Sigh. Where to begin. This piece that Nate Boyer penned for USAToday.com is disturbing in its arrogance, paternalism, and white entitlement. Furthermore, Boyer also published a tweet that reflected…
This article by Tyler Tynes and Harry Kyles, Jr. is one of several news reports on an act that was both classy and the embodiment of going above and beyond to make a difference. Kevin Livingston, fou…
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this piece from Eurasiareview.com arguing that NFL owners are right to blackball Colin Kaepernick, Tho Bishop at least gets points for being honest about …
It appears that Evan Grossman simply cannot get enough of this “athletes engaged in direct action” storyline. This narrative that places the responsibility on Black people to solve the issues surroun…
In a profile piece about Megan Rapinoe and the outlook for this coming year’s United States Women’s National Team season, Caitlin Murray includes an interesting line regarding the national anthem prot…
White people love to hear Black people provide the same criticism of other Blacks’ that they espouse. Everyone understands, regardless of the issue, really, that there is a kind of automatic credibil…
Until 2012, I had no interest in football, professional or otherwise. I would check in during the Superbowl, and then that was mainly for the commercials. I just wasn’t feeling it. Running the ball…
Interesting and thoughtful analysis by Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood on the relationship between Black athletes and activism. Gilchrist-Blackwood’s view is that the latest wave of protests by Colin Kaepe…
This article by retired Air Force Colonel Edward Pernotto is one of the more absurd and fascist-lite pieces of writing in the entire anthem protest discourse. Pernotto starts out by extolling his gra…
This piece by Michael Cooper describes the angst felt by Metropolitan Opera tenor Lawrence Brownlee when Brownlee was asked to sing the Star Spangler Banner for a Jets-Ravens game. Brownlee describes…