Baseball, Steroids and Race

I'm sure you all are aware of the very serious issue baseball is dealing with right now. There are many steroid allegations pending against several players. The most noticeable stars are Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mark McGuire.

This is a very sensitive topic for me because I view it a little differently than most. I believe the attack on African American players has been more severe than any other race. Barry Bonds has been bashed in every possible way. He's received hate mail, taunting at just about every ballpark and bad media press.

I strongly feel as though "White America" did not want to see Bonds break the home run record, let's face it, they did not want to see Hank Aaron surpass Babe Ruth either. Many who insist that race is not an issue, try to point to the steroid allegations.

"This is something we, as African-American athletes, live with every day," Bonds said. "I don't need a headline that says, 'Bonds says there's racism in the game of baseball.' We all know it. It's just that some people don't want to admit it. They're going to play dumb like they don't know what the hell is going on." -Barry Bonds

I believe this statement is true. Why don't we ever hear of white baseball players receiving death threats prior to reaching some kind of milestone? Why is is always African Americans who receive these threats? America has a problem. A problem that has existed for hundreds of years. In the case of Bonds, the steroid issues just gave racists an outlet. Wake up America!