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We're not big sports guys here at Afronerd (that would affect the nerd mystique) but I'm glad someone spoke out about the lower tier minstrel behavior exhibited by some athletes of color-enter commentator, Stephen A. Smith. It seems that football player, Pacman Jones is in trouble....again...and Smith had a few words:
Courtesy of NFL Fanhouse-
Stephen A. Smith Calls Out Pacman Jones, African-American Players
Times are tough for Pacman Jones. The guy is picked up by the Dallas Cowboys with a "one strike and you're out" policy, gets in one little fight with a bodyguard in a public setting and now people are all over him.
The cornerback had five tackles yesterday in the loss against the Cardinals, but got burnt on a go route by none other than ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, who said Friday that he is absolutely fed up with Pacman's antics, taking a particular stance that he feels many in sports media cannot.
"(Jones) is completely idiotic in this situation," Smith said on ESPN's 1st & 10. "I'm really ticked off right now because one of the things that I think a lot of people can't say, but obviously I can say being an African-American, I don't see too many white players getting into these kinds of situations."
Stephen A. was just loading the bullets into the gun. He went on to call out African-American players as a whole for a bad NFL image.
"It's entirely embarrassing," Smith said. "As an African-American, I'm really getting sick and tired of having to sit up here and give some kind of explanation as to why these guys find themselves in this situation.
"My last comment: White players are not finding themselves in these situations. We've got to start taking a look at ourselves."
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Stephen A. Smith Calls Out Pacman Jones, African-American Players
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