Oh relax. All he was trying to say is that you can’t have the slaves running the plantation or the blacks running the NFL, it’s just an expression.
Oh relax. All he was trying to say is that you can’t have the slaves running the plantation or the blacks running the NFL, it’s just an expression.
If that isn’t the most telling comment, and a microcosm of how so many rich people see the working class, I don’t know what is.
McNair: “I’m genuinely sorry. That was out of line. Please accept my apology Trey.”
And you wonder why sometimes black NFL players make allusions to slavery when it comes to doing business with the all-white NFL owners.
I’m always reluctant to over-parse somebody’s language and project intent, but the fact that he chose this phrase and pivoted from the more more common “asylum” to “prison” speaks volumes.
He was going to go with “We can’t have the slaves running the plantation” but his sensitivity training clicked in.
And Troy Vincent “had” to apologize for reacting.
“We can’t have the inmates running the prison,” McNair said.
Except I’m not on my own, because I’m not their customer. My data—obtained without my permission or consent, by the way, with no way at all to opt out—is their product. I’ve never purchased any of their products nor entered into any type of contract with them, explicitly or implicitly.
Yes, I’m sure she’s crying herself to sleep every night on top of a huge pile of money.
Daddy’s little fraud, she’s as fake as daddy’s ridiculous make-believe bio is. She is not a “businesswoman”, her daddy gave her a “company” to play with. She was never a “model”, her daddy pulled strings to help her pretend she was. She is not “poised” or “moderate”, she is actually contrived and artificial, nothing…
I’ve always thought Ivanka’s use of words was compelling interest sincerely.
(If nothing else, let this put the lie to any claim that Bills fans wouldn’t waste beer to put out a man on fire.)
I was going to argue with you but, eh, don’t care. Made 60% returns this fiscal year. Long live the bull market.
A bigger scam than the existing scam that is the stock market? I doubt that.
Of course, Kyrie thought he was speaking to a reporter from the Boston Rectangle.
Let the motherfucker burn.
I feel like the two run in parallel.
I honestly can’t tell if you’re continuing the joke or not.
This really is my favorite running piece at Deadspin. Let’s talk about the Jags, but really, let’s talk about our lives and where we find ourselves.