Richard Sherman: Calling Me a ‘Thug’ Is the Accepted Way of Calling Me the ‘N-Word’

Richard Sherman on Being Called a Thug: ‘It’s the Accepted Way of Calling Somebody the N-Word’ (Mediaite)

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman held a press conference Wednesday in which he addressed the backlash to his fiery post-game rant this week and the fact that so many people called him a thug. In fact the word was dropped quite a lot this week, and Sherman said it’s “disappointing” to hear so many people use the term. He even went so far as to say it’s a more socially acceptable way of calling someone a n*gger.

Sherman’s comments drew out some real racism online, with people actually dropping the n-word to disparage him, but most people stuck to criticizing him as a “thug.” Sherman already addressed that term in a column he wrote, but today he went one step further to fire back against that particular criticism.