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NFL Announces ‘Inspire Change’ Initiative, Will Boost African-American History Education in Schools
SI ^ | January 11, 2019 | Jenny Veritas

Posted on 01/11/2019 7:53:40 AM PST by C19fan

Growing up outside Atlanta, Stephen Weatherly says around 95% of his knowledge of African-American history was learned at home, from his mom and grandmother.

One lesson about his own race’s history in America that still sticks with the Vikings defensive end came from watching Roots, the television miniseries based on the story of Kunta Kinte, a Gambian man who was sold to an American slave owner. Weatherly was in middle school when he watched with his mom; she was the one who explained to him the meaning behind the famous scene in which Kunta Kinte is tied up to a tree and ordered to be beaten until he accepts the name, Toby, that was given to him by his white slave master.

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Grown men who follow these bums and their games makes the job of #MAGA much harder.


21 posted on 01/11/2019 8:20:28 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: MichaelCorleone

:: start a magazine called “Whitey” ::

Call it “Blanc” and feature Euroweenie metrosexuals (cough!).

Run articles about Jihad Farooq Qari and his coming of age in BFNahm. Feature Macron and his struggle to become a politician. AL Gore’s seminary years as a misunderstood 3-point Calvinist. So many white guys out there that the left can’t bitch about.


22 posted on 01/11/2019 8:20:29 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: C19fan

Genealogy is one of my hobbies. I love history.

I tried to watch Finding your roots on Amazon. The first installment was with one of the Marsalis brothers and Harry Connick Jr. It was a PROPAGANDA filled episode with the usual “every single black person to ever come to the US was a slave”, “the Civil War was only about slavery.” This SJW program is a continuation of the lies.


23 posted on 01/11/2019 8:31:44 AM PST by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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NFL's new outreach program.. Kaepy approved.

'Inspire Change (da channel)!!'

There.

24 posted on 01/11/2019 8:37:01 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: C19fan

Just another reason not to watch the NFL. One only has to read The Bell Curve to understand what is really going on. Even Darwin in his famous book commented on sub-species of humans!!


25 posted on 01/11/2019 8:45:24 AM PST by Demanwideplan
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The NFL should spend money on teaching kids how to read since the schools are majorly failing the students in this regard. But I guess that’s the intent: keep them illiterate lest they learn the truth about democrats who won’t allow them to leave the plantation.


26 posted on 01/11/2019 9:02:21 AM PST by punknpuss
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What they should be learning is math, reading, and communication skills. But I guess to the liberal mind, feeling good about oneself is priority 1.

Just go to Google and search American inventors. Apparantly they are all colored.


27 posted on 01/11/2019 9:04:12 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Spok

Krapperdink’s kneeling for the anthem was immediately visible, and could be reacted to.

This on the other hand is going to occur below the radar, with long-term corrosive effects.

I think we were better off before NFL owners “fixed” this problem.

The only ones to benefit will be the heirs of Howard Zinn.
Sales of his loony books are going to go through the roof.


28 posted on 01/11/2019 9:10:28 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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"One lesson about his own race’s history in America that still sticks with the Vikings defensive end came from watching Roots, "

No better way to learn black history, than watching a BS, Hollywood TV series, based on a BS novel.

29 posted on 01/11/2019 10:36:36 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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"I tried to watch Finding your roots..."

I watched a few episodes the first season it aired on PBS. Held my nose because it was hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of "beer summit" fame. I don't remember exactly what caused me to stop watching it. I spent many years researching the black soldiers of the Civil War, met some of their families alive today, and shared research info with them, along with historians who were writing books on the subject. So, I probably stopped because I found the info they were providing wasn't exactly true. When the story came out that Ben Affleck's ancestors had been slave owners, and that he had coerced Gates not to include the fact in the show, then I knew I had been right in my feelings. You can't report history as fact, if you're going to leave out the important stuff, even if you don't like it.

30 posted on 01/11/2019 10:49:44 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Will it teach kids the best place to beat your wife/girlfriend?

31 posted on 01/11/2019 10:52:32 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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If it promotes positive role models and racial harmony, ok.
If it promotes grievance, racist hate mongers and division, not ok.


32 posted on 01/11/2019 11:23:20 AM PST by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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Did the show he remembers happen to mention or show who captured him and forced him to the coast and the slavers?


33 posted on 01/11/2019 12:57:06 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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How do you think it feels having a stupid plaque and memorial area on our Annapolis pier for this fakery?


34 posted on 01/11/2019 2:43:55 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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