He actually DID say why no one listened to him. And I find it disappointing that given your opportunity in this situation you don't like that he exposed the underlying roots and sources of the things that he said. Sanctimony? It seems like you can't see the forest for the trees and you learned something you didn't…

So you do have a problem with his tone

That's what he's doing. You keep saying you don't fault him for being angry, but that's pretty much exactly what you're doing. When he did it your way nobody, including you, heard him. Now he's speaking in a manner that has an effective reach, and you want him to dial it back because it makes you uncomfortable. Tough…

He already tried doing what you suggest. He has the moral high ground. He is absolutely correct, as you agree. The burden is on the rest of us to listen. You should rethink your insistence on shifting that burden to him.

Basically what you mean is, that even though he's been drawing attention to racism in the NBA for years, and even though he has every right to express a modicum of anger, you still think he has to deliver his message in a way white people don't find threatening or condescending. Even though doing exactly that for…

Oh but the irony.

I think the way he delivered the message was a perfect balance of early humor and well timed anger and frustration. It seems to me, YOU didn't like it because YOU feel berated. Maybe YOU have a little voice in your head that says you should have been doing more, and still should do more. And instead of listening to…

What is the proper tone for describing your feelings on a socio-economic class and race problem that ultimately resulted in your friend's death? Just curious. Maybe Ira Glass should've read his thoughts/statements for him. Would that do?

Was he too uppity for you?

Tone arguments. What he's been talking about has been going on for decades, it's been going on for the entirety of the black experience in America, we have been calling attention to it for centuries and people simply don't care until you get one example like this where we can all wave our finger, and when people say…

Its says lots about you that your first reaction was "man I don't like the way he said that". Yes I made an assumption about your race and you certainly did not deny it. Obviously I was correct about that. It's pretty clear when a person with no concept of what it is to be discriminated against is voicing an opinion.

Point out to me how our where you believe Bomani was berating or yelling. If you think he was berating or yelling then you are sensitive as all ever.

And I think that's the other thing...honestly he didn't seem "angry" as you put it. But that's just my view. Impassioned? Yes. Snarky? Yes. Angry...nah not quite. Rush Limbaugh is angry. Bill O'Reilly is typically seething. This seemed more tongue in cheek than angry, especially given the laughter throughout from…

Sorry but you totally missed the point of what he was saying. I think you need to go back and listen again. This had nothing to do with him beating his chest and saying "I told you so". Its so funny how people like you always try to take attention away from what the real issue is. You always try to point the finger…

Sorry the angry black man yelled at you.

What exactly do you think he is "right" about if you are quibbling with him as an ineffective messenger? The messenger IS the message here. And the message wasn't, "I told you so." Bomani Jones speaking from the heart is what gets you the anger over the fact that people are picking the wrong part of the story to focus…

Exactly. There is a time and a place for making all nicely-nicely while pointing out something that's horribly wrong... and this isn't it. If you've been pointing it out till you're blue in the face for years & years, and people are just noticing it now, you get the license to yell TOLD YOU SO and CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

I thought he made his point pretty damn effectively.

He's not saying "I told you so" - he's saying "I told you it was much worse - and no one cared."

Totally agree. I'm tired of being surprised that there are actual negative feelings behind the indisputable truth of how people of color are discriminated against. Unemployment, housing, healthcare, earnings, etc. It's all there. We're in the age of plausibly deniable racism (and sexism) and that is amazing to me.…