Race is a contentious issue in modern America, and for good reason. Inequality abounds, achievement gaps widen, and mistrust is rampant. As worthy as the subject is, it is not my place to discuss such matters. I will leave that up to the good people who work in the media, with the confidence that they will be completely honest and truthful in their handling of the subject, as they are with any other. However, I can offer this tidbit, a small sign of increasing equality in these troubled times:
At 0:43 of this video, Suns commentator Eddie Johnson uses the descriptive phrase “sneaky hops” in reference to a black person!
I wouldn’t call this a milestone in race relations, but it is a good sign, is it not? No longer is having physical traits that obscure one’s vertical leaping ability the domain of white persons exclusively. This is surely at least part of the future that Dr. Martin Luther King dreamed of.