It’s the story of Michael Oher, a young Black athlete who moves in with a white family, the Tuohys, and goes on to play for Ole Miss and in the N.F.L.
I was adopted, as Mr. Oher believed himself to have been.
And I’m a former equity analyst who’s a fan of Michael Lewis, the author of the book on which the movie was based.
Those stereotypes, and the possibility that there is another very different way to tell his story, are at the center of the lawsuit Mr. Oher recently filed.
Mr. Oher, now 37 and retired from the N.F.L., is suing the Tuohys because he claims they misled him to believe that the legal conservatorship they held over him was essentially the same as adoption.
Persons:
Michael Oher, Oher, who’s, Michael Lewis, —, Black
Organizations:
Ole Miss, Auburn
Locations:
Alabama