Oh, really? Every example in the article above -- the section here, that is; since the only good reason not to post JWR it in its entirety is that the point is already made, I'll go on what's here -- is either black-on-black (which, like family, gets a pass), or white-on-black (which doesn't). If Seau isn't black, it's still friend-on-friend, which also gets a pass (except, perhaps, from the PC crowd, if it's white-on-black, but I digress).
Therefore, I'll stand by my analogy. If there had been mentioned a case of black-on-white which got a pass, you'd have a point. But, in regard to this article, it doesn't apply. Just like my analogy, there is no unacceptable double standard in the cases mentioned here.
Thus, if the author was trying to make a point of an unacceptable double standard with this article, he should have done so in the first few paragraphs and, in my opinion, he failed.