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"I didn't really read anything into it other than he wanted more speed on his team. ... I didn't think it was a racist comment. It may have been politically incorrect to say it that way," [Tony Dungy] added, "but I didn't view it negatively at all myself."
It's shameful how little the debate has advanced since. [Jon Entine] believed when he finished "Taboo" five years ago that any discussion about race in the open "beats backroom scuttlebutt." But every time it spills back into the headlines, he's not so sure."But [Fisher DeBerry] wasn't saying that," Entine added, "and frankly, I don't see how anybody with any common sense would question what he did say."See the full content of this document
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'Blacks Are Faster' Causes Furor in Sports
Before Joe Paterno gets dunked in the same tub of recycled hot water where Fisher DeBerry nearly drowned last week, let's get one thing straight:
They're right.Both of them.Black athletes run faster.Not all black athletes, of course. Distinctions are never more impor...See the full content of this document
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