Is there a growing movement toward racial conflict and culture-based violence in the sports community?

Let that title sink in a bit, and then watch this video, in which Rob Parker of ESPN openly appears to call for RGIII to become "black enough", and then consider what that probably entails:

I do believe he is effectively calling for Robert Griffin III to renounce his white girlfriend and become a violent, misogynistic thug.

Period.  Because THAT, Mr. Parker, is "down with the cause" these days.

This is what gives people the "street cred" that you obviously believe that black athletes today need.

I mean, look at almost any sport today, and the black athletes which have been considered at or near the top of the sports pantheon in there are, at best, brooding assholes -- if not far worse...  Here are several examples:

Baseball:  Barry Bonds -- brooding asshole, steroid cheat, plague to the media

Basketball:  Foolish Jordan (And yes, I will call him that.) -- Basically the harbinger of the Corporate Rigged Sports Era.  Made it mainstream acceptable to be an utter ballhog while his Commissioner protected him because he was the only reason people watched.

Golf:  Tiger Woods -- brooding asshole, and who knows what else this guy has done in his career (other than probably attempted to sleep with half of North America) has done, while his Commissioner protected him because he was the only reason people watched.

Women's Tennis:  Serena Williams -- brooding asshole, probably has threatened more referees and linespeople than what we know about, and is only allowed on the court because her father would raise an even bigger stink on racial grounds, plus her Commissioner protects her because she is about the only relevant American tennis player in this country, of either gender, and hence the only reason people watch!

And that's just four examples of what "street cred" gets you, Mr. Parker.

And it's clear to me that you want RGIII to become a "brotha", a thug...

Parker was suspended from the network for the comments, but only after two reairings of the comments, unedited.

This leads most intelligent people to believe that the White Overlord of An Increasingly Black Game, Roger Goodell, got in the ear of ESPN brass and told them (once again -- Playmakers, anyone?) that the truth hit a little too close to home for their corporate liking.

But this does come down to that The Race Card is being played, and not in a way that is going to be in a flattering light to this reporter, RGIII himself, the NFL, or the African-American Culture at large.