Is Jason Whitlock Just Another Sellout? - A Black Reader Responds

Dear Sir,
Your article on the above subject was very informative and inciteful. I am from Washington, D.C. and I am an avid reader of the Washington Post. This is paper that the guy who is the subject matter of your essay writes for. One must understand that when African Americans reach a lofty status in these "United States of America", they somehow must reaffirm their not like the rest of blacks syndrome. In this sports writer's case, he must write in his column what mainstream America wants to read, think and believe about black America.
Back in 2002, this same writer wrote in his Washington Post column about the upcoming NBA draft, and I quote, "For his money, Casey Jacobsen was the best college basketball player in America." He simply blew my mind. I was wondering from what planet did this guy just get here? Here are just a few outstanding African-American and Oriental players that were drafted in 2002:

Pick
Player
NBA Team
School/Club Team
1
Yao Ming (C)
Houston Rockets
Shanghai Sharks (China)
2
Jay Williams (PG)
Chicago Bulls
Duke
4
Drew Gooden (F)
Memphis Grizzlies
Kansas
8
Chris Wilcox (F/C)
Los Angeles Clippers (from Atlanta)
Maryland
9
Amare Stoudemire (F/C)
Phoenix Suns
Cypress Creek HS (Orlando, Florida)
10
Caron Butler (SF)
Miami Heat
UConn
11
Jared Jeffries (F)
Washington Wizards
Indiana
17
Juan Dixon (G)
Washington Wizards (from New Orleans)
Maryland
22
Casey Jacobsen (SG)
Phoenix Suns (from Boston)
Stanford
23
Tayshaun Prince (SF)
Detroit Pistons
Kentucky
34
Carlos Boozer (PF)
Cleveland Cavaliers
Duke

Just so your readers will know, Casey Jacobsen averaged 5.9 points per game for the four years he played for the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Hornets from 2002 - 2005. He in Europe 2005 - 2007. He recently signed with the Memphis Grizzlies. The point is how could Mr. from the Midwest, Chicago specifically, could guess so wrongly and tell the world that this Caucasian player from Stanford University, in his mind, WAS NOT only the best shooting guard, but the best player in the U.S.?

Many African-Americans in the media seem to have to justify their lofty status in the Caucasian mainstream by giving them fodder to reaffirm their bias thoughts about black Americans whom they think are not like thier equal in humility and humanity. This allows white America to justify their guiltlessness for the less than equal way of life that they dole out to those whom they have learned or have been taught to believe are of a lesser station in mundane life and also, the evolutionary chain of life.

I had a conversation with one of my Caucasian co-workers about this very article the day it was in print in 2002. He thought it was a great article and well-written. In fact, he told he really liked reading MW. I told him that not only didn't I think he could write very well, but in fact, he was just another sellout from his race who is trying hard to be accepted by his mainstream employer and readers. This guy lost his soul and self-awareness a long time ago. He is enjoying his elitist status not only writing in newspapers, but on television, too.

The bottom line for me is that Mr. MW seems to think he is one of a few educated black men (Northwestern University I believe) in America. It seems to think that it gives license to communicate for Caucasians about black America. If takes slandering other black men in order to be accepted by the mainstream and get paid mega bucks while you take potshots at your own people, then Mr. MW, you can have it all. I recall your writing and saying you grew up as a poor, black kid in Chicago. You are not a credit to your race. What have you done lately to stem some of the black violence with powerful pen?

So you see, Mr. MW has a long history of putting his brethren. It did not start with Sean Taylor. Please be aware that Mr. MW's media pal, Mr. Kevin I. Blackistone of ESPN, made very similar statements that he wasn't surprise at all about Sean Taylor's death because of the crowd he grew up and hung out with. This he stated to his Caucasian brethren at ESPN repeatedly the day of Mr. Taylor's death. Obviously, there is some kind of disconnect with obtaining a college education and basic common sense and decency.

Finally, if this short essay ever gets to Mr. MW or Mr. KB, I attended and graduated from a predominant white college, too, The George Washington University did not make me forget where I came from. It did not change me one iota. Have fun talking to Tony, I am sure he would never dare write or say the things you carelessly dribbled out about your fellow African-Americans person about a of Jewish persuasion. Just mention something negatively about the holocaust one time and see the wrath you will endure. You even had the audacity to come on television on the George Michael Redskin Show and say you stand by what you wrote. Every now and then you run across a person that thinks he or she is bright who in reality is quite dull.