@TorraineWalker @alpha1906 If they are 4 or 5 star they are recruited by multiple schools. 2nd what’s your plan if congress passes a law to put us back in slavery?
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@alpha1906 OK then, what's the contingency plan to support any kids who do this? Are the generationally wealthy people leading this going to pay their tuition or make calls to athletic programs? If not, then GTFOH.
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Demanding young Black athletes risk their futures while y'all risk nothing is insane and I would advise any student or parent to not do it.
rolandsmartin@rolandsmartin
The path to power for Black athletes often demands sacrifice, echoing the spirit of historical youth movements. Understanding this parallel is key. youtu.be/70Xf6iMfxew #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BlackStarNetwork #BlackAthletes #AthletePower #Activism #Sacrifice #Community
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@drboycewatkins1 You are trolling. You didn’t ask, why didn’t republicans, the federal, state, and local governments pay reparations.
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🚨 MUST READ: The advent of NIL in college sports has opened a door for poor and middle class families of all backgrounds to get closer to the American dream of a comfortable life while amassing generational wealth.
Losing racially gerrymandered/segregated Congressional districts isn’t a cause worth standing in the way of young men and women getting a good education while building wealth.
College athletes, enroll at whatever school compensates you and accommodates your needs: SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12.
Don’t get involved in the NAACP’s racial politics of division and chaos.
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@MelikAbdul_ @HQNewsNow @hakeemjeffries Dude, those athletes drive billions of dollars to those schools. They can get slots in the Big 10 and in schools not in those southern states. This is an economic boycott. No one pays someone to steal from them.
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@HQNewsNow @hakeemjeffries Is it fair?
"They aren’t demanding students w/o athletic scholarships leave those same campuses. Professors aren’t being told to resign. Only [Black male] athletes are expected to forfeit their education, NIL earnings, and shot at a professional career."
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Melik Abdul@MelikAbdul_
My latest op-ed in the @dcexaminer "Black Americans are arguably the most partisan voting bloc in modern political history. Districts drawn along racial lines were never just about protecting black political voices but protecting Democratic incumbencies." tinyurl.com/4czfdskp
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Leader @hakeemjeffries: This is an unprecedented moment with an attack on Black political representation, and it requires an unprecedented response. We are here in solidarity with the NAACP and its call for athletes to boycott SEC institutions in these states that have unleashed these Jim Crow racially oppressive tactics.
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@Bakari_Sellers @CharlesMBlow @ashleyrallison the next time that you are on @abbydphillip ask your colleagues why is it ok to have a predominantly all white district since that is defined by race. Flat p the script. @IAmSophiaNelson 70% of white people in the south vote Repub.
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@thegoldnrule @wil_da_beast630 This is idiocy. I guess he was part of the group that wrote Jim Crow laws and practiced slavery which divided the country.
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If he were white, he wouldn’t have fomented hate between blacks and whites, wouldn’t have promoted the creation and growth of BLM and Antifa, wouldn’t have turned the DOJ into a personal vendetta machine, and certainly wouldn’t have committed treason by attempting a coup when he left office.
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If Obama were white, he would have finished his career as a Mayor in Illinois.
Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep@RossKneeDeep
I've gotta say this. Because it's what I think. I think if Obama were white, he would probably be considered as one of the greatest presidents ever.
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@BasedSavannah @robbystarbuck You do have racial gerrymandering. Now the districts are so predominantly white favoring them. Stop hiding. Just call yourself a racist.
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Democrats tried to sue to stop the new map in Tennessee and a judge ruled against them today. The new 9-0 map has been upheld. 🔥🔥🔥
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@meac_mike @AllEyezOnMEAC They do have large and multiple HBCUs in southern states.
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In 2022, I ran for Congress in a majority-white district. In a crowded Republican primary, I was the only black candidate, and I won outright without a runoff.
Why?
Because Americans are capable of choosing the BEST candidate regardless of race.
As evidenced by your post, just like much of your party, you seem to believe black Americans are politically monolithic.
We’re NOT.
Not every person of color shares your worldview, your policies, or your values.
The recidivism we should actually be avoiding is sliding backward into a system where Americans are once again divided and categorized by race.
That is EXACTLY what racial gerrymandering represents:
Segregating people politically based on skin color while pretending it is moral progress.
It’s bigotry cloaked in false moral outrage, and the American people can see it plainly.
