FILE – In this June 6, 2016, file photo, former NBA player Charles Barkley looks on during warm-ups before a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia. Barkley calls it friendly fire, the criticism a rich black gets for talking about race from fellow blacks who believe he can’t understand their struggles. But the basketball Hall of Famer and TNT analyst says he can handle it, and hopes he can create conversation that makes a difference beyond the things he’s already doing when his show “The Race Card” debuts in 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)