"But because there are so few blacks writing, whichever black point of view is presented is often taken as broadly representative and whoever pens it enjoys an air of inflated authority when talking about African-Americans or racism, with little pushback from the very few minority writers or from white audiences."

Well, he was presented as the "Anti-Whitlock" in a piece that destroys Whitlock , that's pretty "pro-Scoop"...

I know this is Deadspin, but this was such a compelling piece, I hope you don't ruin it with ad hominem attacks on Whitlock...

I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion here (if it's even seen), but I can't help read this and feel troubled that black men can so easily calling out another as an "Uncle Tom", but will steadfastly refuse to disparage anyone in Whitlock's loathed hip-hop community for anyone of their negative behaviors and…

"Words are nice. A contract would be better."

Sadly, the shipment was intercepted before reaching Africa. #tooeasy

Tony LaRussa approves.

This is a sports site, why would you pick "Lorde" instead of "Greg Oden"?

Frivilous litigation is so Wong...

"Pizza boxes never fit cleanly into the recycling bin anyway."

"at least anecdotally"

Fair. Ammended: "Don't question the narrative, brah!"

Hey, this is Deadspin! Don't ruin the narrative, brah!

Aaron Hernandez ['s jersey] was framed!!

Totally get all that, and like I said at the beginning of all of this, Pet Peeve. I just feel like it makes things sound extraneously exotic when it's just the Japanicized version of the English word. (Like when someone makes a big flourish out of order Uni, instead of just saying sea urchin)

Yeah, I understand that they can be written in Japanese, but that doesn't make them the "Japanese word" for something.

I don't know what this is, or Emilio Delle Banjo is, but I love it...

It was a specific retort to the idea that "Japanese soccer is barely Japanese". It's a silly concept unless you similarly believe that "American soccer is barely American".

"their word for soccer is sakka" "put their drum behind the goal, and led the chanto"

"the Japanese appropriated soccer from the West. Team names like Yokohama FC mimic the Europeans; their word for soccer is sakka; their chants (chanto) are all in English (the Red Diamonds' songs include "Pride of Urawa Reds," "Hey Ho, Let's Go," and "Urawa Reds, We Love You")"