Another race reversal exercise, replacing sports with academics.
The clip from which the above screenshot was taken has Irving “Magic” Johnson, one of the great basketball players of all time, and some other black fellow discussing the legendary Larry Bird. Transcript below, with two sections omitted as not pertinent to this discussion. Whereas the two fellows were talking over each other, I have not bothered to separate their statements. When I first met him, I said “All right, I’m going to see this dude this White cat can go.” ‘Cause the verdict is always out on White boys who can hoop. With all due respect. It’s respect. Like this ain’t nothing bad. “Let me see what he can do.” But Larry had something that most White boys don’t have. Just saying that to keep it real. He got a little bit of nigga in him. [APPLAUSE] Larry’s different now. That boy, he can play now. Played on a team in college in a tournament together. … [W]hen we got in, we turned it out. I saw this dude eat Jack Givens up. He was player of the year that year. … And Larry Bird was...