... Mr. Whitlock, the media wants you to say those things, especially the right-wing media. You are appearing to be on “their” side. You call for new leadership, but I didn’t hear you make any recommendations. Of course you will receive an abundance of attention and praise, as Bob Ryan coined you “Jason Whitlock, the world’s last honest man”. You said yourself in an article posted on TheBigLead.com, “white people write me love letters when I blast off into the way the media and a prosecutor tried to crucify the Duke lacrosse players on the word of a couple of black criminal escorts.”
Which begs the question, who is benefiting from your comments? What exactly is your goal in writing the articles you write? Is it to help our youth, who because of the fact that you appear to not be on their side find it difficult to receive your message, or is it for another reason? While I understand that the Duke players turned out to be innocent, do you fail to see the way you come across? I know that you don’t want to be known as the “Uncle Tom of journalism” as one of the students at the panel referred to you while thanking me for standing up for them. Whether you like it or not, that perception of you is out there. And if you don’t do something about it, this label will be your legacy.