Yeah, it's like that.
Bernard Hopkins. Yeah, the boxer, doesn’t seem to like Donovan McNabb. He went off the other day about McNabb and what Hopkins perceives as Donovan’s weaknesses.
“You know how many times I hear in the city, from the hardcore Philly fan, that he’s soft? They’re like, ‘Yo, Bernard, this guy is soft.’ Where do you think it comes from? It’s in his DNA, man.”
“Look at professional boxing. I’ve never seen a suburban boxer be successful. There has to be something in the DNA of the person’s experience, of what they overcame, to have that grit; like, I’m going to bite down and let it happen. I just didn’t see that in him.”
Basically, what Hopkins is saying is that McNabb doesn’t come from the streets, so that makes him, somehow, less black — I suppose. I mean, are we really going to have this conversation? Does Donovan McNabb deserve this?
His parents raised him in a middle class neighborhood, so that makes him soft? I just don’t understand it. I heard Michael Wilbon go OFF on this on Pardon The Interruption. He was obviously upset, and he should be.
I’d like to take this opportunity to agree with Wilbon.
Listen, Bernard. Nobody cares if you want to keep playing the race card. It’s disgusting. It plays on things that don’t need to be played on. I, personally, don’t care where you grew up. It doesn’t matter. You could do anything in the world if you put your mind to it, and having “grit” isn’t going to make you more of a man. You’ve got the resources to talk to Donovan — so talk to him.
Get off the airwaves with your putrid garbage. It makes you sound stupid, and it gives boxers a bad name. I used to respect you, but now I have to reconsider.
Too bad.
