Albom's article

I believe that Albom's point of the article "It's not race, LeBron James, but it might be you" is that race is no excuse for how different people handle situations. He thinks that CNN's Soledad O'Brien's question was not necessary. Does race give people a way out for how they act? Should they be able to say that since they are "different" from others they can say whatever they want? He brings up a good alternative situation by putting LeBron into a white mans shoes. There no one asked if he was being criticized because he was white.
I agree completely with Albom and his point to the article. I believe that if society gives different races a way out of more difficult situations than that can be taken advantage of. LeBron stated, "i think so at times. It's always, you know, a race factor" because he wants attention! If the reporter had not said anything about the criticism being caused by race, no one would have commented on that. Albom's last sentence was why I agreed with him the most, "If people shamefully want to grab races as a parachute to safety, they'll do it." There is no question that different races will try to take the advantage of blaming their heritage, and that is a excuse that should never be used.
Albom's most effective point on his essay was how he brought other famous people into the article by comparison. He used Brett Favre and asked if anyone asked him about his race. By showing that not everyone has to use the race parachute for safety means that no one needs to. It shows that if you have confidence, like Favre, then race has no part and can be left out of conversations!