(THE FEDERALIST) – ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said football star Tim Tebow’s return to the NFL is the prime example of white privilege.
“If I’m gonna bring up white privilege when I brought up Steve Nash getting the job in Brooklyn, is this not an example of white privilege?” Smith asked. “What brother do you know that’s getting this opportunity? … Let me be the first to say, I don’t give a damn how you feel. I mean what I say. It is white privilege.”
The 2007 Heisman Trophy-winner finalized his agreement to play tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday, which prompted Smith’s continued complaints that Tebow was handed a special place on the team because of his connection to Urban Meyer instead of earning it. Black people, the commentator said he believes, are not given the same opportunities.
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