Shani Davis, No Matter Where He Finishes, Remains an Unfortunate Exception at Winter Games
13th February 2014
The Washington Post obsesses about race so that you don’t have to.
‘Unfortunate’? It’s just bad luck he’s the only black guy there? Did the others miss a plane or something?
Don’t listen to your friends back home saying the Winter Olympics are just for white people who like the cold and vacation in Aspen. This is the most inclusive Winter Games ever. Why, there are Caucasians here from almost 88 different nations.
Bada-bing! I’ll be here all week.
Don’t quit your day job.
Actually, I will be here the next 10 days. And in that time, I will encounter no more than a dozen people of African American descent. They are the same ones I see over and over.
They’re probably getting tired of you.
Maybe it’s because I lived in the District for eight years. Maybe it’s because I spent my formative years in a real melting pot: rural Oahu, Hawaii, where diversity in ethnicity and culture are part of island life. Maybe I’m just used to seeing and feeling comfortable being around a variety of people, many of whom don’t look like me.
Maybe it’s because you’re a left-wing asshole who wears his White Guilt as if it were a Purple Heart.
Whatever, this place is whiter than an episode of “Downton Abbey.”
Hey, don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. (Maybe it’s whiter than an episode of ‘Downton Abbey’ because, like Downton Abbey, the people who are here belong here and weren’t picked for their Diversity Points.)
Now, you are reading this and thinking one of two things: What’s with the white guilt, son? Or, What does race have to do with the greatest athletes in the world competing in their chosen disciplines, most of which just happen to be contested against other Caucasians?
Look, I don’t care about the color of the competitors.
Coulda fooled me. Guess somebody else wrote the rest of your column.