White Michael Vick, as depicted by ESPN the Magazine.
This afternoon ESPN The Magazine published an article titled “What if Michael Vick were white?” The piece, written by novelist and music journalist Touré, looks at how race is “an undeniable and complex element of Vick’s story, both because of his [playing] style as well as the rarity of black QBs in the NFL.” Touré goes on to punctuate that point with the following hypothetical: “But after his arrest for dogfighting, so many people asked: Would a white football player have gotten nearly two years in prison for what Vick did to dogs?”
