mikal
Blue Crack Addict
His apology was not about the content of his message, it was only that he mistimed it. I agree with Malcolm Jenkins: Brees needs to learn to shut the fuck up about shit he doesn't understand. Let's not coddle a white, multi-millionaire athlete here. He can be educated, while also being heavily criticized for being a tone deaf asshole.
These situations don't resolve themselves by trying to be patient with white people in order to avoid "creating resentment." Anything that threatens the social order that places the anxieties of white people at the top will create resentment.
I'm not saying that we coddle Drew Brees. But I'd say this is by far the biggest PR nightmare that he suffered, and if we're a society that refuses to accept apologies and also have an open mind towards people who maybe don't get it yet and try to help them through it, then that will stunt progress as well.
My dad for example. Amazing person. Kind person. Told race jokes when I was growing up. It was his upbringing. He's now a grandfather to an Ethiopian child. It took years for him to wipe his brain of those thoughts, even though he doesn't have hate in his heart. But I can guarantee him this. If he suddenly had thousands of people calling him a horrible person 15-20 years ago, he would not have responded favorably and probably would have had resentment and closed him off from any ability to learn anything from it.