Mitch Albom's point made in this article is that the only reason for the criticism that LeBron James received after his decision to leave Cleveland is because of his huge ego. Race has nothing to do with the matter. But of course, when asked if race has anything to do with the criticism, the answer will always be yes because he is an African American.
I agree with Albom because people would have reacted the same way about any other professional athlete pulling the stunt LeBron did. There was no other time that race had to do with LeBron James' criticism, so this time shouldn't be any different. I think that African American use the race card as a crutch to turn their bad situation around and put the focus on something else.
Albom's most effective point made in his essay is that LeBron made quite an ordeal about announcing what team he would be signing with next. When he appeared on the worldwide TV special, the way LeBron said he was leaving Cleveland showed arrogance. "I'm gonna take my talents to South Beach," stated James. One of the reasons LeBron decided to sign with Miami Heat was to join other "big-name" players and stack the team. Responding with such a selfish and egotistical comment should be the obvious answer for the criticism LeBron's received.
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