What are they trying to satirize? I get Colbert's satire: it's directed at "Redskins." What is Deadspin making fun of? IMO the headline is unnecessary, especially given Gawker's general sanctimonious attitude towards ironic/irreverent usage of these terms in other situations.

He also says "whites" plenty of times, though I'm reluctant to do too close a linguistic analysis of an essay that is not exactly written with any coherent regard for language.

There's a decent chance that a football player at UNC taking an AfAm studies class is, himself, black.

There's a decent chance that a football player at UNC taking an AfAm studies class is, himself, black.