<p>They are as much nobodies as you or me.</p>
<p>Honestly, datdude, I agree with you and Simeon about most of this. What that town did to those black students was incredibly messed up and wrong, and it pains me to know that small towns like that still exist in our country. And yes, racism is still a huge issue in our country and still a huge factor.</p>
<p>The only issue I have with what you said is that you are so quick to jump to “the media hates black people”, instead of “the media has an unhealthy obsession with celebrity.”
I honestly did not know anything about white America loathing Vick or Bonds, because I don’t follow either football or baseball closely enough, so please explain. I know enough about either of them to say that Vick is quite the amazing quarterback and with a great running game too, and Bonds broke some sort of home run record and is being investigated for steroids. And OJ was really before my time.
So explain, how does white america loathe Vick and Bonds?</p>
<p>EDIT: I think the reason for a lot of the comments on the Simeon article is because they really don’t know much about the event, and the events leading up to it. About the black student who was beaten, and the white kid who got off scot free for it. The white kid who pulled a gun on a group of black teens and when they wrestled the gun away from the white kid, they were the ones charged with a crime, and the arson.</p>