White Privilege: It's Not Steve Nash's Fault!

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Breaking Down Nash and White Privilege
Published 10/15/2007 by Bethlehem Shoals at FanHouse
... . COSELLOUT is making a bit of internet noise with this heartfelt piece. The gist: Author likes ...

Dinolinks for October 15th
Published 10/16/2007 by dinosty at THE DINOSTY
... It’s Not Steve Nash’s Fault!: A Study in White Privilege - Interesting Nash article ...

Cheap Shots #73: Why I Gave Up On Fantasy Hockey.
Published 10/16/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Steve Nash, white privilege, and media coverage. [Cosellout] ...

It's Not Steve Nash's Fault
Published 10/16/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... The blog Cosellout has a pretty fantastic discussion of the many ways that Steve Nash gets the benefit of the doubt -- from the media, from fans, from everybody -- for being white. For instance: ...

Thanks, But Steve Nash Doesn't Need Your Acquittal
Published 10/17/2007 by Matt at Hardwood Paroxysm
The following is a response to The Cosellout article on Steve Nash and how it's not his fault the media has a favorable bias towards him. The arguments made in the post are sound, and he brings up a valuable point. I just happen to disagree with him. If the tone in this comes off as acerbic, it should be attributed to my own particular voice when writing, and no undue offense is intended for the original author. It takes guts to post an article that essentially demeans the efforts of a two time MVP. And right or wrong, he should be commended for that. However, I felt it necessary to respond, based on my own feelings on the subject. Also, Kobe sucks. ...

Wednesday Bullets
Published 10/17/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Racism was codified as law not that long ago in the U.S. We have reversed the laws, but haven't done much of anything concrete to bring together those races who were once so clearly at odds. Nonetheless, every time someone smells a whiff of racial tension, there's someone else at the ready to say it couldn't possibly be so. Yesterday I linked to a Cosellout blog post that discussed many facets of Steve Nash, including how fantastic he is, and how he might benefit from being white. Today there's ...

SI's Jack McCallum Responds to Cosellout's Claim Skin Color Helped Nash Win Two MVPs
Published 10/18/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Cosellout had an interesting story the other day about Steve Nash that drummed up a lot of conversation here and around the web. It's multi-faceted. Read the whole thing. But the part that everyone remembers is the idea that being white helps Steve Nash get positive PR, including two MVP trophies. ...

Word of the Day: white-wing conspiracy
Published 10/22/2007 by Basketbawful at Basketbawful
... white-wing conspiracy (wit wing kuhn-spir'-uh-se) noun. The theory that there is a vast positive bias -- be it unconscious or calculated -- given to white basketball players by the mostly white media. Some people believe that this prejudice led directly to Steve Nash's back-to-back MVP awards as well as his overall reputation as an NBA savior. ...

Linkstigational: New (or new to me) Sports Blogs
Published 10/26/2007 by MCBias at Moderately Cerebral Bias
... is a fascinating read; the man is a fact-spewing cannon in defending the unpopular (Isiah Thomas) and re-evaluating popular sports folk (Rick Reilly, Steve Nash). Check out his Steve Nash post. ...

Q&A: Dave Zirin (Part 2 of 2)
Published 11/12/2007 by Atma Brother ONE <info@goldenstateofmind.com> at Golden State Of Mind
... recently posited that this was a case study in white privilege, while Sports Illustrated's Jack Macullum respectively argued that ...

Q&A: Modi from Cosellout
Published 1/27/2008 by Atma Brother ONE <info@goldenstateofmind.com> at Golden State Of Mind
... ) but he also has some great insights and analysis about the role white privilege played in Steve Nash's back to back MVP's (see It's Not Steve Nash's Fault!: A Study in White Privilege and ...