The Black Jesus
Do the Right Thing
Sports
October 22nd, 2013
October 22nd, 2013
"And then, what the hell kind of name is Jesus?" "Do you know how to call Earl Monroe? Jesus, and you know why they called him Jesus? Because he was the truth. Then white press began to call him Black Jesus, only Jesus could not be. I called you Jesus thanks to him, nothing Jesus of the Bible, Jesus of North Philadelphia, Jesus of playing fields. "
Jake (Denzel Washington) explains to his son Jesus (Ray Allen) the true origin of his name, we are in "He Got Game" icon movie of the black basketball. But who is Earl Monroe?
Born in 1944 in Philadelphia, Earl arrives in NBA, by Legend of the playgrounds of Pennsylvania, but has already America and has already remedied another nickname: Earl "The Pearl".
Go to the Baltimore Bullets where they swear to him saw score 40 points for every damn game, where Abe Pollin, historic Phila entrepreneur, bought the franchise of Bullets only boast of having in his team for all what was Jesus.
If today Derrick Rose moves to the beat of hip hop, Monroe did so at the rhythm of jazz so that Nelson George (black music guru) talking about Black Jesus said, "This Monroe plays with tempo changes that could only be understood Thelonious Monk ".
