The Michael Vick apologist-fest continues. Numerous blogs in the blackosphere, as well as many black talking heads on TV, are playing the race card and saying Michael Vick was unfairly treated because of his race. These people are full of crap. The prosecutors are recommending the lowest end of the sentencing spectrum for the charges that Vick pled guilty to. I'd like to see these people find one white person who has admitted to the same charges who got less time than Vick.
Furthermore they complain that the media firestorm has been unfair to Vick because of his race. Again, this is bogus. Vick is a mega superstar athlete. Other than maybe Peyton Manning, he is THE face of the NFL. This same firestorm would have happened if Peyton Manning, Alex Rodriguez, or Yao Ming had admitted to the same charges. Except those guys would not have had all their fellow athletes come out and defend them in the media and place the race card. They wouldn't have had the NAACP backing them either.
The NAACP has made a complete mockery of their organization. They were the first to jump the gun and hang the Duke lacrosse players in the media. Yet those boys turned out to be innocent and the NAACP never apologized. Now they are saying we shouldn't judge Vick and should wait for due process before talking about him - even though he has admitted guilt. So they hang the innocent whites but defend the guilty black. Clearly, they look at race first and facts second.
More importantly, by playing the race card and making a civil rights issue out of the Vick case, they are trivializing true civil rights issues.
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