I'm going to have to echo Thumper's statements and say that the color of Barry Bonds' skin has NOTHING to do with it. The reason he gets the treatment he does is because he's arrogant, egotistical, rude, shits on the fans, shits on the media, etc. I dont care if you're black, white, green, yellow, or purple; that combination of personality traits is gonna have a heavy influence on a negative image. In this day in age race is hardly a pressing issue in America, and having to hear all the African-American activists cry race for everything makes me SICK. Don't get me wrong, there are stil racists in this country, and racism still exists, but to a far less degree. I mean, this isn't the 1950's, 1960's and on, it's 2005. In America we have the most diverse population in the world, and for the most part we are all tolerable of one another. Hearing the likes of Jesse Jackson, and in sports; Barry Bonds cry the race card everytime some sort of controversy occurs regarding a member of that race is I think shameful. Whites, Asians, Muslims, etc. get surrounded with controversy as well, they just don't cry about it. It's a matter of specific circumstances, not race. If you mug and rape somebody, no matter what color you are, there's going to be legal and public backlash. When a minority living in an urban setting does it, thr activists all cry that the black youth living in the ghettoes are being targeted. ********. And now, more than ever, Barry Bonds's statements regarding his treatment being accredited to his race is losing water, considering the likes of Clemens and Pettitte and the public backlash they're facing.
Basically, people need to grow up and find better excuses/explanations than the race card. I appologize if I offended anyone, as that was not my intention; but this issue infuriates me.