Tiger and Jack Johnson

Just the other day a friend was comparing Jackie Robinson to Uncle Ruckus, saying most people don't know the history. When the history of Woods is written what will it say?
The black economist thinks most of the condemnation of Woods is sorely missing the point. What it seems most people find so troubling isn't that he is free to choose but that he has done so. Dating white women doesn't make Woods a villain or even a criminal. It made Jack Johnson a criminal still.
Whats most illuminating is that those of the black community who would criticize Woods for his somewhat obvious choice of white women seem to forget that doesn't automatically mean a condemnation of black women but simply that he has chosen otherwise. Its indicative of Justice Clarence Thomas (whos married to a white woman) and the remark that African-Americans are not monolithic. Illustratively it shows the idea that African-Americans must adhere to a indigenous 'black culture.' The same one that devalues education.
This culture that features rich, uneducated but crafty and sure-footed black men even has Rush Limbaugh say, "The Black State of Mind is Terrible."