A Black History Month Conversation with a White Friend

(This conversation was started late last year and was finished recently. It was recorded – and I finally finished editing and transcribing it…. So here we go.)

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A white friend and I were talking sports – of course.

“Man, it’s the year of the white man,” he said proudly.

“What the hell are you talking about?” I asked, incredulously.

“Dude, I’m tellin’ you, no offense D.K., but it’s our year.” Boxing, Rickey Hatton. Football, Brett Favre, Sportsman of the Year. Tim Tebow has the Heisman on lockdown. Who led the resurgence of the Colorado Rockies – white guys! Steve Nash is still the man in the NBA. Fatherhood has Tiger not even playing. Watch what happens to him next season. He’ll be lucky if he wins one major. Hell, Andy Roddick is still better than James Blake.”