I would like to thank Bryant Gumbel of HBO’s Real Sports for this amazing quote. For without it, I would not have had the motivation to create yet another blog entry.

“Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don’t like them and won’t watch them … Because they’re so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too. Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing.  So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention. Try not to point out that something’s not really a sport if a pseudo-athlete waits in what’s called a kiss-and-cry area, while some panel of subjective judges decides who won … So if only to hasten the arrival of the day they’re done, when we can move on to March Madness — for God’s sake, let the games begin.” –Bryant Gumbel

So let me get the bolded section of his quote correct:

1. Olympic athletes are not the best in the world
2. They are not because they aren’t black
3. GOP conventions (republican) are only for whites

So what should we do to fix this problem Bryant? The last time I remember you crying and complaining about something, a solution was reached that made America happy. You whined and cried about your job on CBS’ morning program, “The Early Show” and threatened to quit many times. Well, finally one day you did, after you failed to do the job for which you were hired. You were supposed to use your three years on the air to increase the show’s ratings…and you couldn’t. Now you are on some HBO show that I had to research to find the name of.

So, readers, what is it that makes it OK for him to say such blatantly racist comments? If I were to say an equivalent, I would be persecuted!

Don’t believe me? OK, I’ll try.

So try not to laugh when someone says that professional basketball players are not thugs and criminals, despite a scarceness of whites that makes the NBA look like a prison yard basketball game.

Oh, now I got your attention. That is racist isn’t it?
If you are truly upset, and think that my statement is wrong, let me show you how it compares.

1. Basketball players are thugs and criminals
2. They are because they aren’t white
3. Prison yards are only for blacks

I used the same format to summarize my statement as I did the first in order to allow for a comparison. The first part of the statement insinuates that professional basketball players are all thugs and criminals. This is untrue. It is just as untrue as hinting that the Olympic athletes are not the best in the world. The second part of the statement tries to support the first untruth based on skin color in both circumstances. And the third part of the statement makes a racist connection between a group of people that happen to be a majority of a certain color, whether or not it has anything to do with it.

Yes, prison yard basketball games are majority black.