ncaa inequity
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Why I’m Rooting for Everybody Black in the NCAA Basketball Tournament
HBO’s Insecure star Issa Rae famously declared during a red-carpet interview at the Primetime Emmy Awards in September that she was “rooting for everybody black.” Some deemed the statement racist. Many misinterpreted Rae’s advocacy as opposition to all nominees who weren’t black. That’s not what I heard. Anyone familiar with the lack of racial diversity…