In this article, Mitch Albom questions why race only comes up if something bad happens to someone of colored skin. Like he says, LeBron never got asked if it was about race when he got drafted out of highschool or when he was voted MVP. Albom wonders why when one thing bad thing happens to LeBron, he mentions that it has somewhat to do with race. What he is really wondering though, is why interviewers even have to ask the question. Mitch Albom feels that the question is not necessary if one thing bad happens to someone that usually has great things happen to them. Albom changes the story to make LeBron into another man with the name Leo, who is in the same situation as LeBron. He makes the point that that would not be thought of discrimination.
I agree with Mitch Albom's statement that race should not be brought up at all when sport decisions like this come up. It has to do with the athletes talent, not their skin color. If it was about their skin color, this world would be much worse.
Mitch Albom's point is that race should not be brought up when an athlete undergoes a bad time in his career. Albom best presents his point when he tells the story of LeBron with "Leo" in his place. It shows that no one would think that the things that happened to him were due to racism because they do not know if he is black or white.
