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  • Jason Whitlock Says Protesting Racial Injustice Is ‘Stupid’

    The bulging, over-full colostomy bag who somehow maintains his rotund, deflated kickball-shaped figure despite participating in the daily yoga routine of perpetually contorting himself to always end up on white America’s side of any issue while criticizing and castigating anything or anyone remotely connected to blackness has opened his bile-spewing mouth again. Or—as some people…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • How Much Do Black Folks Owe Colin Kaepernick?

    Colin Kaepernick went from cornrowed, flashy-footed quarterback to full-on Afroed protester in one season. One minute he was the hot boy who women were fawning over, then he sat down during the national anthem and became the hot boy with a mind and a blowout that would make the most righteous 1960s revolutionary jealous. And…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • The NFL’s Race Problem Is Deeper Than Colin Kaepernick

    The NFL has a race problem. This certainly sounds ludicrous on its face. How can an organization with so many recognizable black stars have a race problem? In short, the NFL serves as a case study for the difference between inclusion and representation. Want to annihilate yourselves for our amusement? Cool. Want to promote the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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    A Child’s Bed Becomes a Killing Scene

    NBCU Exec Grieves, Estranged Husband Held Dyson Raises White Privilege After Maher Apology Big Comey Audience Includes Telemundo Twist Marker to Honor Slave Who Killed Overseer Could TV Viewing Be a Factor in Support for Trump? ‘Race Plays a Part in So Many Things. . .’ Excuses for Kaepernick Unemployment Don’t Wash No Such Thing…

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    Richard Prince

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  • Colin Kaepernick’s Jersey Donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Looks like somebody appreciates Colin Kaepernick. Eminent sociologist, author and activist Harry Edwards, who helped to curate the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s most recent sports exhibit, “Game Changers,” feels that Kaepernick, too, needs pride of place at the Smithsonian. Edwards reportedly donated a collection of items relating to the former San…

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    Angela Helm

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  • Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett Escalates Feud With Stephen A. Smith

    Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett took to Twitter on Friday to respond to criticism from the polysyllabic, empty bag of humid wind known to sports fans around the world as Stephen A. Smith. Michael Bennett, the outspoken Pro Bowl football player, recently gave an interview with John Clayton and Gee Scott on their 710…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Colin Kaepernick Donates Custom-Made Suits to NYC Parolees 

    Colin Kaepernick’s football career may be in limbo, but that isn’t stopping him from continuing his community service benefiting those in need. Over the weekend, Kaepernick made a visit to a New York City parole office and donated two large boxes of custom-made suits to benefit 100 Suits for 100 Men, an organization that provides…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • Researchers: People Who Oppose Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Are Probably Racist

    Whites who believe negative stereotypes about blacks are more likely than most to oppose athletes kneeling during the national anthem, according to researchers who studied the issue, the Washington Post reports. In yet another Kanye-shrug-inducing survey, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted a nationally representative online poll in October to determine whether negative…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Jim Harbaugh Defends Colin Kaepernick Protest, Says the US Is ‘Lucky’ to Have Him

    Jim Harbaugh, the former San Francisco 49ers head coach, is coming out in full defense of his former quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protest against the killing of unarmed black men, women and children by police. Kaepernick, the currently unemployed quarterback with the golden Afro, was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people, and Harbaugh,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Richard Sherman ‘Sure’ Colin Kaepernick Being Blackballed by NFL 

    Joining a widening chorus of those who have an opinion on the subject (President Donald Trump included), outspoken and sometimey cornerback Richard Sherman says that the NFL is on some b.s. when it comes to quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers (a team he led to the Super Bowl a mere…

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    Angela Helm

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