Emmanuel Acho, Jason Whitlock and The Sports Talk to Race Traitor Pipeline
What the conflict between sports talking heads says about the state of intra-racial discourse
Robert DeNiro movies tend to break the mold because despite a gruff, macho exterior, his performances always reveal the soft spots of manly men. I was watching The Score, a heist movie starring DeNiro and one of the great character actors to play opposite him, Ed Norton Jr. I’d also just listened to Van Lathan’s Higher Learning podcast, featuring guest Emmanuel Acho. I saw some DeNiro qualities in both of them when they recently squared off about Acho coddling his white guests.
Here’s the basic plot of The Score. Nick, a veteran jewel thief, yearns to pull off one last big score so he and his sweetheart (played by Angela Bassett) can finally settle down and leave the illicit life behind. A crime boss (Marlon Brando) pairs Nick with Brian, a slick young thief who wants nothing more than to win big and take home money like he’s never seen before. As the classic hero and villain, Nick and Brian quibble about the level of acceptable risk, with the senior of the men preferring subtle, quiet techniques, and the younger wanting to go out with a bang.
