I'm not reading the article for now, but one I read back when JJ was here explained it in a way that makes sense to me: the majority of college basketball fans are White males who have nowhere near the talent of the players they adore. When a Black player displays a certain attitude, there's a degree of separation due to "culture" that might lead them to withhold judging too harshly. When a White player does it, there is no uncertainty; there's familiarity, and yet there's some inferiority, so the average fan is overzealous in their reaction. And it's "safer" for White fans to hate White players.
W/ Cam Newton, I think it works in nearly the exact opposite way, which sounds contradictory until, duh, we remember they're completely different situations. Cam is playing a "White position," so when he behaves in such a way that he stands out further, there's some resentment. It gets parsed as "culture," not race, but in a society that has never really been truly and completely racially integrated, there's going to be an awful lot of overlap between culture and race.
I'm very aware that those ideas don't cover every situation, but I do think they exist.
I think injustice based on race is still one of the more important social issues there is. I won't do a hard sell trying to convince others to agree, but that's where I'm coming from. I welcome any opportunity to discuss it. I don't get tired of it.
W/ Cam Newton, I think it works in nearly the exact opposite way, which sounds contradictory until, duh, we remember they're completely different situations. Cam is playing a "White position," so when he behaves in such a way that he stands out further, there's some resentment. It gets parsed as "culture," not race, but in a society that has never really been truly and completely racially integrated, there's going to be an awful lot of overlap between culture and race.
I'm very aware that those ideas don't cover every situation, but I do think they exist.
I think injustice based on race is still one of the more important social issues there is. I won't do a hard sell trying to convince others to agree, but that's where I'm coming from. I welcome any opportunity to discuss it. I don't get tired of it.
