Who you wit'?-Floyd Mayweather's comments on Jeremy Lin

Black Nerd.  The second word, nerd, speaks of a group that is considered to be socially awkward, maybe intelligent, perhaps a little funny looking.  The first word, Black, is quite a bit heavier.  There's a long, sometimes ugly, history that goes along with it.  That is what we're talking about today children.  Race.  If the topic of race makes you uncomfortable now would be a good time to hit the eject button.  Good day.

On February 14th Floyd Mayweather tweeted:

"Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise."

Now that said, what do you think?  Is Floyd wrong?  Is he out of line?  Is he correct but just in bad taste?

Let's first of all give Mayweather credit where it's due.  He prefaced all of this by saying that Lin was a good player.  So all that nonsense about him discrediting Lin as a player is bologna.  Here's the thing:  There are Black players that get it done day in and day out.  Why aren't they as touted as Lin?  I've heard that it's the size of the New York media market that makes it such an intriguing story.  Bull. The size of the market hasn't changed in God knows how long.  Also the fact that Lin comes out of Harvard, which is not historically known for churning out elite basketball players, is what makes this story.  There have been countless Black players that didn't even go to college that have been productive in the NBA.  Still not buying it.  The last thing is Jeremy Lin makes the New York Knicks relevant again.  How do we call the Knick relevant again with such a small sample size?

Let's all turn around and face our psychological doom...Jeremy Lin is a novelty, is a story, is interesting because he is an Asian-American ballin' out in the NBA!  There I said it!  Yes he has broken records for his production in his first few starts but that's just barely interesting at all.  If anyone else does it, perhaps a Black man, we would barely notice. 

Floyd Mayweather has done and said some reprehensible things in his decade plus in the public eye.  Some of his statements have bordered on racist and/or maniacal.  Not this time.  This time ,like every other time he opens his mouth, is a hard pill for the main stream to swallow.  But unlike most of those other times....he's right.