race still a touchy subject...

It's pretty funny the hornet's nest that opens up whenever anyone makes a statement concerning race. Seems as though just when we start to assume we as a country have evolved past racial differences, something conveniently pops up... Take for instance the storm of controversy surrounding Philadelphia Eagles QB, Donovan McNabb last week. In an interview to HBO, he stated that he felt that he as is judged differently than his white counter-parts. Now, the first reaction of a lot of people (especially those that are not black and that are not quarterbacks) would be... "There he go playing the race card again!" But, what he went on to say made a lot a sense. Lets explore race for a second in the NFL.
The National Football League is roughly 75% black but only 6 out 32 teams are starting a black QB. McNabb says that Black QB's have to work a little bit harder to make it than white QB's. Ok, no arguement from me. This however is the case in many areas of life. It's just the way of things. Whenever there are circumstances where some common group of people have a monopoly in a certain situation, the minority has to work harder to be accepted in that situation. Be it women referees breaking into the NBA or a white kid trying to be taken seriously as an underground rapper.
So in Mcnabb's case I understand where he is coming from. Also, I don't think he was crying racism as much as he was stating his feelings, very matter of factly. I think more than racism, human nature has a lot to do with occurances of exclusion. People simply hate change and tend to stick with what makes them comfortable. But lets not be naive, race will always be an issue until there are no more races.
McNabb is right when he says he is criticized differently. He is judged as a black QB. And what does that mean? Cursed by his own blessings. It is hard enough dealing with everything that comes with being a quarterback in the NFL but then lets not forget a short while ago, The head of the NAACP philadelphia chapter(oh, the irony!) criticized him for not running more and not playing black enough. Can you imagine someone in San Francisco criticizing Steve Young?? Don't forget he was a pretty mobile white QB. Now, can you imagine someone saying he's not playing white enough? ...see McNabb's point?