re: Missouri black football players going on strike

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Everyone's afraid of being called racist -- especially if you're a white male sportswriter, which is like 90% of all sportswriters in the country -- so the easiest thing to do is write a boilerplate column praising the courage of the players.

After all, what's the payoff in pointing out that a poop swastika isn't actually directed at black football players? Or that racial slurs happen everywhere and are unlikely to be solved by not playing a football game?

No, don't you get it, these guys hate racism more than you and me and everyone else. They hate racism so much they are not going to play a football game -- that they'll probably lose.

That's brave, man.

Look, if not playing football games cured racism, I'd be the first to say don't play football. But this is an absurd protest with absurd demands. The simple truth is this -- the sports media is overwhelmingly liberal white guys. It's easier to praise players than point out that this is the Kony of college football, a millennial-fueled uproar lacking in cogent goals or actionable claims.

Not all strikes are dumb, but this one? This one is very dumb.

#poopswastika

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