Question-and-answer with NAACP official who criticized McNabb

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 12/17/05 | Stephen A. Smith

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Question-and-answer with NAACP official who criticized McNabb

BY STEPHEN A. SMITH Knight Ridder Newspapers

PHILADELPHIA - EDITOR'S NOTE: On Nov. 27, J. Whyatt Mondesire, publisher of the Philadelphia Sun newspaper and president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP, wrote an opinion column about Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb titled "Mediocre at Best."

Question: You're saying that as the publisher and a columnist at the Philadelphia Sun, the comments you've made about Donovan McNabb have nothing to do with the NAACP; it's strictly your opinion. How can you possibly make these comments and assume people "would not attach the NAACP to that?

Answer: People have to be a little more careful in what they read and how they read. In reading my column, you see no reference of the NAACP in the Sun except when there's a story about the NAACP or an issue that we're raising. Certainly in this column there's no connection to the NAACP.

I'm a fan of football. I'm not even a sports columnist. I'm a fan. What I've watched has been disappointing, and when I read and remembered what McNabb said a few years ago about not wanting to be a stereotypically black quarterback in terms of running in the pocket and scrambling, I was very dissatisfied by what I've seen on the field this season.

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Great article by Gregory Moore of Fox News Radio (calls for Mondesire's resignation):

http://www.blackathlete.net/artman/publish/article_01360.shtml