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NBPA executive director Michele Roberts upset over racial double standard
ESPN ^ | Jan. 6, 2021 | Adrian Wojnarowski

Posted on 01/06/2021 7:40:58 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts expressed outrage over the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday and how the event reflected racial double standards in America.

Roberts told ESPN that her conversations with multiple NBA players throughout the afternoon kept returning to the contrast between the scene of President Donald Trump's supporters storming the Capitol with the Tuesday announcement that police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, would not face any charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake, who is Black.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: basketball; nbacapitol
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If anyone gives one cent to these nitwits then shame on you.

No outrage about black on white, black on black or any other crime?

How about the gang members arrested in Brooklyn today?

1 posted on 01/06/2021 7:40:58 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Blm looted robbed beat and burned with impunity, what more does he want?


2 posted on 01/06/2021 7:42:38 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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China traitor says what.


3 posted on 01/06/2021 7:44:07 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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I dislike the racial double standards in this country too. BLM had months free to burn down entire cities and still had media and politicians bowing before them. White people can’t even walk through a public building without being condemned as terrorists. Very sad, Whites are second class citizens in their own country.


4 posted on 01/06/2021 7:44:11 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: Darksheare
He is a she.


5 posted on 01/06/2021 7:45:10 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (Say her name: Ashli Babbit,)
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And what the NBA thinks is noteworthy because...


6 posted on 01/06/2021 7:46:55 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (STOLEN ELECTION 2020)
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To: ConservativeStatement

XiNBA is outraged?


7 posted on 01/06/2021 7:47:32 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: ConservativeStatement

What more does he want.


8 posted on 01/06/2021 7:47:55 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: ConservativeStatement

Didn’t realize they’ve charged Capitol Hill Police with shooting. Maybe AOC can introduce legislation defunding the CH Police. We do want to be fair.


9 posted on 01/06/2021 7:48:27 PM PST by wejjr235
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Trump could have sent the National Guard into NYC, Seattle, Portland, etc. There likely would have been many deaths. Yet he didn’t.

I believe that Trump is a man of peace.
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10 posted on 01/06/2021 7:48:44 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: ConservativeStatement

Not a single word about human rights violations in China go figure


11 posted on 01/06/2021 7:50:37 PM PST by Lod881019
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What more does he want.

All of Whitey's money, and impunity for all actions (that you and I would call criminal in some cases) for blacks in America.

12 posted on 01/06/2021 7:50:44 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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This guy is making millions because of white guys like Amos Alonzo Stagg who developed basketball - and it turns out football and baseball too. He invented the batting cage, many of the football safety gear and lots of football plays including the Fumble Ruskie and the Statue of Liberty Play.

So, if you’re unhappy, Mike, you’d still be poor if it weren’t for a white guy.


13 posted on 01/06/2021 7:50:46 PM PST by ladyjane
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>> kept returning to the contrast between the scene of President Donald Trump’s supporters storming the Capitol with the Tuesday announcement that police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, would not face any charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake, who is Black.

An unarmed woman was shot in the face and killed.

What’s the host’s racist point exactly?


14 posted on 01/06/2021 7:51:44 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

That clown can’t be serious. Only a moron would see Stop the Steal as racist.


15 posted on 01/06/2021 7:52:08 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Darksheare

LOL. He/she/it, who knows?


16 posted on 01/06/2021 7:53:13 PM PST by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: ladyjane

Don’t forget who took the financial risks and burdens from developing these sports and arenas in the first place. Honestly, white owners of pro sports should sell while minorities think they’re getting a great vehicle with which to direct the lives of Americans.


17 posted on 01/06/2021 7:53:50 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Just hear Faux news blurb on the radio refer to this as “Trump inspired riots.”.


18 posted on 01/06/2021 7:55:37 PM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: ConservativeStatement

4 months of looting, burning, and rioting = no shots fired by authorities vs. 1 hour of protesting = person shot and killed.


19 posted on 01/06/2021 7:56:34 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: cowboyusa

Ask her about the NBA’s “Justice for Hong Kong and Uighers” initiative.The look on her face would be priceless.


20 posted on 01/06/2021 8:01:44 PM PST by allendale
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