Dude Ain’t Black? is a feature on Afrosport dedicated to the rare athlete you thought was black but turned out to be as black as Will Perdue. The inaugural edition features a shortstop for the San Diego Padres that had me fooled more than any other player before.
Khalil Greene is actually Khalil Thabit Greene. His name alone makes me feel like an Uncle Tom. I haven’t felt this unfairly whitewashed since Ali-Haji Sheikh.
He practices the Baha’i faith, enjoys writing hip-hop lyrics in free time(!!!). His first name means “friend of God” in Baha’i (religions have their own languages?). His parents names are Jim and Janet.
There were other activities besides baseball that interested Khalil. He enjoyed art and made drawings in sketchbooks, painted a mural of Pink Floyd on the art room door, and drew a portrait of Abdul-Baha, who was the eldest son of the founder of the Bahai Faith.
“With the first selection in the 2007 racial draft, the negroids select…..Khalil Greene”
