Mitch Albom's "It's Not Race, Lebron James, But it Might Be You"

In Mitch Albom's article, "It's not race, Lebron James, but it might be you"  he makes the point that race is not the way to cover up for having a big ego and the cause of criticism. He says that "If people shamefully want to grab race as a parachute to safety, they'll do it." People in our society blame race for a lot of problems and consider it the "easy way out" of situations. They blame race when really it is the athlete's ego and decisions that are to blame. I agree with Albom's point because this is true about our American society. We always make decisions on race and blame it for the cause of criticism. Also, he points out that people are not going to stop liking someone because of their skin color. We all make bad decisions and skin color is not going to be the determining factor of us liking them or not. "The moment you suggest someone is motivated by a prejudice, you can never prove it wrong, and you can always attack the accuser." We can always blame the accusing person for assuming the cause is race but we never get mad at society for believing it. Albom uses Lebron voted as MVP as an example of society ignoring race. He says that race was never an issue when he was voted MVP and it will never be. But, when Lebron made his donation to charity on TV he says it was just part of his ego that wanted one good hour on TV doing the right thing. He ends his article saying that Lebron's ratings have gone down and that it is not just because he is black. He didn't lose his fame because just white people bailed out. I agree with his main point that race should not be the question asked when it is not necessary.