“Everybody can’t be Jay-Z…but you can be Stephen A. Smith”: ESPN Analyst Defends His Defense of Mark Cuban Comments

ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith found himself at the receiving end
of the social media outrage cycle after pointing out that Mark
Cuban’s comments on bigotry aren’t so unique, that Cuban’s
detractors ignored the fact that his comments cut across racial
lines, and that the black community sometimes ignores its negative
stereotypes. The comments aren’t part of the script of the official
national conversation on race, so Smith was pilloried for them. On
Friday, Smith doubled down on his comments, telling viewers he
didn’t care what social media had to say. You can watch below: