Football Star Cam Newton Handles "Racism" Question With Poise

Panthers' Newton: Criticism not racist; JaMarcus, VY to blame

From The Article

Some of Newton's critics were so harsh that his mentor, Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon, believed their reviews were racially charged. But Newton wouldn't play up the race card in an interview for next month's issue of ESPN The Magazine, instead pointing to people's bias because of past failed high-pick QBs -- although there is a catch to what he says.

"I can't sit up here and look at it like, 'Oh man, my critics are racist,' " Newton said. "I blame JaMarcus Russell and to some degree Vince Young. If you have the opportunity to make that kind of money doing something you love to do, why would you screw it up? I'm trying to be a trailblazer. If Baylor's Robert Griffin decides to come out, I want people to say 'He can be the next Cam Newton' instead of 'He's going to be the next JaMarcus Russell.' "

Now, about the catch, Newton specifically blames two black quarterbacks for his being disrespected, so maybe the criticism was racial but no so much racist (there is a difference)?

Cam Newton is a stud.
He knows that the best way to silence all critics or those who seek to use him for their own agenda is to let his performance on the playing field do the talking.

The antics of certain interviewers are some times reprehensible.  They try to stoke the subject into making a racial indictment by queuing up certain questions.

I notice that there are those interview subjects who are aware of how they are being lead along and others who don't.  Of the type that understand they either play along with the interviewer's lead or 'flip the script' and thwart the attempt.

There are small minded people in our society who's bigotry can't allow them to see the MACRO level advancement in race relations that has a "Cam Newton" leading a team and collecting millions of dollars - an amount that they will never see.  Instead they choose to TRANSACT RACISM - coming to the table with the assumption of racism and so frequently satisfied because their myopic vision is attuned to it.

I hope that Cam Newton will continue doing as he is doing and will one day have a team built around him, allowing an NFL champion dynasty to be built in "The Carolinas".  Even when this happens someone is going to make the case that the Southerners haven't supported the Panthers who are lead by a Black quarterback as they have the Pittsburgh Steelers who won all of their Super Bowls with a White quarterback.  

It is your obligation to filter through the ignorance and make up your own mind.