Racist Response to Sherman's Rant

Racist Response to Sherman's Rant

Nothing like an innocuous American sports classic to reveal an ugly layer of racism. After Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman post-game victory rant rubbed some people the wrong way, the Internet exploded in racial epithets directed towards him. Tweets included calling him a "jungle monkey" and "typical gorilla n----r." Richards responded in a post on MMQB "people find it easy to take shots on Twitter, and to use racial slurs and bullying language far worse than what you’ll see from me. It’s sad and somewhat unbelievable to me that the world is still this way, but it is. I can handle it."

Sherman: Rant Was 'Immature'

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman responded to the outrage—and resulting ugly blowback—over his raving interview with Fox Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews. "You know, I don't mean to attack him. And that was immature and I probably shouldn't have done that. I regret doing that," he said, pointing to his outburst directed at 49ers' receiver Michael Crabtree. In the interview with CNN’s Rachel Nichols, Sherman also addressed the countless racist responses on Twitter. "It was really mind-boggling the way the world reacted. I can't say the world—I don't want to generalize people like that because there are a lot of great people who didn't react that way," he said. "But for the people who did react that way and throw the racial slurs and things like that out there, it was really sad. Especially that close to Martin Luther King Day."