Bill Simmons Is At It Again, So It's a "Black Jesus" Friday

I’m tired of reading Bill Simmons (and others of his ilk, as
Michael Wilbon would say) and his depiction of black athletes - and
black people. However, somebody has to make absolutely sure that the
watchers are watched, that people of all colors can see racism, even
when it might be “unintentional.” Yet, with Simmons, who appears to be
intensely self-aware. it’s difficult to believe that he’s not just
trying to cloud his racism with some pithy rhetoric. And since Simmons
is so well-known it is important to point out his racist tendencies.
It’s important because others might just begin to perceive the same in
themselves; because some people might just begin to recognize it in
other circumstances; because some people might begin to articulate
something that can be subtle enough to go unnoticed.