Charles Barkley
Former NBA athlete and current sports commentator Charles Barkley has received heavy criticism throughout the years for making comments that have been perceived as anti-Black. For example, in 2014, he said he wasn’t sure whether slavery was really “the worst thing ever” because he didn’t know much about it. In 2009, he said during a Celtics versus Magic game that player Rasheed Wallace should “get a technical for having that nappy a— hair.” Again in Nov. 2015, he said regarding Chicago Bulls player Derrick Rose’s hair, “I hate nappy hair. He should put something on it.”
In addition to his racial remarks, he’s also been criticized for having a White wife. Barkley and Maureen Blumhardt have been married since 1989.
