Colin Kaepernick refuses “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people”...

[Max.]

https://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/913857170055192576

I tried to tell yall...

 

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https://twitter.com/mikefreemannfl/status/913884479378345984
https://twitter.com/mikefreemannfl/status/913888033434415107
https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/913888156696559616
https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/913888802753544192

 

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Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said he got a lot of racist voicemails after star player LeBron James called President Trump a "bum" on Twitter.

Gilbert said the voicemails were some of the "most vile, disgusting, racist" things "I've ever heard people say."

James' tweet was in response to Trump uninviting the Golden State Warriors to the White House, less than a day after Stephen Curry and other players on the team said they didn't want to go.

“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!” Trump tweeted

Gilbert said that the voicemails he got didn't address what Trump had done or what James was responding to.

It wasn't even about the issue. That's what really got me. They went to who they really are, some of them," Gilbert said. "There's an element of racism in this country that I didn't realize existed."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ames-donald-trump-tweets-response/718473001/#

 

[Swiffness!]

*old Cube voice*

A message to the Oreo cookie:

No matter how much you wanna switchhhhh....

Here's what they think about you

 

[Trillfate]

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said he got a lot of racist voicemails after star player LeBron James called President Trump a "bum" on Twitter.

Gilbert said the voicemails were some of the "most vile, disgusting, racist" things "I've ever heard people say."

James' tweet was in response to Trump uninviting the Golden State Warriors to the White House, less than a day after Stephen Curry and other players on the team said they didn't want to go.

“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!” Trump tweeted

Gilbert said that the voicemails he got didn't address what Trump had done or what James was responding to.

It wasn't even about the issue. That's what really got me. They went to who they really are, some of them," Gilbert said. "There's an element of racism in this country that I didn't realize existed."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ames-donald-trump-tweets-response/718473001/#

Dan Gilbert discovering racist messages

 

[blackamerica]

Waaaaaaack! even if was about Trump... dude is still president at this moment in time...so you just gonna do it once since its popping in the news and hope people forget about shit the next week?

just shows me most of these cats was just on some "let me show err body I'm down with them this week" instead of being about what Kaep started this shit for... FOH... you bitch you

Best believe these coons are getting PAID to distract away from black issues. This whole Trump/NFL debacle was done to take attention away from Kaep. Now Mr All Lives Matter Dez says hes done protesting. FOH

 

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Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said he got a lot of racist voicemails after star player LeBron James called President Trump a "bum" on Twitter.

Gilbert said the voicemails were some of the "most vile, disgusting, racist" things "I've ever heard people say."

James' tweet was in response to Trump uninviting the Golden State Warriors to the White House, less than a day after Stephen Curry and other players on the team said they didn't want to go.

“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!” Trump tweeted

Gilbert said that the voicemails he got didn't address what Trump had done or what James was responding to.

It wasn't even about the issue. That's what really got me. They went to who they really are, some of them," Gilbert said. "There's an element of racism in this country that I didn't realize existed."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ames-donald-trump-tweets-response/718473001/#

Dan Gilbert discovering racist messages

 

[ThaNubianGod]

https://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/913857170055192576

I tried to tell yall...

That shit's foul. This is the type of shit that the powers that be will trot out to counter real abuse. Bennett is a straightup clown

 

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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...es-rule-players-coaches-stand-national-anthem

NBA reiterates to teams: Stand for anthem

The NBA sent a memo late Friday to teams reinforcing its rule that players and coaches stand for the national anthem, and suggesting other ways in which they might address the recent protest movement sweeping across the NFL and other sports.

The memo, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN, was distributed by deputy commissioner Mark Tatum. It instructs teams that "the league office will determine how to deal with any possible instance in which a player, coach, or trainer does not stand for the anthem."

The memo states that individual teams "do not have the discretion to waive" the rule that players, coaches and staff stand for the anthem. The league has the discretion to discipline players who violate the rule. It is not clear if the league would exercise it in the event of any protest. The league also does not want teams independently disciplining players, sources say, and has encouraged open dialogue within teams.

In the memo, Tatum suggests teams might address the current political climate by having players and coaches give a joint pregame address at their first home games.

