Posted on 07/30/2008 2:37:58 AM PDT by The Raven
Earlier this month, ESPN awarded Tommie Smith and John Carlos the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs - the sports network's equivalent of the Oscars - for their once infamous, and now famous, black power salutes from the medal platform at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
The stench of self-congratulation surrounding ESPN's decision is thicker than the air in a locker room after double overtime. "As the passage of time has given us the opportunity to put their actions into the proper context," gloats USC professor Todd Boyd in an ESPN.com column, "their supporters can now feel vindicated while their detractors must eat their words."
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Stuart Scott is possibly the biggest moron on national TV.
I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but in his book “Liberal Facism” Goldberg uncovers the roots of the black-power fist in the propaganda of facist Italy. Why can’t today’s liberals acknowledge the fascist nature of 1960’s Black Nationalism? Is it because only white nationalists are allowed to be racists?
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