Earlier this week, Utah Jazz shooting guard Kyle Korver posted what was essentially a lengthy apology for being white:
I've been trying to write this for a while. https://t.co/Qkt8aoVtdE
— Kyle Korver (@KyleKorver) April 8, 2019
The whole piece was a hot mess of painful wokeness, but if you don’t feel like subjecting yourself to all of it, this should give you the gist:
When it comes to racism in America, I think that guilt and responsibility tend to be seen as more or less the same thing. But I’m beginning to understand how there’s a real difference.
As white people, are we guilty of the sins of our forefathers? No, I don’t think so.
But are we responsible for them? Yes, I believe we are.
That sort of virtue-signaling B.S. may work on a lot of people, but it didn’t work on Fox Sports’ Jason Whitlock:
Whitlock: Kyle Korver's White Privilege Manifesto earned him entry into Woke Heaven, but it's really nothing more than Green Book meets The White Shadow. Another white savior for us to worship. @WhitlockJason pic.twitter.com/y2ezlftqRV
— Speak For Yourself (@SFY) April 9, 2019
Damn.
BINGO ?
— JS23 (@jsid23) April 10, 2019
Preach ?
— Jason Fairchild (@jfairchild13) April 10, 2019
Like usual @WhitlockJason hits it directly on the bullseye, amazingly well said@fightoracle
— TheOchoShow (@derek8poker) April 10, 2019
Well said Mr. Whitlock. You nailed it!!
— Hugh Nguyen (@NguyenHugh) April 10, 2019
Jaw, meet Floor. WOW. This is beautifully savage. https://t.co/KV03uBEvEH
— /nnie 'Dirty Rice' / (@_AV_Ragamuffin) April 10, 2019
Unsurprisingly, there are still plenty of people who missed Whitlock’s point:
I literally knew what he was gonna say as soon as a i read the article he’s becoming a caricature of himself. He’s saying what he feels he supposed to say. Conservative white people can always count on him to dismiss everything pertaining to race
— Xavier Rockwell (@XavierRockwell7) April 10, 2019
This is a trash take but it’s par the course for you. “Woke Heaven” isn’t a thing and black folk appreciated him using his platform to speak out against anti black racism. It’s crazy how white ppl who vocalize their opposition to anti black racism are “virtual signaling”
— The Anti Uncle Ruckus (@RJTheRenegade) April 10, 2019
I think whitlock is trying to get into fox news…please give the guy a chance!! ???
— Francisco Castillo (@fearless1972) April 10, 2019
Keep fighting!! I know you can just smell the Fox News studios. You’re a complete embarrassment
— Damon Dorsey (@dfdorsey17) April 10, 2019
Withlock c?nin is to appease he's white paymasters
— thomas gee (@i_rocc_croccs) April 10, 2019
Quit coonin, Whitlock.
— the big cat (@Calibigcat) April 10, 2019
— Terrance Williams (@Terranc59281931) April 10, 2019
— Terrance Williams (@Terranc59281931) April 10, 2019
Fat boy buck dancing for his white FOX audience. pic.twitter.com/09Ep4qwJSK
— cynicalmike (@cynicalmike1) April 10, 2019
So, Whitlock’s a race traitor for rejecting a white man’s self-important virtue signaling? Way to heal that racial divide!
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