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Michael Vick: Adding Insult to Black People's Injury

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Russ Wellen

Dozens of quarterbacks since, not to mention both coaches in last season's Superbowl, were black. As if it's even necessary to dignify the old canard by refuting it.

In fact, Vick, personally, may actually not be smart enough to be a quarterback -- or even a contributing member of society. In his Sports Illustrated column, Don Banks wrote: "'He's not very bright at all,' the source said of Vick. 'And that's a big part of his problems. He's a very unintelligent person and he makes poor decisions because of it.'"

On what to do with both the football and his life.

 

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Russ Wellen is the nuclear deproliferation editor for OpEdNews. He's also on the staffs of Freezerbox and Scholars & Rogues.

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