Is Barry Bonds racist?
What do others think about the new Barry Bonds semi-"controversy" which is that Ron Kittle says in his book that Barry Bonds said to him "I don't sign for white people" when he asked Bonds to sign some bats for a good cause. What do you think about this? Do you think Ron Kittle made this up or is it the truth? Bonds reply to Ron Kittle's story... was filled with expletives. This is from ESPN.com (
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2081489):
"I was married to a woman who was white, so let's get real. I don't even know the guy. Tell him he's an ... idiot. Somebody said he wanted a piece of me. Tell him I'm at 24 Willie Mays Plaza and he can come get me anytime he wants to -- with pleasure. Don't insult my family."
Is Bonds a racist? I've also heard that Bonds has said that he didn't want to pass Hank Aaron in career home runs, he just wants to pass Babe Ruth, but not Hank Aaron. Is that a racist remark? Does it mean he is a racist? If it was vice versa (say a white person has the career home run record and a non-white person is in second place) and another white player says I just want to pass the second place player but not the record-holder, wouldn't that be considered racist?
Tell me what you think. Click on the link "post your comment" just below this to give me your opinion.
I found this board with some good points about this issue,
http://p089.ezboard.com/finsidehoopsfrm5.showMessage?topicID=2598.topic
Posted by adamwlad
at 12:16 AM EDT