Mr. Martin,
I am writing in response to your latest column, “Colleges block black coaches out … again.” You see, I do not think there are enough transvestite drag queens writing opinion columns for CNN, and as such, think you should be replaced with someone meeting the aforementioned criteria. I hardly care about their qualifications, just that they are a transvestite drag queen. THAT is what is important.
If CNN cannot settle on a transvestite drag queen, I demand that they at least interview 10 of them before allowing you to keep your job. The transvestite drag queen population is drastically under-represented in the mainstream media and I demand an immediate solution to this tragedy.
I assume, Mr. Martin, that you would like to keep your job. I assume, further, that you believe CNN has the right to decide that it wants to publish YOUR opinions without first parading (literally) 10 transvestite drag queens into their offices for meaningless interviews. That is how hiring works (or at least should work) in America.
Your writing does an enormous disservice to the African-Americans who have rightfully earned their positions among the coaching ranks. Because of drivel such as this column, men who received their jobs because of hard work and excellence are thrown in with those who receive handouts.
You claim that your proposal is about giving African-Americans a fair shake in the job market. It seems clear to me that, if an owner or athletic director is willing to overlook a more talented African-American coach in order to hire an inferior white coach, the negative results of the decision will be borne out on the playing field. That is how markets, the job market included, work. The world doesn’t need you, or anyone else, enforcing dumb rules to make things look fair.
I look forward to next week’s column by a transvestite drag queen.
