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>http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/08/15/carolina-panthers-cam-newton-gq-interview
i read the interview. been over it. he was speaking about race within the context of him being a black QB.
he was not talking about police brutality.
he was not talking about housing discrimination.
he was not talking about affirmative action. h
he was not talking about voter suppression.
he was asked about criticism he receives as a black QB and to any CALM, DEDUCTIVE, RATIONAL, OBJECTIVE, UNEMOTIONAL, NOT-LOOKING-FOR-OUTRAGE FODDER person, his answer had everything to do with what he was asked.
<<<Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton doesn't believe race is a factor in the criticism he receives, he told GQ.
"It's not racism," Newton, who is African-American, told GQ for a feature in the magazine's September issue. "Everybody's entitled to their own opinion. I don't want this to be about race, because it's not. It's not. Like, we're beyond that. As a nation.">>>
Do you know how petty and agenda-driven you have to be take that response and make it "racism doesn't exist"?
Like, do you understand that him believing the criticism he gets isn't race-based does not EXTEND into very real racist shit black people are facing?
Groupthink is some powerful shit, dogg. I have trained myself to be skeptical of every bit of outrage I see on social media, because, sadly, I've found most of it to be purposely misleading or happily misinformed. ____________________________________________________
Steph: I was just fooling about
Kyrie: I wasn't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE
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