"ESPN’s Bomani Jones really wants you to know that his T-shirt is clean, and powerful.
Bomani Jones wore a ‘Caucasians’ t-shirt after his appearance on Mike & Mike last week.
A shirt basically identical to a Cleveland Indians shirt, complete with Chief Wahoo, except it says, ‘Caucasians’ and has a dollar sign in place of a feather.
USA Today found it awesome, and even included it in a video of the post-show interview:
“ESPN’s Bomani Jones appeared in an extra segment following his time on Mike and Mike on Thursday morning to explain his t-shirt that read ‘Caucasian’.
...If you are offended by the shirt, you must be offended by the Indians’ Chief Wahoo logo.
If not, you’re hypocritical.
...Of course, Jones didn’t really have to “defend himself.”
It’s not like it was an adversarial interview.
Not only that, it’s not like anyone is really offended by the Caucasians t-shirt.
According to Brian Kirby of Shelf Life clothing, who produces the shirt, “the ‘Caucasians’ shirt has been his most popular seller since he began making them in 2007…”
With plenty of palefaces among those who are buying up the shirts.
So, in other words, Bomani Jones’ stunt backfired.
He wore the shirt to provoke anger on the part of white people by flipping the tables and exposing them as hypocrites for being offended by ‘Caucasians,’ while they cheer for the Redskins, Chief Wahoo, the Braves, and so on.
Except very few, if any, white people are offended by the shirt.
Proving the opposite of Jones’ point.
And that maybe, just maybe, it’s time for race hucksters like Bomani Jones to get a life."
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