That’s... I mean that’s exactly what I’ve been saying. That’s my entire argument so I don’t even know how to respond to this ignorant shit.

And you think preaching “words don’t matter” will help the powerlessness? You think preaching “words don’t matter” will help anyone be more effective?

That’s exactly what happened and it’s some straight up bullshit. I’m still on the “boycott the NFL until they bring back Kap” bandwagon but it’s starting to get lonely on this thing. Like you said, the shit got hijacked hard.

Hi EvenBaggierTrousers5! I’m $olaire, I’m white and due to childhood displacement and allegations of shenanigans in my biological parent’s family trees, I’ve never been able to pinpoint where my white skin actually come from. To be fair, I gave up looking at some point so it’s partially on me. But all the same, here…

I’m not crying I’m just stating facts.

I’m not offended I’m stating facts. Read Michael’s article and tell me I’m wrong. Michael’s article clearly states “words don’t make someone racist”. The very next article The Root published was about how a firefighter is racist for typing words into a computer.

You must be new here. The author is Michael Harriot. See his other piece where he asserts that typing racist words into a computer doesn’t make you racist...

It’s weird there’s not more cell phone footage of this. Soon as the n-word was spouted or threats were made, should’ve been cell phones out, no? It’s weird we don’t have this shit from like seven different angles.

I’m actually Peruvian/Spanish but was raised by folks with enough sense to make sure I knew how to properly rock the “white dude” thing, even though that ain’t neighborhood I grew up in. A police description of me would definitely be white.

I’ve tried to stay involved in a number of ways. In the past I’ve participated in local black lives matters rallies, including the infamous one in 2016 that resulted in 5 dead cops.

White (ish) dude here who had already been supporting the boycott on account of Kap. I think Trump confused the issue for the (admittedly few) dudes like me. Am I supposed to keep supporting the boycott now after Trump’s remarks or...?

What’s the status of the NFL boycott? We still doin that or...? Trump confused the issue for me.

Okay but I’m a white dude who was legit boycotting the NFL because of the Colin Kaepernick thing. Now what tf do I do?

A. C. A. fucking B.

“But I don’t believe words make someone racist.” —Michael Harriot

“But I don’t believe words make someone racist.” —Michael Harriot

me on the jury

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