Opinion: Charles Barkley Finds The Hot Spots For His Traveling Race Show

Charles Barkley, the often brusque Hall of Fame basketball player turned NBA television analyst and nouveau talk-show host, riled up a church group of black folk recently as only Charles Barkley can. He ended up in an angry standoff with black women whose sons had been shot and killed by Maryland police. The episode began as part of Barkley’s new television show called “The Race Card.” The show features Barkley as a roving reporter/provocateur/no-holds-barred moderator whose mission is to establish candid dialogue with various U.S.