I can’t stop thinking about how evil it is what Brett Favre did. A wealthy, famous white man - from a state with an unparalleled history of racialized poverty - steals welfare dollars from its poorest people. Truly super villain shit.
As someone who is hyper-focused on the systemic/institutional dimensions of racism, and less interested in playing a game of “who among white folks is even more racist than usual?” god damn Brett Favre did some textbook racist stuff.
It’s worth noting that there is a long, dark tradition of white power brokers enriching themselves while purposefully oppressing Black Mississippians. It is a topic I cover extensively in my new book https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/change-agents/book281303#reviews…