Black Jalen Rose at ESPN said white Kevin Love got his spot on Olympic basketball team due to affirmative action. The remark caused controversy but Rose was not punished.
Meanwhile, Rachel Nichols of ESPN said that her colleague Maria Taylor benefitted from affirmative action. Nichols got hammered and her assignments taken away. Of course, it’s a bigger deal for Nichols to criticize a colleague but Rose was totally unscathed. Had he been white and Love black, Rose would have been called a racist.
The funny thing about the Rachel Nichols/Maria Tayler cat fight is that it wasn’t even racial. It was classic older woman (Nichols) fearing a younger woman was taking her job/man/etc. situation. She only got in trouble because the race card was pulled on her.