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My Apache Half Is Indifferent to Bonds But My White Half...

So much has been made of the recent poll showing stark racial divisions in how Barry Bonds is viewed and supported. ESPN only bothered to poll 799 people, 203 of which were black, so this wasn't the most scientific of studies. Still, the Worldwide Leader of Hype & Bunk is telling us to take this seriously and since I'm a lemming, it's time to do just that. 

According to the poll, just four in ten people are rooting for Bonds to break the most hallowed record in sports but when you look at it across racial lines, it breaks down like this:

Whites supporting Bonds: 28%
Blacks supporting Bonds: 75%

Whites believing Bonds took PEDs: 75%
Blacks believing Bonds took PEDs: 33%

Whites believing Bonds has been treated fairly: 60%
Blacks believing Bonds has been treated fairly: 33%

Of those who think his treatment has been unfair, more blacks and whites say it is because of his alleged steroid use than because of his race.

Now, I have long hoped that Barry Bonds would get hit in the face with an aluminum softball bat and then spontaneously combust or maybe even be eaten by sharks before reaching 755. But I can't say I ever had a reason for it beyond hating him for being a cheating, contemptible puddle of spunk - at least, I never thought it ran deeper than that until those twats in Bristol told me otherwise.

As it turns out, I'm rooting for Barry Bonds to fail because the white half of me is a big ole racist. This comes as quite a shocking blow, as I'm sure you can imagine. My Indian side, however, is not involved in this conversation and is waiting patiently for me to get into a debate about Jim Thorpe. Ah well. I'd ask how I'm supposed to reconcile being at odds with myself but ESPN hasn't put out a poll on that yet. Maybe next week.

Posted at May 7, 2007 11:34 PM

Comments (7): My Apache Half Is Indifferent to Bonds But My White Half...

Patrick	May 8, 2007 12:42 AM
	Yeah, that is exactly how I felt. Not only is the poll unscientific, they spin the numbers to sound worse than they really are. I posted on this at my place yesterday: http://curveballsforjesus.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/does-rooting-against-bonds-make-me-a-racist/

Koester	May 8, 2007 7:04 AM
	My dad hates Bonds and my mom can't figure out why people are bothering him. Me? I wouldn't lose any sleep if he just mysteriously disappeared tomorrow. Guess you're right! that's just my whitey side comin out ;)

Anderson	May 8, 2007 8:43 AM
	Wow. I guess that puts me in the minority of the damn minority! Being one of three blacks not in denial is a pretty weird feeling. I feel like an endangered species right now.

Mick	May 8, 2007 10:49 AM
	You've gotta wait for Johnny Damon or Derek Jeter to do something crazy that affects people along racial lines and then MAYBE ESPN might poll the mixed race vote!

Nick T.	May 8, 2007 6:13 PM
	when he hits 756, this poll will be big news again. what a crock of shit. worldwide leader of hype and bunk is right.

Atif	May 8, 2007 8:53 PM
	My Pakistani whole is too busy watching cricket to bother with this ;)

Toxic	May 9, 2007 6:55 AM
	To busy trying to figure out which one of the squad killed Bob Woolmer

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