Racism against White People: It's Awesome!

As a white guy I rarely feel like I'm discriminated against. In all honesty, I've never felt like someone treated me differently because I'm white. It's a shame that minorities in our country do not feel likewise. Many African Americans can easily recall instances when they have felt racism directly, as can Latino Americans, Asian Americans, etc...

There is one facet of our culture in which the racism is reversed in some cases: Sports. Toby Gerhart, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, is a white running back from Stanford that is about to enter the NFL draft this weekend. Can anybody name a starting white running back? Has any of you actually seen a white running back that starts more than maybe one game here or there? Exactly, you can't.

Gerhart is feeling the pressure of being a white player that is going out for a position that is dominated by black players. He claims that he is asked about it in interviews for teams and also that one insider states that the reason that he won't be a first round pick is because he is white. What's my opinion on the subject? If he is good enough he will play for a team, regardless of color.

I will be brutally honest here: I usually can't stand watching white guys play basketball. In fact, it pains me. Watching Duke vs. Butler this year in the final game was like going to the dentist for a two and a half hour root canal procedure. Slow, defensive, boring white boy ball. Gag. Does that mean I'm racist against my own race?

It's not like black players haven't felt the same treatment. It's been said among racists and other ignorant people that black men cannot play quarterback. Rush Limbaugh, racist and moron extraordinaire, was fired from ESPN for saying that the NFL gave special treatment to Donovan McNabb because they wanted a black quarterback to succeed. One has to ask one's self wtf was ESPN thinking when they hired that windbag in the first place.

I would like to say in conclusion that yes, Gerhart is being discriminated against because white running backs have not been a factor in the NFL for about 50 years and there is a reason for that: They Suck. A lot of white guys like to point to Mike Alstott as an example of a good white running back and to that I say this: he was a glorified fullback.