So for Father’s Day this year, I republished an article I had written last year called “Top Ten Athletes With Illegitimate Kids.” Like with everything I’ve ever written, I wrote this article because I thought it was funny.
Yes, I missed Antonio Cromartie, and I’ll add him in the future (that is unless Larry Johnson has any more kids.)
Anyway, this article got poplar on Digg and got more than 10k 17k page views (pat myself on the back), but then I read the comments and realized what I unintentionally did. Because of the anonymity on Digg, people can say virtually what they want. In this case, some started making racists statements, and those statements got the ‘thumbs up’ from others.
While it’s true I didn’t include any white athletes on the list, it was only because I limited the number to ten, and I was basing it off of the number of kids, particularly by multiple women. Perhaps if I made it a Top 15 or Top 20 list, Scott Skiles would be on there, and maybe some others. Race had absolutely nothing to do with who made the list. The fact that they are all black is at the very best a coincidence, the very worst an awful stereotype. But I promise you, the very moment a white athlete knocks up a bunch of women, he’ll get a spot.
So, with this article not only did I give a forum to racist idiots, but I also got complaints about there not being any white guys on the list. Ugh.