Youneverknow: "half-black"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/10/2011 09:24 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>On Dec 10, 2011, at 8:19 AM, James A. Landau wrote:
>
> > And of course there is Doug Williams, the quarterback who among
> other things led the Washington Redskins to win the Superbowl,
> whose memoirs are entitled "Quarterblack".
> >
> >   - Jim Landau
> >
>Among those other things was playing the straight man for of the
>all-time classic questions at those pre-Super Bowl "media day", the
>year the Redskins were playing the Denver Broncos (and in the end,
>thanks to a 4-touchdown second quarter engineered by Williams,
>obliterating them), when a reporter asked Williams "How long have
>you been a black quarterback?"  Unfortunately, according those
>party-poopers at Snopes, this question was never actually asked,
>although it's widely been reported, along with various responses by Williams.

Now, according to the New York Times, not only are there
quarterblacks in the NFL, but there are cornerblacks.  In fact, there
are presently no cornerwhites.

Joel

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