“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

Mike D’ Antoni will be the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. I think this is a terrible move. More of my thoughts later today.

As we all know last week President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term as our President of the United States. And by the way I am a supporter of the President. I felt he needed a second term to make up from the mess that President George W. Bush left us in.

And why did President Obama basically won by a landslide last week? It is because  Gov. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan was running for a Republican Party that did little outreach into the African American community, the  Latino community, the Asian community, the East African community and more. The only outreach the Republican Party did was to the white community of America. This is just a fact readers. 93% of African Americans voted for President Obama and 89% voted for Romney. And it was in the 70’s of Latinos and Asians who voted for the President.

When you saw a Romney/Ryan event you saw almost ZERO black faces or people of color. You can say the same for sports radio here in Seattle with 710 ESPN and Sportsradio KJR. Together they have a grand total of ZERO African Americans on the air on a regular basis.

KJR has been on the air for more than twenty years and the ONLY African American that has been on the air on a “regular” basis is Rick Dupree who by the way  was hired, fired, brought back and left after he saw no hope for himself to have his own program. It has been just like the Republican Party in sports radio here in Seattle….the good ole boy network of whites only. Guys with nicknames like “Softy” and “Puck” and “Paper Sheet” and “Mitchy The Kid” and “Gas” and “Sandy” etc.

Readers when you watched a event by President Obama you saw a MELTING POT of faces in the crowd. Whites, African Americans, Asians, Africans, Latinos and more. When you saw a Republican events it was almost 100% white.  This does not reflect America. The same goes for sports radio KJR and 710 ESPN here in Seattle. The all white on air staff does not reflect the fields and courts where basketball and football and baseball is being played. What makes it worse is that management of the two sports radio stations seem not to care about diversity, just like the Republican Party here in the U.S. If a guy or gal goes on vacation or misses a day, he or she is replaced by ANOTHER white person.

I have also tried to talk to a fella named Don Shelton who runs the sports dept. with the Seattle Times newspaper here in town about a possible story about sports radio in town. But over the years he has REFUSED. Why? Because he has writers like Steve Kelly and Jerry Brewer who are in bed with KJR.  They are friends with on air staff at KJR and 710. It is a outrage that the Seattle Times refuses to do a story of FLAT OUT EXCLUSION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS on the two sports stations in Seattle. A OUTRAGE!!

So readers, what is the difference between the Republican Party and sports radio KJR and 710 ESPN here in Seattle? Nothing. They are both mainly all white males who refuse to look at America and it’s diversity. But in reality, the landslide win by President Obama should show sports radio here in Seattle and the Republican Party one thing….it is time for a change!