Posted on 02/10/2018 11:18:48 AM PST by Cubs Fan
Racism is becoming a huge topic at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, in large part because of the uptick in Black athletes participating in the games. Greater diversity and inclusion has unfortunately opened the doors to more racist critics and incidents, including one involving speed skater Shani Davis.
The Opening Ceremony featured several athletes carrying flags for their countries on Friday morning, but noticeably absent was Davis, who was the first Black athlete to win individual gold at a Winter Olympics at the 2006 Turin Games. He boycotted the festivities after saying that Team USA “dishonorably” chose women’s luge veteran Erin Hamlin, who is White, as flag-bearer for the ceremony. A 4-4 tie between Davis and Hamlin led to a deciding coin toss after athletes from the U.S. Olympic Committee’s eight different sports federations cast their votes for the two athletes. A tweet from Davis disclosed his frustration over the situation, but more importantly, he tied the incident to race with the #BlackHistoryMonth2018 hashtag.
It raises an important question: Will the 10 Black American athletes protest at the Winter Olympics?
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Leftism is a cancer that destroys everything it gets control of.
A victim needs a villain.
I guess Miss Davis wanted to keep flipping the coin until she won. That is race centric, leftism in a nutshell
Why is snow always white?
What's the deal with that?
This group enjoys special privileges but will not stop complaining about being oppressed.
This bunch is given special treatment in college admissions and job applications. It is given government jobs at a rate far surpassing that of Whites. Ever go to DMV? It is immune from prosecution for hate crimes committed against Whites. It can “play” the knockout “game” as much as it wants, and it gets away with it.
It has a whole month set aside for the media to play up its victim status. It demands that its members win prizes that they are not qualified for.
And, to top it all off, it hates Whitey and blames him for all its self-induced pathologies.
High Contrast against the background?
America needs to develop and issue Affirmative Action biased coins for flipping...
Supose nobody gives a shiite about what the latest whine is or the Olympics for that matter? Whose watching amyway?
It is a mental disorder.
Snow is racist.
Erf be racis. ‘And Whitey’s on da moon.’
The way I look at it, the Moon seems awfully white....
His protest will not spread into an Olympic-wide movement. He will only distract himself from his own performance.
-PJ
The Olympic games are the perfect time to ......clean out my gutters.
Once again, a black has privilege but denounces the country that gave it to him.
The men’s downhill team needs a black skier. I say strap a pair of skis on Davis and let him try out for the team on The ‘Streif’ in Kitzbuehel ......Give him a push and watch him fly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shani_Davis
In the 1000-meter race, Davis finished 8th at 1:09.12. In the 500-meter race, Davis finished 24th at 70.98. In the 1500-meter race, Davis finished 11th at 1:45.98. He did not compete in the 5000.
He let down the team in 2014 in Sochi and they remember. So he makes it all about race.
I think Davis is a “he,” but the left can fix that, too. He and she can be used either way and alternated.
Shani is a man, baby. This is a black man attacking a white woman. It’s like Kanye West attacking Taylor Swift for winning the Grammy, but more disgusting in a way because Kanye wasn’t saying HE should have been awarded the grammy.
they always have to be first or they cry foul and out come the hemorrhoids.
these people are nothing but pos and need to be shipped back to africa.
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