Ro Khanna@RoKhanna
South Carolina, where the first shot of the civil war was fired, where 40 percent of those enslaved came through the Charleston port, is today engaged in an ugly recidivism to draw maps that will deny a Black person the chance to serve in Congress. The stakes could not be higher. Our political fight is not on a playground, but a moral battleground. We must stand for Black representation across the South.
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@MDgshepherd @GuntherEagleman How fucking retarded are you? 😆 🤣
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🚨 BOOM! Alabama just went straight to the US Supreme Court demanding they THROW OUT the current rigged Congressional map packed with 2 racially gerrymandered Dem seats!
Justice Clarence Thomas just ordered a response by 5PM Monday!
LFG!
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@ssavage0914 @GuntherEagleman You don’t read because that ain’t true
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@MDgshepherd @GuntherEagleman There will still be plenty of African-Americans in Congress.
If you haven’t noticed there are a lot of black Republicans- which makes sense as they founded the Republican Party
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@JustSumACDude @mattfle58323855 @GuntherEagleman You are weak because you and your maga ilk prefer systemic white supremacy.
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@MDgshepherd @mattfle58323855 @GuntherEagleman It’s ok, we know you would prefer to have systemic racism in our systems. We know you’re an actual racist piece of fucking scum thats upset about it. Your kind are why it was and needed to be changed
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There are plenty of White high school athletes who could dominate the SEC, but most schools barely recruit Whites or look for them on the transfer portal. Athletics is all blacks have. That’s it.
BMB Empower Network@Bmbempower
Yall remember Kylin Hill? This brother was a major turning point in the flag's removal. In June 2020, #MississippiStateUniversity running back Kylin Hill tweeted: "Either change the flag or I won't be representing this State anymore & I meant that .. I'm tired". Hill, a #Mississippi native and one of the top rushers in the #SEC at the time, issued this threat directly in response to #Governor Tate Reeves' initial hesitation to support a new flag design. His stance sparked a massive wave of support Pressure on #Leadership: His tweet went viral and put immediate pressure on state legislators and #university officials to take a definitive stand. Widespread Support: Other athletes and coaches—including those from #OleMiss—publicly backed him, as did the SEC and #NCAA. Resulting Change: Lawmakers passed the bill to retire the old flag just days after Hill's ultimatum. Hill was later honored by his hometown for his role in the historic change. While Hill stayed and played for a portion of the 2020 season, his threat is widely credited with accelerating the legislative process to remove the Confederate emblem. With the dismantling of the black voting rights in the South Black athletes in the SEC could really redistribute the pain with over $470 million!!! Just saying…
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What the actual hell?!
You’re the former DNC chair and you’re telling Black athletes to leave their schools because a Supreme Court ruling didn’t go your way?
Are you insane?!!!
You think Black kids belong to YOU?
You think their scholarships, their teams, their futures are political assets you can control?
That’s LITERALLY ownership language.
The SAME ownership language the actual Jim Crow used, by the way.
STOP WEAPONIZING KIDS.
It’s racist and unhinged.
Sit down.
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If Black voters and Black voices aren’t considered meaningful enough to fairly represent the South, then maybe we should reconsider representing the South on the football field and basketball court too.
.@SEC , don’t stay silent in the face of Jim Crow 2.0. Because once you open Pandora’s box, all kinds of things come out of it.
Or maybe it’s just time for our children and these young brothers and sisters to find new playing fields that actually respect their humanity, their voices, and their value.
@GavinNewsom @GovPritzker @SpanbergerForVA @iamwesmoore @JoshShapiroPA @GovWhitmer I’m sure y’all can find some scholarship $ for these talented young folks right?!
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@TorraineWalker They can go to Big 10, some ACC schools and other power 4 schools and group of 5 schools.
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Respectfully...everybody I see calling for these kids to risk their futures is worth at least 7 figures and ain't got no scholarship, job or place for any of them to lay their heads if they take them up on it.
What's the contingency plan to be sure these young men are secure?
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@GoCubsBears @GuntherEagleman That is what you MAGAS are doing, creating majority white Republican districts.
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@MDgshepherd @GuntherEagleman You get representation from running for office and winning, not creating districts where the outcomes are preordained
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@mattfle58323855 @GuntherEagleman And an all white district/congress ain’t either
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@MDgshepherd @GuntherEagleman Yea forced racial quotas aren’t representative democracy my man
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@DinoBugatti @queenie4rmnola That’s why there are so many predominantly white districts across the south. You dilute the black vote, do white repubs win. Period.
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@MDgshepherd @queenie4rmnola It's not a matter of which group makes up a majority of a given district but whether that district is designed specifically in order to achieve a particular majority based upon race.
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