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Brianna Turner says WNBA should not wear ‘USA 250’ patches due to history of slavery: ‘Be so serious’
New York Post ^ | June 6, 2026 | By Ryan Dunleavy

Posted on 06/06/2026 9:34:18 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

One of the WNBA’s most prominent voices wants her league to consider the place of women in America at the birth of the country before agreeing to wear a celebratory jersey patch.

Aces forward Brianna Turner, the players association treasurer, balked at the idea that WNBA All-Stars should wear the “USA 250” patch on their jerseys that other professional sports leagues have adopted to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th birthday.

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TOPICS: History; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; nappyheaded; nitwits; slavery; sports; usa250; wnba; women
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To: dfwgator

Al Sharpton and the late Jesse Jackson

BOTH... LGBTQ+ Activists

/facepalm 🤦🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️


41 posted on 06/06/2026 10:52:27 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: dfwgator

Yup...I’ve posted this several times. Only recently have I become at least slightly familiar with this thoughts and writings. What little I know about him suggests that he was a thoughtful,upright man fully worthy of study and respect.


42 posted on 06/06/2026 10:53:46 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: ConservativeStatement

In addition, another appropriate response to the 250 patches would be to reduce all WNBA salaries to minimum wage...


43 posted on 06/06/2026 10:53:50 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Up From Slavery” should be required reading in every school.


44 posted on 06/06/2026 10:57:31 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: ConservativeStatement

It was a Republican President, and thousands of white men who fought and died that freed your sorry ancestor’s asses. Have you thanked a Republican today?


45 posted on 06/06/2026 10:58:25 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: newfreep
Yup...a few years back I saw a file on the FBI's website with a detailed analysis of trans racial murder. The nationwide stats indicated that a murder victim was almost always killed by someone of his/her race. It contained figures showing that it was rare for a white to be murdered by a black and *extremely* rare for a black to be murdered by a white.

I've seen it written many times that murder victims almost always are at least acquainted with their killer.

46 posted on 06/06/2026 11:00:24 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: ConservativeStatement
“Like other major sports leagues, we are exploring how best to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary,” the WNBA said in a statement to USA Today.

The WNBA considers itself a major sports league? Now that's funny!

47 posted on 06/06/2026 11:00:25 AM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Ask her to name another country that fought a war against itself to free slaves.

Answer: none.


48 posted on 06/06/2026 11:00:30 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Yet another reason not to watch!


49 posted on 06/06/2026 11:09:41 AM PDT by Vesuvian
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To: changeitback440
many “white folk” died for the cause.

Many "black folk" sold their fellow blacks into slavery. It wasn't the white folk who did that.

50 posted on 06/06/2026 11:11:24 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ConservativeStatement

Never heard of her, but she sounds really intelligent while dribbling memorized lines for the play


51 posted on 06/06/2026 11:14:13 AM PDT by algore ( )
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To: God luvs America
Turner has advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and equality, and specifically for transgender women in women’s sports.

To be fair, a bunch of troons in the league would make the WNBA more entertaining.

52 posted on 06/06/2026 11:15:30 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: ConservativeStatement

Nobody watches that useless bs anyway.

Brianna Turner should take it up with her ancestors that thought nothing more of them than slaves.


53 posted on 06/06/2026 11:15:45 AM PDT by boycott
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To: Drew68

break out the green dildos....


54 posted on 06/06/2026 11:18:34 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: ConservativeStatement

Maybe she should blame Democrats and the UK and leave the US out of it.


55 posted on 06/06/2026 11:32:51 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: newfreep
Whites are 46X more likely to be the victim of a violent crime by a Black offender than Blacks being the victim of a White Offender

That's not what the table shows. Blacks are 46x more likely to be the perpetrator against whites than whites are against blacks.

If 60% of the population is white and 13% is black (I guessed), then whites would be a bit more than 2x more likely to be the victim.

Raw numbers:
Total population: 300M (another guess)
Black population: 180M
White population: 39M
Black on White crimes: 404,820 (1038/100k*39M) White on Black crimes: 40,680 (22.6/100k*180M) Black on White per 100k victims: 224.9 404,820/180M*100k White on Black per 100k victims: 104.3 40,680/39M*100k

56 posted on 06/06/2026 11:53:04 AM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Maybe someone should remind this Brianna broad of the 600,000 mostly white men who died from combat and disease in the following century liberating the Negro.


57 posted on 06/06/2026 12:03:50 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Charlie Kirk's assassination / murder was our Fort Sumter moment. But only one side is fighting.)
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To: dfwgator

Love that quote.


58 posted on 06/06/2026 12:06:13 PM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: Gil4

The table is a “per capita” rate...


59 posted on 06/06/2026 12:10:14 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: mass55th

Her ancestors were not “sorry asses”. They were victims; freed by the Republican Party.


60 posted on 06/06/2026 12:11:00 PM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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