Careful, if you stand up too fast all the sand will fall out of your pussy.
He started playing at UT only 4 years after Julius Whittier was allowed on the team. This is not a defense of Earl, it's just a reminder that the 60+ people lived through a different era, particularly in the south.
Old people say stupid shit all the time because at some point people stop evolving and settle into the norms which cultivated their identity When he grew up racism was overt and derogatory, a lot of what we currently consider racism wouldn't have registered 50 years ago. I don't believe Earl having the opinion that black football players are more athletic than white football players makes him racist.
The PC pendulum has swung so far in the other direction that all the tiptoeing around broken glass appears disingenuous. Its a dumb statement because there are plenty of very good white QBs, and it makes him sound dumb. CTE is also a hell of a drug. But you getting so ragey about it reminds me of the run of the mill racist who goes way overboard trying to prove they aren't the racist they actually are.