"This could include a message of unity and how the team is committed to bringing the community together this season," the memo states.

The memo also suggests teams might prepare a video tribute or public service announcement featuring "team leadership speaking about the issues they care about."

The memo comes a day after commissioner Adam Silver said he expects players to stand for the national anthem.

Last season, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem as a means of protesting social and racial injustice, and police brutality. Dozens of NFL players followed suit last Sunday, two days after President Donald Trump said owners should fire players who protest during the anthem. The Dallas Cowboys locked arms and knelt just before the national anthem before their Monday Night Football game. Before the national anthem ahead of Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, players from the Los Angeles Sparks and Minnesota Lynx locked arms; L.A. players then left the floor during the anthem. The Sparks repeated the protest ahead of Game 2.

The NBA is seeking a delicate balance in how it responds to the wave of protests in sports and the general political climate surrounding the administration of Trump. Silver and Michele Roberts, executive director of the players union, have consistently urged players to address issues that matter to them. Tatum's memo does the same. It also suggests other ways in which teams can "continue to develop impactful community programs," including mentorship programs, community gatherings, using basketball itself to "build bridges" between segments of a community and inviting community leaders to speak to teams.

Several players went further on media day and explicitly condemned Trump and his policies. Some owners, while in some cases sympathetic to those views, have expressed concern about such statements alienating fans who might support the president, sources tell ESPN.

The league in the past week has sent teams at least two other memos outlining ways other than anthem protests in which teams can engage their communities and address current events. In one memo, sent on Tuesday, the league informed teams that beginning in October, the U.S. Conference of Mayors "will host a series of community conversations and other events with NBA teams to engage young people, law enforcement, and local leaders."

Roberts told The Undefeated's Marc Spears on Friday that the union will respond to any protest-related discipline from the league office "when it happens."

 

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/sym...heated-nfl-debate-if-thats-not-a-dog-whistle/

Symone Sanders Claps Back at Ben Ferguson in Heated NFL Debate: ‘If That’s Not a Dog Whistle…’

Friday night, CNN contributors Symone Sanders and Ben Ferguson went at it over the NFL protests, in a debate that grew heated.

Appearing on Out Front with Jim Sciutto filling in for regular host Erin Burnett, the two argued about the findings of a new CNN poll. By a 49-43 margin, respondents said players are doing the wrong thing by kneeling during the National Anthem. But 60 percent said that Trump was wrong for criticizing the protestors.

“When you see the majority of Americans saying it’s wrong to protest during the National Anthem, that’s where they’re backing the president,” Ferguson said. “When they made it personal, it seems there’s more divide there.”

Sanders interjected.

“When he attacked players of color,” she said. “That’s what happened.”

Ferguson took umbrage with the insertion of race in a discussion about the NFL protests against racial oppression.

“This is not about race as much you want it to be,” Ferguson said.

Sanders completely disagreed.

“[Colin] Kaepernick took a knee for injustice, for racism, for police brutality, and white supremacy.”

Ferguson believes the protests are now about Trump.

“The majority of these players were protesting Donald Trump,” Ferguson said. “So, again, to say that all of them are unified on Black Lives Matter or police brutality, the majority of these players did not stay in the locker room a year ago when that was the actual issue that Colin Kaepernick brought up.”

Sanders closed out the discussion with a shot at Trump, which dually served as a clap back at Ferguson.

“He said that the NFL owners need to get their players in line. If that’s not a dog whistle, I don’t know what is.”

 

[Stew]

https://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/913857170055192576

I tried to tell yall...

That shit's foul. This is the type of shit that the powers that be will trot out to counter real abuse. Bennett is a straightup clown

Why wouldn't they? We would do the same. He literally given them a reason to. Sad.

 

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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20866475/nba-curry-status-voice-people

Curry: People 'trying to minimize what we're talking about because we have money'

OAKLAND, Calif. - Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is very much aware that he lives a life most people can't relate to. But he made it abundantly clear that it doesn't mean he can't be a voice for those people.

In an interview with ESPN, the two-time MVP said it's disturbing when his critics deem him unqualified for speaking out on social injustice because of his wealth and global stature.

