Racial politics infect sports.
On April 25, Nick Bosa, a white defensive end for the Ohio State Buckeyes, was picked second overall in the 2019 NFL draft. He gets attention as a white star in a league that is nearly 70 percent black.
Just before the draft, the New York Times profiled him in an article with an apparently contradictory title: “Nick Bosa Comes With the Kind of Baggage That Doesn’t Matter.” Mr. Bosa’s “baggage” was some tweets he had deleted:
Just before the draft, the New York Times profiled him in an article with an apparently contradictory title: “Nick Bosa Comes With the Kind of Baggage That Doesn’t Matter.” Mr. Bosa’s “baggage” was some tweets he had deleted:
One tweet called Beyoncé’s music ‘complete trash.’ Another described ‘Black Panther,’ a film widely seen as a triumph for pop-culture representations of black people, as the worst Marvel movie. Others reportedly expressed support for President Trump. And Bosa’s reference to the City by the Bay—the 49ers hold the second overall pick on Thursday—apparently alluded to a 2016 tweet in which Bosa called Colin Kaepernick a ‘clown.’The reader is invited to conclude that this “baggage” should weigh heavily against Mr. Bosa. The Times article then defended Mr. Kaepernick as “the former 49ers quarterback who protested structural racism and police brutality in the United States by kneeling during the national anthem.” In benighted America, Mr. Bosa’s “baggage” is the sort that does matter, and can ruin an otherwise deserving player’s career.........Racial politics long ago invaded—and corrupted—sports....To Read More....
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