I honestly believe David Petersen thinks in his mind that this isn’t racist.
I have met white people like him before. He separates black people into categories and if you fit into the one he prefers then you are ok with him, but if you don’t then he stereotypes you. If you are in his mind a “clean cut” black then you are ok. If you have dreads or tattoos, you just must be a thug and criminal.
You can tell he doesn’t see how stupid he sounds because of how he tried to explain how he wasn’t racist.
Reached by phone on Tuesday, Petersen said making a racial or cultural statement “was not the intent at all. I would just like to see the coaches get the guys cleaned up and not looking like Florida State and Miami guys.”
Of his letter to the Penn State player, Petersen said: “It wasn’t threatening or anything. I was just disgruntled about some of the hairdos that we’re seeing. You think of Penn State as a bunch of clean-cut guys. And you do see so many who are clean cut. But the tattoos and the hair – there are a lot of guys with hair coming down their backs and it just looks awful. And it’s the same for the NFL and NBA, too.”
He actually thought that would be a better statement.
Ban this guy from life and be careful if you are a person of color around him.
Flip the page for the letter he wrote.