It was a long and often painful journey but, when the U.S. entered the 21st century, Americans had an expectation that can be summed up as “what’s sauce one race’s goose is sauce for another race’s gander.” In other words, when it comes to racism, nobody should be racist against anybody else, regardless of the color of the racist or the victim. Many people are therefore offended when America’s major institutions – the media, corporations, sports, etc. – apply a double standard. We’ve seen a lot of that double standard since Black Lives Matter used the occasion of an ex-felon’s probable overdose to justify taking to the streets and using mafia-style tactics to bring American institutions to heel. (“Nice little sports franchise ya’ got here. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.”) No sports franchise has embraced the Black Lives Matter movement with greater fervor than the National...(Read Full Post)