Individuals who share that opinion visited Curry's social media platforms in large numbers to let their feelings be known following President Donald Trump's tweet "withdrawing" Curry and the Warriors' White House invitation.

"I've heard a lot of backlash from this whole thing last weekend about how much money we make and 'what are we complaining about?' and 'we're in a bubble, we don't have the same struggles and stresses of life [compared] to other people,' " Curry said. "And obviously, I come from a privileged background with my dad playing in the NBA. I'm not denying that, but the majority of the NBA players come from the same backgrounds and socioeconomic situations that these criticisms are coming from.

"It gets lost. We have families. We've got people around us that are going through the same thing. How that all kind of takes shape is ridiculous to me -- trying to minimize what we're talking about because we have money. That doesn't make any difference to us. And hopefully with that money, we can do a lot of good with it. We still have family and people that we are connected to, that we feel what real life is like."

Curry is arguably the face of the NBA. According to NBA.com, he has the most popular jersey in the league. He's not overwhelmingly tall, and he doesn't have blazing speed or freakish athleticism. But he dominates the game in a manner that has never been done before.

Regardless of racial identity, Curry is as relatable to the masses as they come, which contributes to the robust adoration. The numerous posters, commercials, social media posts, and prime-time games equate to ultimate exposure, and it all contributes to him now being a household name.

But despite his electric style of play and fame, he's not naive enough to think the injustice that he speaks against can't happen to him or a loved one.

"When we're not in between these lines and with a jersey on, in our casual dress or whatever, we could be targets," Curry told ESPN. "My guy Anthony Morrow went through a terrible situation in Georgia. Driving home from a workout in a nice car, a black dude dressed with a fitted hat backwards. Has a little bit of tint on his window and ends up getting searched on the side of the road for no good reason. Little things like that, you're affected by because it tells you no matter how well you play basketball and how much money you make, when you step foot off the floor, if people don't know who you are or your name, then you're subject to the same targeting as other people. That's what we're trying to change."

Unlike the kneeling of the national anthem movement initiated by quarterback Colin Kaepernick last year, it appears the NBA players will be forced to adopt another form of peaceful protesting.

Commissioner Adam Silver weighed in Thursday, saying standing for the anthem is mandatory. On Friday, the league sent a memo to all 30 teams that "the league office will determine how to deal with any possible instance in which a player, coach, or trainer does not stand for the anthem."

This week Curry said, "The NFL has taken a different approach, but it's about the message, not about the [kneeling] act. And for the life of me, if that doesn't just get across to everybody, it's not disrespecting anything about the flag or the anthem."

The Warriors' first preseason game is Saturday night against the Denver Nuggets at Oracle Arena. As of now, there doesn't appear to be any plans of protesting during the anthem ceremony.

"I haven't been made aware of anything," head coach Steve Kerr said Friday after practice. "If there were to be something, I would've heard. That's what we talk about as a group. We never do anything without the whole team discussing it. At this point, there's no plans."

Whether the Warriors choose to protest or not, Curry said he won't relinquish his voice. Especially when it can lead to benefiting others.

"I have a platform, and I'm going to use it for the betterment of society," he told ESPN. "That's what we all should be trying to do."

 

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[playmaker88]

fact check your shit before posting ... don't be lazy ...
http://www.snopes.com/trump-nfl-lawsuit/

 

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http://www.theroot.com/this-cop-proves-that-all-skinfolk-are-not-kinfolk-1819023757

This Black Cop Proves That Not All Skinfolk Are Kinfolk

Angela HelmToday 12:10pm

Brandon Tatum is a police officer in Arizona, and he is a former college football player for ASU who has become the darling of conservatives because of a video he made belittling those football players who are kneeling before the national anthem to bring light to police brutality and injustice in America.

In a six-and-a-half minute clip, watched more than 50 million times, according to Alex Jones (yeah, he’s credible) Tatum, like many other people who willfully choose to make the NFL protests about something that they are not, says that it’s not the protest itself but the WAY people are protesting that he has an issue with.

