they gave him slack for wearing black and that leads us to the leatest edition of is this racist? all right, welcome to the is this racist debate center. lebron james has given up the black face mask he was wearing at the league s request. king james as i have dubbed him wore the mask during a game on thursday to protect his broken nose, but nba officials didn t like that they couldn t see his face and said he should slip into something more revealing. lebron agreed and showed up naked. no, he was wearing a clear, less cool cover. both of them are frightening for reasons that have nothing to do with him. masks are frightening. is the nba racist or colorist?