Jason Whitlock from ESPN with a few things to say on millenials (OU SAE related)

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Research and cell-phone videos are debunking the notion that white millennials are less racist than previous generations.

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More troubling than the video is the data Politico's Sean McElwee used to pen an enlightening piece on Monday that argued millennials are not nearly as tolerant as they think they are. His closing paragraph warned that recent Supreme Court decisions that strike against civil-rights gains based on Chief Justice John Roberts' view of a post-racial, colorblind America foreshadow a bleak future.

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"This is disturbing for the future of race in America," McElwee wrote. "The Roberts vision of radical colorblindness has irreparably harmed racial progress. If young Americans buy into his vision of a colorblind society -- and a large literature suggests they do -- white America and black America will diverge further, creating a permanent underclass in which people of color are denied equitable access to the American dream."

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We're moving dangerously close to President Obama being the period at the end of Dr. King's dream sentence. President Obama is a civil-rights baby, a seed planted by a generation of Americans willing to sacrifice their lives for the idea of racial equality.

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The Selfies have been bathed in white supremacy and the calculated decision to allow a handful of black entertainers to financially benefit from the commodification of negative black stereotypes.

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The couple-inches-of-pain tweet overshadowed my sincere celebration of Lin’s performance and the irony that the stereotype applies to pot-bellied, overweight male sports writers, too. As the Asian American Journalist Association pointed out, I debased a feel-good sports moment. For that, I’m truly sorry.

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