White Sox rookie
right hander Michael Kopech becomes the fourth ballplayer this season who has
had to walk back racist, homophobic tweets from his high school days. I wonder how this happens, who gets chosen to
be put under the microscope, who gets a pass?
Five years ago,
Kopech was a 17-year old yahoo in east Texas.
Now, he’s a public figure made aware of the potential for whiplash inherent
in social media. Kopech’s girlfriend is
Vanessa Morgan, a biracial actress. What
would the 17-year old say to that?
Absent proof of
membership in a hate group, I think we’d all be better off keeping in mind Kopech’s age when he authored
these tweets and remembering John 8:7, which calls those of us without sin to
be first to cast a stone at another.
No comments:
Post a Comment