"The Fifth Down"

Sean Taylor played the last down of his life eleven days ago. Unfortunately, his last down, was not one that was expected. He was shot when burglars entered his home, expecting him not to be there. I completely agree with the point that Jason Whitlock is trying to make. He claims that: “Black men are targets of black men. Period.” The statistics show that what he is saying is completely true. When you read his article, you might believe that he is being a tad bit racist, but when he is saying it, being a black man, it can only be regarded as the truth and the whole truth.

Jason Whitlock uses many parallelisms in his article. The one that stood out the most to me was the statement that he made about the fat man. "But it's no different than if you saw a fat man fall to the ground clutching his chest. You'd assume a heart attack, and you'd know, no matter the cause, the man needed to lose weight. Well, when shots are fired and a black man hits the pavement, there's every statistical reason to believe another black man pulled the trigger. That's not some negative, unfair stereotype. It's a reality we've been living with, tolerating and rationalizing for far too long." This parallels that when a fat man collapse, it is the automatic assumption that his heart that has failed. Just like when a black man is shot. It is safe to assume that it was another black man that shot him. It is a proven fact that fatter people are more prone to heart attacks than the average size person. Just like it is proven that black people are targets for other black people rather than Caucasian people.