Michael Jordan is no god or saint. You being from Chicago just makes you more blind than many Jordan worshippers out there. I look at Jordan as the most influentialblackathlete that we have seen since Ali. I remember watching a show on Jordan on NBC back in 2000 where they said at one point MJ had the 2nd most recognizable face in the world behind Jesus.
Jordan had such a huge platform to help better his people and mankind and he didn't. Instead he choose to make statements like "Republicans buy shoes too". While kids were killing himself over Jordan's in the early 90's what did MJ do to help stop that? With all the sweet shop issues facing Nike what did Jordan do to help stop that? It was all about the dollar bill to him. He was so worried about offending people that he failed to make a stand on anything. If he was afraid of offending white people then he could have taken up causes that everyone could get behind like poverty, education, etc.
Look at Magic Johnson who basically became the face of fighting HIV/AIDS. He made a stand and still has made more money than Jordan doing. Jordan would have never done what Magic did if he contracted the virus. Besides winning 6 rings in Chicago what has MJ done with his celebrity to help make the world a better place?
FUCK JORDAN, give me Jim Brown or Muhammad Ali!