Thursday, December 08, 2005

Philanthropy and the Black Athlete

An article by the Washington Post reprinted by the Black Athlete Sports Network discusses charitable giving by black athletes. The main focus of ire are Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Apparently, Jordan and Woods have not been generous to the point of appeasing the authors. African-American museums, we are told, can barely stay open because of a lack of donations by wealthy African-Americans.
The article is typical propaganda. It goes into no detail about the museums in question. It assumes that they are worthy institutions without mentioning their history. The article does not even mention a single piece that is preserved within them.
The black economist beleives that is where the real story is. The athletes must have a reason for not supporting them and that reason is....what?

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