Shadowlight
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Either I am getting softer as I age or this will be one of those famous last word declarations but in general I have noticed over the past several years an improving sports media relying less on caste speak as in the past. This may not effect the cast iron caste work that affects countless young white athletes trying to gain a scholarship at a big time program but it is a key step in the right direction.The more serious the institution like Sports Illustrated or certain large city newspapers I sense a difference. The more topical gossipy organizations like ESPN or sports twitter types tend to rely much more on caste speak. As just one example of many the recent demeaning comments about the Patriots wide receivers by Mike Golic and others of his ilk clearly demonstrate that the caste approach is still a boiling furnace. But even ESPN has made a few strides. College football color man Kirk Herbstreit has improved his approach the past few years and Monday night NFL color man Jon Gruden regularly praises the athletic ability of white players.
For me the most fair and balanced sports commentary is the premiere (basically the only one left) sports magazine Sports Illustrated. A quick boring history but SI once featured a chief NBA writer Jack McCallum ( who wrote for the mag from 1981 to 2009) who was always diabolically caste. In 2002 they hired an outsider ( Esquire, US, Rolling Stone etc.) Terry McDonnell as chief editor. After what seemed to be a somewhat promising start the magazine started to noticeably slip. There was a slow but emerging drift away from tennis coverage for one thing. It is worth pointing out it took them years to put Roger Federer on the cover. A new editor came in around 2012 and the difference seemed marginal but over time I noticed a less caste based approach. Chris Stone who has worked for SI for years was named chief editor in June of 2016 and so far he has made a positive mark on the magazine. For the most part you can expect adult oriented sports commentary not weighed down by caste talk. Two ( say what) white receivers have graced the covers this year (Clemson's Hunter Renfrow's game winning TD in the title game and Julian Edelman's catch for the ages). In a surprise move they had a write up of the Australian Open because they skipped the issue that story would have been covered in but they rightfully saw the importance of both Serena and Roger winning. Heck a few times lately they skipped Wimbledon coverage because it fell in between a summer double issue. Man how can you not cover Wimbledon?
In the most recent Edelman cover issue there is even a long story about a 15 year old white basketball up and comer named Nico Mannion. He is in the 2020 class and yes I have been monitoring him for about a year now--hell I am looking all over creation for the next big white athlete--but it just goes to show how SI has become unbiased. Remember not too long ago they had a nice piece on star RB Christian Mac where he let off some steam about the very caste system we loathe.
The moral of the story is for every caste joker out there you can find some more proper analysis and insight on what is going on in sports and Sports Illustrated is not a bad place to start.
For me the most fair and balanced sports commentary is the premiere (basically the only one left) sports magazine Sports Illustrated. A quick boring history but SI once featured a chief NBA writer Jack McCallum ( who wrote for the mag from 1981 to 2009) who was always diabolically caste. In 2002 they hired an outsider ( Esquire, US, Rolling Stone etc.) Terry McDonnell as chief editor. After what seemed to be a somewhat promising start the magazine started to noticeably slip. There was a slow but emerging drift away from tennis coverage for one thing. It is worth pointing out it took them years to put Roger Federer on the cover. A new editor came in around 2012 and the difference seemed marginal but over time I noticed a less caste based approach. Chris Stone who has worked for SI for years was named chief editor in June of 2016 and so far he has made a positive mark on the magazine. For the most part you can expect adult oriented sports commentary not weighed down by caste talk. Two ( say what) white receivers have graced the covers this year (Clemson's Hunter Renfrow's game winning TD in the title game and Julian Edelman's catch for the ages). In a surprise move they had a write up of the Australian Open because they skipped the issue that story would have been covered in but they rightfully saw the importance of both Serena and Roger winning. Heck a few times lately they skipped Wimbledon coverage because it fell in between a summer double issue. Man how can you not cover Wimbledon?
In the most recent Edelman cover issue there is even a long story about a 15 year old white basketball up and comer named Nico Mannion. He is in the 2020 class and yes I have been monitoring him for about a year now--hell I am looking all over creation for the next big white athlete--but it just goes to show how SI has become unbiased. Remember not too long ago they had a nice piece on star RB Christian Mac where he let off some steam about the very caste system we loathe.
The moral of the story is for every caste joker out there you can find some more proper analysis and insight on what is going on in sports and Sports Illustrated is not a bad place to start.