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From: Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog
April 26, 2006
Jerod Walker: Black or Mormon? You be the judge!
In the news today is a freshman quarterback on the Utah State football team named Jerod Walker. Okay, let's play the game of "Black or Mormon?"
- Well, he's named after an Old Testament figure (Jared was, quite literally, Methuselah's grandfather), but with a creatively misspelled name. So, that could go either way.
- He plays college football, which is roughly half black, half white.
- He plays for Utah State, which is in the most Mormon state in the country.
- He plays quarterback, which has been traditionally a white position, but which has gotten blacker.
- He holds his high school's passing record (sounds white) and quarterback rushing record (sounds black).
Kind of a toss-up so far... So, why is a football player in the news in April? Well, the Deseret News reports:
Police have arrested a Utah State University football player accused of first-degree felony rape in connection with an April 9 incident involving a 20-year-old USU coed.
So, how do you bet now?
His picture is here.
For some reason, I don't think the NYT will run dozens of articles about this story, just like they haven't given blanket coverage to the rape charge filed against the Naval Naval Academy's quarterback. I guess, being a football quarterback just isn't a high profile position like being on the lacrosse team. That's the only explanation I can come up with...
(For the Navy quarterback's side of the case, see here.)
April 26, 2006
Jerod Walker: Black or Mormon? You be the judge!
In the news today is a freshman quarterback on the Utah State football team named Jerod Walker. Okay, let's play the game of "Black or Mormon?"
- Well, he's named after an Old Testament figure (Jared was, quite literally, Methuselah's grandfather), but with a creatively misspelled name. So, that could go either way.
- He plays college football, which is roughly half black, half white.
- He plays for Utah State, which is in the most Mormon state in the country.
- He plays quarterback, which has been traditionally a white position, but which has gotten blacker.
- He holds his high school's passing record (sounds white) and quarterback rushing record (sounds black).
Kind of a toss-up so far... So, why is a football player in the news in April? Well, the Deseret News reports:
Police have arrested a Utah State University football player accused of first-degree felony rape in connection with an April 9 incident involving a 20-year-old USU coed.
So, how do you bet now?
His picture is here.
For some reason, I don't think the NYT will run dozens of articles about this story, just like they haven't given blanket coverage to the rape charge filed against the Naval Naval Academy's quarterback. I guess, being a football quarterback just isn't a high profile position like being on the lacrosse team. That's the only explanation I can come up with...
(For the Navy quarterback's side of the case, see here.)