, the reason african-americans have been able to achieve a level of success in sports and entertainment is because in sports, if it is basketball, the court is 94 feet for everybody. it is 10 feet high for everybody not shot clock is the same. fouls are the same. everything is the same. so when you go play, your talent will determine whether you succeed or not. it was undeniable that kareem, working on his game mo cowan was going to achieve a level of success, because in the game of sports, you can perform are you cannot perform. you have the talent or you do not. same with michael. it does not matter. but the real question that you should be challenging people in your city and your corporate citizens and your schools and everyone else is to say -- why is it that in sports the rules

are the same and we can measure success emma but then off the court, off the field, he goes from objective to subjective? all of the sudden, your talent does not define whether or not you will become an all-star. what somebody else is thinking defines that. thehen i am looking at folks who are ceo's -- not just, my goodness, we have several african ceo's, but i am looking at how many black board members they have or hispanic board members they have wearied what we are still seeing in this in termss an inequity of folks at the top and the bottom. still not an african-american who is a prime time host of a cable news network with a black man in the white house, and that is a problem for me. what happens is we praise sports because our sports figures worked on their ga