The revelation of Jon Gruden’s controversial emails resulted in the kind of blowback that is expected nowadays. Cries of racism, public condemnation, public apologies, and statements akin to “see, I told you white people were racist” dominated headlines. Randy Moss even openly wept on television, saddened that Gruden’s email was a sign that we are moving backward as a country (even though these emails were from over 10 years ago).

Yet, for all these emotions over racism, these theatrics lack consistency. No one is defending Gruden here, but where was this outrage when Antonio Brown called (incidentally) Raiders executive Mike Mayock a “cracker”?

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