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Spike Lee Promotes Colin Kaepernick Rally to Be Held at NFL Headquarters
Avid activist and famed film director Spike Lee posted information Tuesday about a rally that will take place Aug. 23 at the NFL’s New York City headquarters in support of Colin Kaepernick, the free agent quarterback who’s without a team because he protested the killing of unarmed black men, women and children by police. Lee…
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The Baltimore Ravens Asked Fans Who Supported Colin Kaepernick to Show It; Now They Aren’t Taking Any Comments
When news broke that the Baltimore Ravens were considering bringing in quarterback and black activist Colin Kaepernick to back up current quarterback Joe Flacco, fans on both side of the controversy took up arms. Those who opposed Kaepernick’s kneeling protest against the killing of unarmed black men, women and children threatened to boycott games. Now,…
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Respectable Negroes Can’t Advise Colin Kaepernick on Shit
Neither Michael Vick nor Ray Lewis is a coon. They simply have no interest in going toe-to-toe with white supremacy. And Colin Kaepernick has no interest in being a well-behaved, respectable Negro to get a job in the National Football League. Such behavior will not liberate black people, and he knows it. His stance is…
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Three Non-Football Reasons Why Baltimore Would Be The Best City For Colin Kaepernick
Five years after his Super Bowl loss to Joe Flacco and the Ravens, Colin Kaepernick is still better than at least a dozen QBs who already have jobs; guys so awful that nobody would’ve paid attention if they were on the sidelines smoking weed during the national anthem. We shouldn’t even be having this conversation…
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Shannon Sharpe to Fox Sports’ Clay Travis: ‘I Don’t F–k With You. Don’t Make Me Lose My Job’
So those on the right have this thing where they say completely triggering comments that would have a triggering effect on any sane, rational, thinking human person with compassion and empathy, only so that they can say “triggered” after you’ve gone there. It’s a game for them. On Monday, Fox Sports’ Clay Travis decided he…
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The Real Reason the Ravens Are Afraid to Hire Kaepernick: He’s Mr. Steal-Your-Job
The good news is that Baltimore’s unemployment rate is a breathtakingly low 6.1 percent in August of 2017; the bad news is, there’s one job applicant who just can’t seem to get a break in Charm City: Colin Kaepernick. News broke this week that because starting quarterback Joe Flacco suffered a back injury, the Baltimore…
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Baltimore Ravens Owner Asks Man Accused of Double Murder Whether He Should Sign Colin Kaepernick
Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said Sunday that the team is still weighing its options at quarterback; he mentioned winning, and then he mentioned Colin Kaepernick. “We do want to win games, and I’m not sure he is going to help us do that,” Bisciotti said of Kaepernick, ESPN reports. “We’re monitoring Joe [Flacco and…
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Nearly 100,000 Oppose Mike Vick’s Va. Tech Hall of Fame Nomination … Despite the Fact That He’s Clean-Cut
Former pro quarterback Michael Vick may have a nice, respectable fade and may even have paid his debt to society, but some folks have not forgiven him for fighting dogs. According to the Roanoke Times, two online petitions at Change.org had received nearly 100,000 combined signatures against his recently announced Sept. 22 induction into his…
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Journalists, Musicians ‘Co-Signed’ R. Kelly
Reporter Alleges More Exploitation of Black Women Raleigh Paper Drops Columnist After 24-Year Run Sports Columnist Kawakami to Edit Online Startup Chicago Sun-Times Calls Out Institutional Racism Reporting Finds Lead Still Contaminates Urban Soil Ebony Owner Pledges Payments by Month’s End Pushback on Trump Backers’ Attacks on Journalism Statue Honors ‘Willpower Over White Power’ C-SPAN…
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Why Michael Vick—Who Killed Dogs—Should Have Nothing to Say to Colin Kaepernick, Who Stands Up for Black People Being Killed Like Dogs
Updated Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 1 p.m. EDT: Colin Kaepernick appears to have responded to Michael Vick’s words with a simple tweet entitled “Stockholm Syndrome.” Earlier: I don’t know why Michael Vick would think that he is in any position to tell anybody how to rehab his image, but the convicted dogfighter and gambling-ring operator…