Jalen Rose Calls Grant Hill An Uncle Tom

In a great documentary about the Fab Five, Jalen Rose is quoted as calling black players at Duke - particularly Grant Hill - all Uncle Tom's. Most within the black community would admit that Uncle Tom is worse of an insult than the N-word. Grant Hill wrote a great piece in response that published in the New York Times. But amidst all this there some key thoughts. 1.) Since when is having two parents who love and provide for you a bad thing? 2.) Is this not really more a question of social class than it is race?

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