Ann Killion of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS on Saturday had a puff piece on Kim Singletary, wife of NFL legend & current 49ers head coach Mike. Predictably, Killion tells us that Kim is there to temper her husband’s insane intensity, which also applies to everyday endeavors like folding laundry. (God, I feel for their kids.)
But in the midst of the piece, Kim, who is white and met Singletary as a freshman at Baylor, breaks off a rather bizarre line.
The young Baylor students forged a strong friendship. They also shared a faith in God. But Kim had never envisioned herself in an interracial relationship. She kept thinking, “I’d sure like to meet someone like him who is white.”
Killion, who was obviously dead-set on polishing the Singletary’s image, never pressed Kim on the comment. So the remark ended up as a non-sequitur.
Reading what Kim said out of context, you probably aren’t all that surprised by her comment (which is actually presented as a thought), considering that the couple met at a mostly-white, christian university in backwater Texas.
But in the column, we also find out that Kim is actually from Detroit. Hmmm.
OK, we know Kim isn’t a racist. But the comment still comes off as a little strange. My guess is that Kim was trying to point out her closed-minded thinking when she first met her future husband. Obviously, to her credit, she overcame it.
There aren’t many people who could get away with that comment, but safe to say Mike Singletary’s beleaguered wife gets a pass.
11:05 pm on May 11th, 2009
gets a pass for what? the writer, if you can call him/her that, is an ididot.
11:29 pm on May 11th, 2009
C'mon SbB, it is getting difficult to take you seriously with all that Erin Andews nonsense, now this??
3:20 am on May 12th, 2009
Yeah, she's obviously a closet racist….
stfu and realize that sometimes when you see hate, you're only seeing a reflection of what's inside yourself.
7:52 am on May 12th, 2009
Ok, I think you are looking a little too much into this one. It was a puff piece about a legendary football players wife. I think the intent was to show that she was a little closed minded and overcame it; kudos to her. The writing is not very good, but so what. Give it a break.
10:19 am on May 12th, 2009
How someone's natural instinct is to wish a seemingly good person was something other than they are is alarming.
10:23 am on May 12th, 2009
Did I get the TMZ website by mistake?
This discomfort is a natural instinct and she should be commended for staying with someone she cared for.
11:20 am on May 12th, 2009
His wife said that meaning that Mike was the perfect guy for her, but she wishes he was white because it would be easier for her in life, or maybe for "her" family to except him, or she didnt have to deal with people starring at them as a couple in college back at Baylor (remember Baylor is in Texas) Its tough now walking around in Texas in a interracial relationship.
11:30 am on May 12th, 2009
Terribly misleading headline that skews the point of your own post. Makes it sound like she currently holds that mentality.
Makes you look like an ass.
4:33 pm on May 12th, 2009
more erin andrews that guy does not speak for the rest of us
6:15 pm on May 12th, 2009
What a trashy post. I'm more embarrassed for SBB than Mrs. Singletary.
6:16 pm on May 12th, 2009
(Not that i'm embarrassed for Mrs. Singletary at all)
6:31 pm on May 12th, 2009
I have nothing against what the lady said. I have a problem with Ann Killion. If this was the Raiders Coach, she would mecilessly crucify the woman for that comment. Being that its the 49ers, it is CLEARLY biased reporting. Ann Killion is not much of a reporter in my eyes.
6:36 pm on May 12th, 2009
why is it necessary to point out that baylor is mostly white? ALL COLLEGES are mostly white, because the U.S. is mostly white.
and it's no harder to be in an interracial relationship in texas than it is anywhere else. texas isn't the deep south.
7:17 pm on May 12th, 2009
Dude, seriously… you can't put it in quotes in the title when it's not part of the quote. This is out of context, misquoted, and downright scurrilous.
7:19 pm on May 12th, 2009
"backwater".!?! Waco is a decent town asswipe. Home of the very decent Baylor. What a tool. You are obviously a better human since you live in a big city. Ya that's it: big city = better person. What an adult tool.
8:34 pm on May 12th, 2009
Waco is awesome, it was home to my compound till the Feds burned it up.
Only someone from TX would claim it is no tougher to be in a bi-racial relationship there than elsewhere. Seriously? I think the KKK still holds meetings there.
10:18 pm on May 12th, 2009
the compound wasn't even in waco.
the klan has some of it's deepest roots in illinois, where it once had more than 2 million members alone.
i bet you think all texans ride horses to work and have oil rigs in their backyards. clueless clown.
3:09 am on May 13th, 2009
she is not racist she has kids with the man you are racist it was a thought you monkey
3:11 am on May 13th, 2009
everyone tends to stay in there area… most people date people like themsleves… if you had a decent education you would know that
9:50 am on May 13th, 2009
She is not even pretty. Im sure Baylor has better looking white broads than this. Singletary and the rest of the black athletes who date and marry these white broads are a joke.
9:52 am on May 13th, 2009
ALL COLLEGES ARE MOSTLY WHITE…..HOW ABOUT THE BLACK COLLEGES? ARE THEY WHITE? OR DO THEY COUNT?
1:21 pm on May 13th, 2009
Stereotypes exist for a reason — not everyone/thing/place fits them but they are there because there is typically a basis of reality or truth to support them. TX is the state where they dragged a kid behind a car because he was homosexual wasnt it? We (people not from TX) do not think all Texans are backward thinking separatists….but there is a reason the general thinking prevails in this regard.
1:52 pm on May 13th, 2009
Who knew Mike Singletary married Lisa Sparxxx?
3:33 pm on May 13th, 2009
hahaha, she does look like lisa sparxxx!!!!
maybe she is a self loathing woman who needed to be different, so she married a black guy and attacks her own race. it is passive aggressive behavior/spite. a way to show her parents and rebel.
maybe she has fallen prey to political correctness and now has white guilt.
otherwise, who cares, she looks like the overweight porn star lisa sparxxx. NOW THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE STORY
3:59 pm on May 13th, 2009
texas is not more racist than any other state in the union. people who complain about texas are displaying their ignorance. sad but true.
P.S. yeah, you can not put a quote in the title that the lady never said. uh, you can get sued for that.
4:47 pm on May 13th, 2009
Good work Perez Hilton. If I wanted misleading headlines, I'd read the Huffington Post.
"Wishes he were white"? You're not free to use quotes if the phrase isn't used in the article. In this case, your use doesn't even accurately summarize what Kim said: "wishes" is obviously a present-tense verb, when in fact the article refers to a thought that took place, what, 30 years ago?
8:46 pm on May 13th, 2009
She is just being honest. The fact that the color of his skin did not get in the way of their future speaks for itself.
3:01 am on May 14th, 2009
F Singletary and the boy loving 69ers.
9:30 pm on September 22nd, 2009
Teenage white girl meets black guy in college. They form a friendship. Girl wishes to meet a white guy like her black friend until she realizes she actually loves the black guy. They have been married for over 30 years. Some writer wants to create racial controversy where there aint none..
5:56 pm on October 11th, 2009
My response - Who cares? Spend more time analyzing your thoughts and monitoring what comes out of your own mouth and less time monitoring others. It’s called individual responsibility.
8:22 pm on November 13th, 2009
I grew up with Kim back in Detriot. Her struggle with God’s will for her live was no less difficult than Abraham’s when God told him to sacifice his son.
She was able to overcome a mountain of opposition and has been blessed.