January 18, 2006

Chocolate City?

Before I get to Ray Nagin, two things.

First, check out this link. It’s a performance the glee club at my nephew’s school did in commemoration of the institution’s most famous alumnus, Martin Luther King. As you probably could guess, the nephew’s a member of the glee club. Too proud of the young fella am I.

Also, lemme summarize yesterday’s mailbag for you. There were two kinds of e-mails. The ones I like the most sounded like this–”great article.”

The rest–and an overwhelming majority, from what I read before I got tired–”you’re a fucking moron who has never seen a basketball in your life. Kobe’s the greatest ever! You’re just a Kobe hater!”

I could see how someone would think the last one, even though I think he’s incredibly talented. It just so happens he’s just as misguided. But that’s what I think, not what I feel. As long as I’m writing from what I think, I’m doing what I’m supposed to do.

And I’ll say I met Kobe in September. He was very nice, especially considering how nervous I was about being in a locker room for the first time. I’ll always be grateful to him for that. That, however, has nothing to do with his shot selection.

Now, onto the Mayor. Seems the world is up in arms about him saying New Orleans should remain “chocolate.” While his statement was funny at parts, he did raise a legitimate concern.
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