“It’s not about the act of protesting, of believing in something and pursuing. It’s the way you’re doing it,” Tatum began. “Listen, what does the American flag have to do with your perceived oppression? What does the national anthem have to do with these issues that people are bringing up? It’s a separate issue. The flag and the anthem have nothing to do with what you are talking about!”

So first Tatum is saying that black people are making up their oppression; then he’s saying that the flag has nothing to do with this so-called discrimination. On that he’s right. Flags can’t be racist, but people who choose to ignore oppression based on race (and their black lackeys) can.

He continues, “You’re talking about an anthem of hope and unity within this country … about a flag that represents hard work, dedication, blood, sweat and tears, sacrifice, and the thing that makes me most upset is that you have these people who turn around and take a knee and want to attribute all the negativity to the flag and the anthem and don’t want to attribute the positive.”

In the words of Kanye West, Hannnh???? Didn’t Colin Kaepernick, who began this movement, say that he was kneeling during the anthem to bring light to the injustice of this country as it relates to its black citizens? So why would Brandon even fix his mouth to say the negativity is about the flag?

Tatum then notes that the flag gave black people “the opportunity to go from corn fields and picking cotton to the president of the United States of America,” and to go “from being segregated to you paying millions of dollars to play sports. And you know who’s watching ya’ll? White people.”

Um. So the flag liberated people from slavery? Oh, I thought it was tens of thousands of those who fought, bled and actually died during the Civil War and then the civil rights movement. Silly me.

“I’m sick of the lame excuses,” Tatum then says, and then had the nerve to of course bring up Martin Luther King Jr. “because he did [his protesting] with respect, integrity.”

But as The Root writer Michael Harriot noted in his piece, “How to Protest Without Offending White People,” 63 percent of people were against King’s tactics in 1966.

Tatum goes on: “You really care about black lives? You don’t need to be taking a knee. You need to be out there doing something in the community,” things like voting, passing legislation, joining the police, and other productive endeavors.

“Do something about it!” Tatum bellows. “Quit taking a knee and protesting and crying like a baby, because all you’re doing is pissing people off. That’s all you’re doing.”

I thought Kaepernick was in the community donating millions of dollars and talking to young adults and volunteering. But I guess you can’t do both (that is, protest and be active in the community, which most community activists do).

The Tuscon police officer then wonders what good has been accomplished since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee last year. “Has unemployment changed in the black community? Has the abortion rate dropped? Has illegitimacy dropped? More entrepreneurs? More jobs?”

I’ll tell you what has happened (besides—dear God—pissing white people off!!!): More people have talked about injustice in America and white people are being shown for the racists that they say they are not.

So there’s that.

If you can stomach the rest of his drivel, feel free. You can also catch Tatum on Fox News, of course.

I hope those 20 pieces of silver were worth it, Brandon.

 

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Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said he got a lot of racist voicemails after star player LeBron James called President Trump a "bum" on Twitter.

Gilbert said the voicemails were some of the "most vile, disgusting, racist" things "I've ever heard people say."

James' tweet was in response to Trump uninviting the Golden State Warriors to the White House, less than a day after Stephen Curry and other players on the team said they didn't want to go.

“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!” Trump tweeted

Gilbert said that the voicemails he got didn't address what Trump had done or what James was responding to.

It wasn't even about the issue. That's what really got me. They went to who they really are, some of them," Gilbert said. "There's an element of racism in this country that I didn't realize existed."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ames-donald-trump-tweets-response/718473001/#

Dan Gilbert discovering racist messages

Shit LeBron won't even say this nigga name when talking about the Cavs...this gif is off

 

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[thegreatunknown]

From 1963, yet appropriate and applicable today...

...[O]ver the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season..."

...[W]e who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with....

...[Y]ou assert that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence. But is this a logical assertion? Isn't this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery?...

...We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right...

...For more than two centuries our forebears labored in this country without wage...If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail...

Excerpts from "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

April 16, 1963- Dr. Martin Luther King

 

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https://twitter.com/GossipCop/status/914341969203167232

 

[infamous114]

https://twitter.com/Complex/status/914343315595808768