“Donovan McNabb is still taking shots - the latest from an NAACP leader who criticized the quarterback’s leadership skills and said he “played the race card” in explaining why he no longer runs the ball.” The article continues . . . “He wrote that McNabb’s tendency to run the ball early in his career “not only confused defenses, it also thrilled Eagles fans,” but that abandoning that element “by claiming that ‘everybody expects black quarterbacks to scramble’ not only amounts to a breach of faith but also belittles the real struggles of black athletes who’ve had to overcome real racial stereotypcasting in addition to downright segregation.”
McNabb responds:
“If you talk about my play, that’s one thing. When you talk about my race, now we’ve got problems. If you’re trying to make a name off my name, again, I hope your closet is clean because something is going to come out about you … I always thought the NAACP supported African Americans and didn’t talk bad about them. Now you learn a little bit more.”
TheStateOf race and the NFL: Why does everyone hate McNabb so much? Am I missing something? I mean, I know he sucked in the Super Bowl, but people are going overboard. And why is the head of the Philly NAACP speaking Donovan’s name? Could the NAACP be more irrelevant these days?
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