8th
Lil’ Romeo!!
Last Wednesday I was at the UCLA vs. USC basketball game where, naturally, UCLA was up by over twenty points. I had heard through the grape vine that Percy Miller Jr., more commonly known as Lil’ Romeo, was playing for the USC team. When they were so far behind at the end of the second half, Percy actually played. Immediately the entire crowd started jostling him and chanting mean things to him. This seemed natural he is a famous entertainer who was trying to play college basketball. It seemed to everyone that he has more to prove than any of the other players. After the game, a main topic of conversation was how Percy must have bought his way onto the basketball team and that he probably should be playing at all. But then I realized that this could all be a lie. Since Lil’ Romeo is a famous rapper, everyone assumes that Percy gets handed everything in life; everyone assumes that he was given a spot in the basketball team because he made some sort of donation instead of his actual talent. I mean, anyone would have been nervous if he had so many people watching just him and jeering or chanting hurtful things. And even though he was the shortest guy on the court, he was still able to lead his offense pretty well and had a few potentially good plays. So is it fair to judge him just because he is well known for different things? Even though he isn’t a starter, he was still able to hold his own against some of the top college basketball players in the country. So even though it is fun to give this poor kid such a hard time because of his past, I believe that we should consider if it is truly warranted to believe all the hurtful things we say.
