During the whole of Mitch Albom’s article, It’s not race, Lebron James, but it might be you, Albom constantly criticizes not only Soledad O’Brien’s question of “Do you think there’s a role that race plays in this”, “this” being the criticism of how Lebron dealt with his free-agency, but also James’ response to the proposal. Albom goes on to entirely disprove the possibility that race could have had any sort of impact on the fans opposition. He describes how utterly unintelligent this suggestion was, and how easy it is to simply use race as an excuse to a person’s downfall.
I absolutely agree with Albom’s argument. As I continued to read through the article, I conclusively realized the stupidity in Lebron’s actions concerning his free-agency. It appeared clear to me that James did not handle his decision maturely. Albom used many elements in his article that persuaded me to believe so. One such effective point was the mention of Brett Favre and his retreat from Green Bay. There was also criticism in this pronouncement but Albom points out that throughout the debate a question of race was never mentioned. That was most likely because there should not have been one in Favre’s case, just like there should not have been one in James’ case either. I completely agree with Albom when he says that the arising of this moronic accusation is solely because “when a high-profile African-American athlete hits an oil skid of controversy, it is all too easy to make race the culprit”. When there is no way of defending one’s character, most people will turn to racism as the explanation for the criticism surrounding them.
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