I don’t think Barry Bonds is being picked on just because he’s black. I don’t think the feds and the media and all that are snickering to themselves, “we’ll get that black guy, heh, heh, heh …”.I do think he’s getting more heat because he’s black, though.
Not directly. Indirectly.
Barry Bonds is an immensely self-involved critter who insists on having it his own way and living by his own rules. White guys can do this and get away with this because it makes ‘em look like cowboys, rugged individualists, real men, guys who do it –their- way.
Black guys act this way and it’s cluck, cluck, tsk, tsk, what kind of role model is that for Tyrone in the ‘hood, oh for shame …
There’s just no room for the black cowboy in our culture or any kind of “rebel, I do it my way” black image. If you’re black and a public figure you’re supposed to be warm, approachable, charitable, gosh darn it, someone the Average (White) Person wouldn’t mind living next door to. Dr. Cliff Huxtable, in other words.
There’s no middle ground. If you’re not Dr. Huxtable you’re Thug Rapper Deelite, a potential threat to all that’s good and decent. And what about poor Tyrone in the ‘hood?
Barry knows this, I can tell. That’s probably one reason why he can blow off the media criticism. He knows it wouldn’t be nearly as rough if he was Scooter Bonds instead of Barry.
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