Don Banks: Redskins Hater and Racist

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...ons/index.html

Okay, Don Banks makes some interesting points about the Redskins which he backs up with statistics. Its sort of hard to argue with him that they are really not the team that everyone expected them to be.

But in his third section, on Rickey Williams, he writes "But what else is he going to say? He's in a deep financial hole and he can't sing or dance. So football once again equals a pay day."

Does this strike anyone as fairly condescending? What is the message - that if black professional athletes can't play football, they have to sing or dance for a living?

Is that like saying, "Dat Nguyen - what else can he say? He's in a deep financial hole and he can't perform kung-fu or cook chinese food. So football once again equals a pay day." How about, "Peyton Manning - what else can he say? He's in a deep financial hole and can't do accounting or practice law. So football again equals a pay day." Finally, "Tony Gonzales - what else can he say? He's in a deep financial hole and he can't make make pinatas or dance the lambada."

Am I reading too much into this? Am I pissed off at Donny because he is picking on the Redskins? Did I pay too much attention in my cultural studies classes?

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