LeBron James: Whites Cover LeBron in the NBA but African-Americans Can't?

[Blue_Tires]

Despite the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics heating up the talk around the league is still LeBron James. Does James deserve the amount of attention he's getting? After all, he's the most prized free agent in NBA history right?

Are there other stories about James that are bigger than where he'll play next season?

Yes.

It's a damn shame to find out whose is covering LeBron James. No, I don't mean on the court: As in the journalists in the press box and locker rooms.

Two years ago I published a column in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette about the lack of African-Americans in journalism. I wrote how their hiring practices were a reflection of the lack of diversity in other mainstream outlets.

I did freelance work for the Journal Gazette for approximately a year before the inevitable came. It's difficult to be African-American, tell the truth and keep your writing space.

Like I've always done, I simply moved forward and kept it real.

My point is this: The most prized free-agent in NBA history is on the market. Unbeknownst to most LBJ, for all the limelight, glitter and notoriety was covered by one African-American journalist in Ohio George Thomas of the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal.

Now Thomas is history.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dexter-rogers/lebron-james-whites-cover_b_611172.html

[Number23]

1. What a weirdly written article

But I understand where he's coming from completely.

And damn, he's naming names and calling folks out, too! "More recently I wrote Stephen A. Smith for us to a show about the lack of African-Americans in positions of power in the media. I have not heard from him nor do I expect to.":rofl:

Some of the most racist experiences of my career (and life) occurred when I was working in American media. I could tell some tales. Man, I could tell some tales.

[Brewman_Jax]

2. He sums it up nicely

"This situation pains me. There are African-American voices that yearn to be heard yet the whiteness of newsrooms across this country and the power structure won't allow it."

There are very few black journalists, very little black-owned media. It goes back to Murphy's Golden Rule: Whoever has the gold, makes the rules.