Blake Griffin believed he could fly enough to dunk over parked car. The real question is, how the heck did they just roll the car up on the court?

Biracial cutie Blake Griffin, who is said to be of Haitian-American and Caucasian descent, wins the 2011 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.

Although not the most impressive shot of the evening (cue Washington Wizards' JaVale McGee and dunking on two baskets at once), it was certainly the most theatrical (sorry to Oklahoma City Thunder's Serge Ibaka, the bear and the cute Asian kid with the fly Mohawk).

Griffin's hilarious slam-dunk coach Kenny Smith rolled out the theatrics with a Kia, a Crenshaw choir singing R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly," and a gleam in his eyes like a kid who was just about to get away with sneaking a piece of candy at church.

LA Clippers rookie Griffin comfortably cleared the car's hood to make the dunk, with a surprise appearance from teammate Baron Davis who popped out of the Kia's sunroof.

His reportedly close-knit family must be so proud. His father was a basketball center and track standout at NAIA Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Griffin and his older brother, Taylor Griffin, were home-schooled by their mother from first grade until Taylor was in the tenth grade and Blake was in eight. They certainly did a good job as parents, if Blake's humility is anything to go by.

Sources (including photos): 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Griffin

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Grading-the-2011-slam-dunk-contest?urn=nba-323833

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6140773

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=4011288

http://nytwitter.blogspot.com/2011/02/blake-griffin.html

http://ethnicelebs.com/blake-griffin

Dear Ms. Schlussel...

This is my response to a very aggravating blog post by Debbie Schlussel:

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/22052/fact-check-meet-the-real-1st-arab-american-miss-usa-christians-dont-count/.

Since I kept getting an error message when I tried to post my response on her site, I thought I'd just share it here.

Your thoughts are always appreciated.

Dear Ms. Schlussel,

Thank you for your ever factual report outing the ties between Miss USA Rima Fakih and Islamist fundamentalist groups in the US and abroad. I appreciate your fact-finding mission that clearly outlines the ties between Ms. Fakih, her family and Hezbollah.

It was great to see the dated bank deposits from Hezbollah into Ms. Fakih’s account. How eye opening to see the memo on one of the checks: “Rima, the trigger button goes on the inside of your bikini.” If that wasn’t convincing enough, the picture of the Fakih Michigan family reunion with everyone smiling brightly, raising their trigger finger and wearing their Team Hezbollah shirts obviously proves your point.

Oh wait, you did not provide anything resembling proof to support your intelligent rant.

What would you suggest that we do with the Arab-Americans in the US? Do you like the hyphenated American? I added it just for you. Are we to deny citizenship rights to the more than 80 percent of Arab Americans who are U.S. citizens? Deny the estimated three and a half million Americans who trace their heritage to the Arab world the right to:

a. Celebrate Thanksgiving
b. Spend time with family and friends at the beach during Memorial day weekend
c. Watch 4th of July fireworks
d. Stand up and be counted as part of the American landscape

Or are we to deny them those rights only if they dare to:

a. Embrace rather than denounce their heritage
b. Proclaim themselves Islamic instead of Christian
c. Have an opinion other than yours

I made the mistake of having common sense which, of course, feeds my annoying habit of asking for proof when I read statements such as this one made by you: “…her family is chock full of top Hezbollah terrorists and she supports the group (not to mention that her Miss USA bid was financed by an Palestinian terrorist and immigration fraud perpetrator)…”

I am very open to holding a conversation and welcome the chance to review your myriad of proof that you weren’t able to provide in this post.

Yours,

A Curious CHRISTian Haitian-American

*Source: http://aai.3cdn.net/9298c231f3a79e30c6_g7m6bx9hs.pdf ♦ http://www.aaiusa.org/arab-americans/22/demographics