. If I could care any less than I do about this whole mess, it would be criminal. 
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