I think I like this guy: “I shared my thoughts on why our efforts to bridge Atlanta’s racial sports divide seemed to be failing,” Levenson said. “In trying to address those issues, I wrote an e-mail two years ago that was inappropriate and offensive. I trivialized our fans by making clichéd assumptions about their interests [i.e. hip hop vs. country, white vs. black cheerleaders, etc.] and by stereotyping their perceptions of one another [i.e. that white fans might be afraid of our black fans]. By focusing on race, I also sent the unintentional and hurtful message that our white fans are more valuable than our black fans. “If you’re angry about what I wrote, you should be. I’m angry at myself, too. It was inflammatory nonsense.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:13:06 +0000
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