In light of NFL veteran Michael Oher's allegation that the heroes of 'The Blind Side' exploited him, Steve Almond's review of the 2006 Michael Lewis book resonates.
Sean Tuohy — NFL star Michael Oher’s self-proclaimed adoptive dad — defends his decision to use a conservatorship instead of adoption in their relationship.“Leigh Anne was now making it her personal responsibility to introduce him to the most basic facts of life, the sort of thing any normal person would have learned by osmosis. ‘Every day I try to make sure he knows something he doesn’t know,’ she said.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m not sure these qualify as the most basic facts of life. Indeed, for all her Christian charity, Leigh Anne seems to treat her adopted son more like a giantthan a human being.
The essential message of “The Blind Side” is that poor black children matter, and are seen as worth helping, not because of the content of their characters but because of their physical prowess. Like most fans — myself included — Lewis prefers not to notice the prejudices that belie our lust for sport, the perverse arrangement by which watching young black men engaged in violent spectacle has become our most profitable form of entertainment.
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