McNabb answers critical column from NAACP leader

[rinsd]

ESPN.com news services

"Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb has expressed surprise and disappointment after hearing of racially charged criticism made by Philadelphia NAACP president J. Whyatt Mondesire in a Nov. 27 column in the Philadelphia Sun.

Mondesire, the Sun's publisher and editor, wrote that McNabb is a "mediocre talent" who tries to disguise his ineffectiveness behind "some concocted reasoning" that African-American quarterbacks who scramble are somehow lesser "field generals."

McNabb, who endured Rush Limbaugh's comments just a few years earlier, was baffled by Mondesire's remarks.

"Especially being the same color I am," McNabb told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Obviously if it's someone else who is not African-American, it's racism. But when someone of the same race talks about you because you're selling out because you're not running the ball, it goes back to: What are we really talking about here?"

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2258970

Here's part of the original article

By J. Whyatt Mondesire

"Hey McNabb!
Yo--Donny! I'm calling you man.
Hey, soup guy, over here!
Donovan E. McNabb, you hear me callin' you. Will you please pay attention?
For a whole lot of years now, we've heard you crying aloud about being taken seriously as a black quarterback who can camp out in the pocket and deliver rifle shots across midfield right into the fingertips of the fleetest of wideouts and tight ends. Say, like a Doug Williams, the brilliant Grambling star quarterback of a generation ago who went on to break a Super Bowl record for touchdown passes in 1988.Well....well...I've seen you Donovan E. McNabb--in your formative years as well as your mid-career development--and one thing is certain. Donovan E. McNabb you're no Doug Williams. The Grambling all-star completed 18 of 29 passes for 340 yards and four touchdowns, capping it off with 35 points in the fourth quarter alone. He followed that performance with three conference championships in 2000, ‘01 and ‘02.

http://www.philasun.com/back_issues/2005/11-27-05/cover.html

[DaveinMD]

1. really stupid stuff

I feel bad for McNabb having to put up with the idiocy of many Eagles fans.

[rinsd]

2. Love the "old school" Big Blue logo....(nt)

[DaveinMD]

3. I just got it

from the avatars provided here.

[rinsd]

6. I couldn't resist grabbing one too....

Big game this weekend. I don't think we'll be able to stop Larry Johnson without Pierce. I still think we can win provided we get turnovers.

[DaveinMD]

7. we can win

the D-line needs to bring it A game. Our offense will score against that defense.

[Captain Hilts]

11. I thought the 'NY' was the truly old school logo. That's what Huff wore.

[rinsd]

13. Hence the quotations marks.....

..some of us grew up with the avatar logo.

[DaveinMD]

18. yep

and it a good time to grow up. I started watching in Phil's rookie year.

[Robeson]

4. A correction to Mr. Mondesire on his article......

From his article: "The Grambling all-star completed 18 of 29 passes for 340 yards and four touchdowns, capping it off with 35 points in the fourth quarter alone."

The facts are: Doug Williams threw 4 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter of that Super Bowl, not the 4th. And that 35 point quarter, was the 2nd quarter, not the 4th.

[sniffa]

5. aLso

The Grambling all-star completed 18 of 29 passes for 340 yards and four touchdowns, capping it off with 35 points in the fourth quarter alone. He followed that performance with three conference championships in 2000, ‘01 and ‘02.

what a Long career doug had.

i didn't know the redskins we're in the superbowL from 2000-2002.

[bmbmd]

8. McNabb seems to be too nice of a guy

to play for the Iggles. He needs to be somewhere warm.

[Goblinmonger]

9. Isn't is nice how he throws in

"conference" championships like it meant a trip to the bowl.

[Robeson]

10. Yeah, I caught that to. Mondesire made that unclear as well...

...It pretty much had the tone of a rant/diatribe. As head coach of Grambling, Williams won three Southwestern Athletic Conference titles from 2000-2002. I'm assuming he was trying to say that, but he didn't spell it out very well. His whole editorial had the flavor of a Junior High School kid having a temper tantrum over his favorite team...

[mduffy31]

15. Damn it

...you beat me to it.

[Captain Hilts]

12. I can't believe what McNabb has gone through for being black.

Give the guy a break!

This NAACP guy is nuts. First Limbaugh, now this.

[Sandpiper]

14. Shame on this loser Mondeshire for using the NAACP

To try and throw a cloak of respectability on the rantings of just another bitter, asshole, Iggles fan.

[mduffy31]

16. Why can't he just be a quarterback

...and not be a "black" quarterback. This reminds me of the famous Doug Williams question, "How long have you been a black quarterback?" Haven't black guys played the position long enough now that it isn't a novelty when they are drafted. I just don't get it sometimes.

[Robeson]

17. Indeed. That's why I take offense to Mondesire's article.....

...other than right-wing extremists, like Limp-balls, I didn't even realize this was an issue. I thought Doug Williams's performance buried the racists a couple of generations ago. And I never thought it was an issue then. I was just glad that Williams put an exclamation mark on that tombstone. Mondesire is a discredit to the advancement that everyone has made on this issue, black or white.