“Worth” is difficult to define. It cannot possibly have enough economic draw to pay to stay afloat. As an historic artifact, it’s interesting, but so is RMS Titanic, which sits on the ocean floor. If they do some planning I can see the physical ship being replaced with a Virtual Reality tour at museums, with some…

Definitely a historic ship. Most Atlantic crossings and I believe it held the record for fastest crossing for a time.

He comes off as a whiny ass bitch who is owed the opportunity to ask the same dumb ass questions most other reporters ask immediately when the game ends.

I saw that headline somewhere and immediately wondered what white man wrote that shit.

Thankfully, the one writer I tend to follow at the new “Deadspin” has given a good counterpoint: https://deadspin.com/naomi-osaka-was-bullied-out-of-the-french-open-1847007451

Example 1: The Democratic Party.

It’s not *quite* accusing someone of Nazi sympathies because they once owned a VW Beetle made in the ‘70s, but it’s only a step or two removed from it.

I don’t know much about her, and the whole “ball” thing is ick but if I were outed and lambasted for every stupid thing I did as a 19yr old... well....  Also  as a 19yr old student still very much under the parentals thumb, I pretty much did what I was told to do, so...

We really doing this? Really? I mean we have Texas trying to take away the right to vote for anyone that isn’t white, actually seasons their food and can clap on the 2 & 4 and this is what you’re concerned with? I am all for multi-tasking but I am also for priorities and this ain’t it. Unless you have footage of her…

There’s really not much of anything here. The headline and the beginning of the story made it sound like Erin from The Office was burning crosses and shit. Nope, she attended some corny debutante ball thing that has a racist past. Most of the US has a racist past.

Lol, what?

Look, if we start doing “Famous person took part in institution that turned out to be hella racist” takes we’re going to be here forever because, spoiler alert, most white institutions in America are hella racist.

This. What a fucking mess. Takes balls to state it blatantly like that - with no possible avenue for contradictory views. Fucking coward.

Lot’s of people writing about something called “Deadspin.” Is that a fictional website? There used to be a reasonably good one with that name but it’s been gone for years.

I went to Deadspin's Twitter and the comments range from "This ain't it" to him literally writing like a child 

He got the balls to say that with the comments shut down too.

I saw that and I think its a testament to how long I’ve been reading The Root that I initially thought it was an attempt at satire.  

I guess this Great Value Jason Whitlock over on Deadspin won’t have another middle school hot take about it

Also fuck Billie Jean King for her comments on this matter. Congratulations tennis you just chased away the biggest draw in your sport. Oh Fuck Piers Morgan in his crusty asshole with a rusty chainsaw

“Muckled damn cult!! ‘Air eh namblies be keepin’ me wee free men?!”