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I have a soft spot for Black pro athletes and their inability to manage money Yes, they're public figures. Yes, jocks are dumb as a box of ass hair. There is no excuse for the media—or you—to celebrate their downfall.
I’m not sure what it is but I have a soft spot for (particularly) african-american athletes and their inability to manage money well. Maybe it’s because I was surrounded by them in college and I understand them differently than others (i.e. how they grew up and what they came from). Maybe it’s because it pains me to see people mismanage money in general, and it hurts even more when the media makes a schadenfreude-laden spectacle out of high-profile cases. Or maybe it’s because I just don’t like to see people get ridiculed in the public spotlight. Let’s face it, outside of their individual fandoms, most Americans aren’t exactly cheering for…