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Chicago Police Officers to be Reprimanded for Kneeling
Two Chicago police officers took a knee today in protesting police brutality and racism, as many professional athletes and others have done and will continue to do until there is equality for all. The...
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Social Sacks Trump Over NFL Tweets
> Source: 30dB.com – Trump-and-NFL-and-Comments The presence of the Prez online is almost never without controversy, and his supporters are often outnumbered by the sheer size of the crowd that...
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Our American Football Family
Embed from Getty Images I don’t watch football. If upon reading this, you decide to close this post immediately, I won’t be offended. I also wouldn’t be surprised. People in the United States take...
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Honoring the Truth of the American Flag, the Conversation to Sit or Stand
Embed from Getty Images — In America we are supposed to have the honor and right to protest or pray, in order to have our voice to be heard. When we are unsatisfied with occurrences in our country or...
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Take the Bobo
While driving my kid to school, I tried to break down this whole flag / knee controversy as simply as I could – “When there is no milk for a babe, you console her hunger by distracting her with a bobo....
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#TakeAKnee, #RaiseAFist! NFL Men, I support you!
Embed from Getty Images — A United States’ Beginning I was born into a middle-class family and groomed between Chicago’s Southside and south suburban communities. Each home I lived in had relatively...
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How Teachers can Explain #TakeAKnee to Students
Embed from Getty Images — I am a teacher as well as an avid football fan. I went to a large state university with a top tier athletic program, so my social media feeds and conversations with friends...
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The Difference Between Black Football Fans and White Football Fans
Embed from Getty Images — Tamir Sorek, University of Florida and Robert G. White, University of Florida A significant portion of the NFL’s fan base has reacted negatively to the national anthem...
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Is Patriotism For Black People?
Embed from Getty Images Dr. Vibe asks a Black American male thought leader if Black Americans feel patriotic Dr. Vibe asks LeRon L. Barton for his comments on the following stories: The Dr. Vibe...
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The Surprising Connection Between ‘Take a Knee’ Protests and Citizens United
Embed from Getty Images — Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruling that some fear is destroying American democracy, may also be showing us how to heal it....
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Unapologetically Black Panther!
Black Heroes Matter. – David F. Walker ( Comic Book Writer, POWER MAN & IRON FIST, NIGHTHAWK, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES) #blackheroesmatter Representation matters a great deal. When I...
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Using the Power of Being Privileged For the Good
Embed from Getty Images — I am only human don’t put the blame on me. I admit I am a privileged black man compared to many people of color, women, and children within the chains of modern bondage. I...
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Why People Should Stop Asking Black Men if They Are Staying Out of Trouble
Embed from Getty Images — Dr. Vibe asks a pair of Black male thought leaders why many Black men continue to have negative assumptions put on them. Dr. Vibe asks Ryan Singh and Jim Kennedy for their...
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So Kaepernick Doesn’t Have a Job With the NFL … Good
Embed from Getty Images — RSVP to join weekly calls on Conscious Intersectionality — Most of us have seen the clip of Ryan Shazier taking a hit that left his legs motionless from a severe spinal...
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Embed from Getty Images In an apparent hail Mary pass, the National Football League owners tossed out their new national anthem policy unanimously approved by team “owners,” with one abstention by San...
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The Land of the Thief, and the Home of the Slave – Why I think the ‘Negro’...
— “Welcome to the United Snakes Land of the thief, home of the slave The grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred, and power is God. All must bow to the fat and lazy The fuck you, obey me, and...
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Kneeling to Stand
Embed from Getty Images — “My country tis of the sweet land of liberty of the I sing.” Kneeling to stand. What exactly do these words mean, are they simply someone’s idea of poetic lyrics, do they...
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Keep Your Flag off My Lawn
Embed from Getty Images — A few months ago, my wife and I tried out a new brewery down the road from us in Bedford, Virginia. It is in a restored factory building with brick walls and high ceilings....
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The NFL, Hyper-Masculinity, and Nationalism
Embed from Getty Images I have been thinking about the controversy swirling around the National Football League as a growing number of players are “taking a knee” to highlight the deplorable treatment...
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White Nationalism Isn’t Going Anywhere
Embed from Getty Images — Dr. Vibe asks a group of Black American thought leaders why white nationalism is part of today’s America Dr. Vibe asks Melvin Lars, LeRon Barton and Dr. Lawrence Rasheed for...
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