featuring Sandy Dover for The Shadow League
African Americans have long practiced individual opinion, but context means everything. Terrell Owens is a jerk and a bad teammate, and ALL people give it to him. Michael Vick and Cam Newton are great talents with so-so teammates, but THEY become pariahs by comparison to others who have worse fortune. That’s why many African American fans unify. It’s a matter of context. The sports realm is littered with fear and prejudice.
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