Beckham's Bender

The NatWest EMMA (Ethnic Multicultural Media Achievement) Awards 2004 concluded yesterday with David Beckham winning sporting personality of the year.

This has aroused a mixed reaction from British viewers, since "Ethnic", in the UK really means ethnic minority, specifically of the afro-carribean / afro-american variety. David Beckham is as black as Eminem, which is to say, cough, a darker shade of pale.
To his credit though, Beckham does have two dogs named after Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Puff Daddy, and with the amount of gold the Beckhams wear on themselves it's a wonder Natwest, and, for that matter the national treasury are still in business.
Many of the black community has taken the award as a slap in the face to black sportsmen across the country who have survived guns, drugs and bad rap, whilst the white community is, unsurprisingly extolling the virtues of silver-spoon-in-mouth Beckham's virginial right foot, which of course transcends race, religion and mortality. And of course, the man himself, who has looks, cash and balls. Why, the man is so dedicated that he's been known to bury himself up to the balls in his work.
cough.

One wonders what happened to good ol' Sir Johnny Wilkinson, whose right foot has been shown to be truer, more courageous and cleaner of conscience than Beckham's distal appendage. Surely Wilko would make a better black idol than Beckham?    # Re-minisce denies liability.5/25/2004 05:04:00 am