Lame-ass PC Story of the Month

On Saturday, the Toronto Star published a jaw-droppingly racialist baseball article under the headline "White Jays."

A study by the Star has found that this year's edition of the Blue Jays had the fewest number of visible minorities on the opening-day roster of any of the 30 major-league teams. A Toronto club that boasted of its diversity in recent radio ads actually had the visible-minority players on its 25-man roster drop from 11 on opening day a year ago to only six this season. […]

That raises the issue of whether the Jays truly need to be more representative of the city they play in at a time when they are satisfying fans by winning. A less obvious issue, one bound to generate heated debate, is whether Toronto has somehow gained an advantage by bucking baseball's diversity trend ? and whether others will copy this model and change the demographics of the game. […]

Peter Donnelly, director of the Centre for Sports Policy Studies at the University of Toronto, was stunned to hear that the Jays, once hailed for diversity, now have so few minorities relative to the rest of baseball.

"You're talking about the most multicultural city in the world," Donnelly said. "In many ways, Toronto is more multicultural than New York. So, there's a responsibility there.[…]"

Reaction from the Blue Jays was not enthusiastic. "It was probably the stupidest thing I've ever seen," said first baseman Carlos Delgado, who is leading the majors in runs batted in while propelling the surprising Jays to within two games of a playoff spot. "If this city is so multicultural, if this city is so open-minded, why do we have to come up with an article that talks about racism? It doesn't make any sense." Delgado, for those of you keeping racial score at home, is a Puerto Rican with dark skin.