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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I suspect that Tiger is thoroughly enjoying his "Jordan" status, meaning that as far as most white people are concerned, he is such a huge star that he is no longer seen as a color. People who otherwise wouldn't associate with or would be a-feared of black people view Jordan and probably Tiger as a phenomenon. It's okay for their kids to idolize him, okay for their wives to lust after him, okay to want to be like him. He is on another level.
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This reminds me of a stand-up routine I saw the other day on HBO. (Wanda somebody, I think; I only saw a few minutes of it.)
She did a bit about how when Tiger first started out on the Pro Tour he was "African-American". Then when he won the Masters, he was described as 1/2 black, 1/2 asian. When he won the "Tiger Slam" (I'm not sure she called it that -- but you know what I'm talking about...), he was only a 1/4 black. The punch line was, soon we're gonna be reading about how Tiger is the new Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan!
She was pretty funny, and my recitation of it doesn't do it justice, but she had it down.
