Race Matters…. Because Cam Newton says it Doesn’t

So if you don’t want to be that guy, Cam Newton, I’m with you. But do you really want to be this guy? Yeah that’s way over the top, but I exaggerate to make a point. Selected first overall in last April’s NFL draft and thrust straight into the starting quarterback’s slot with the Carolina Panthers, Newton faced a steep learning —a new offence and a lockout-shortened off-season in which to learn it — and handled the challenge masterfully. Fifteen games in to his first season he has already passed for more yards (3,893) than any rookie

in NFL history, and will add to that total in the Panthers’ season finale against the New Orleans Saints. But for everything the NFL’s quarterback of the future has learned in his rookie year he still hasn’t grasped the vast difference between refusing to use racism as a crutch, which is noble, and ignoring racism where it blatantly exists, which is insulting.

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