re: ESPN Anchor Sage Steele Claimed Black Colleagues Excluded Her From Race Special

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I don’t know if one specific act would make her far right, but she did go after Mike Evans for kneeling a few years ago.

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Her criticizing an employee (player) for making political statements on the employer's (owner) time is "far right"? GTFO

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Show me what policies Trump supports that would return black people to being servants of white people.

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They cant! But they throw it out like candy at Halloween. Now don't get me wrong, does he play to those right wing nut jobs sometimes? Yes he does, but so does Biden dude is a 100% known racist! Tons of proof out there to prove it.

But any of us half black conservatives that try to educate them are ostracized and silenced and called Uncle Tom. Which infuriates me more than being called the N-word.

deadspin is such a POS, since originals left

the comment section are the same people for every article, and majority of them are slow to responding as they are in portland and seattle acting like jerkoffs

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It's more that her political leaning puts her in direct opposition of black issues.

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She, me, and many others would disagree. In fact, it’s actually probably the opposite (or should be), but you can’t see that. Democrats (as a whole) enact and support policies that will just keep continuing the cycle black Americans (in general, certainly not all or even most) you are stuck in. And isn’t that what all the protests are truly all about? Breaking that cycle?

It’s systemic racism(if you subscribe to that term) literally designed to keep you dependent on the government and suckling from its teet. And they have designed it, not out of some altruistic motives in the goodness of their hearts, but to acquire and stay in positions of power.

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The thing is, she is worried about taking care of herself. That's fine, but then you don't get to do shows talking about race issues.

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What? I agree that her perspective probably wouldn’t have made much sense for this particular documentary, but she shouldn’t have a voice at all on ANY shows discussing race? GTFO

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The Trump supporting far right is literally the party of all white supremacists in this country, who after Trump was elected felt more freedom to come out and spread their hate more publicly.

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Oh, I see. Well, bless your heart.

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I know this all too well.

One of the biggest, long time issues within the black community. Who is black in America.

Biracials aren’t black.
Someone not being black enough.
You don’t “look” black.
You aren’t “black enough” to understand the black community.
The whole light skinned-dark skinned war.

But when that person who’s “not black enough to be black” does something good, then all those SAME nay sayers come out the closet and are the first ones yelling, THATS MY BLACK BROTHER/SISTER, FIRST BLACK PERSON TO xxxxx. HE/SHE IS A PRODUCT OF BLACK EXCELLENCE!

And who is the all seeing, appointed judge to determine “who’s black” and “who isn’t”??

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This is definitely not what happened with Steele. One of two people she's accusing of keeping her off of the show is herself biracial. Steele got left out because she's Steele, not because she's biracial.

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But any of us half black conservatives that try to educate them are ostracized and silenced and called Uncle Tom. Which infuriates me more than being called the N-word.

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I hear ya. If white folks disagree with what the left hijacked and deemed “the position” for black citizens, the are automatically called “racist” or “nazi.” Similarly on the other side, you guys get called an “Uncle Tom.” And all of those terms are so inherently hateful (in the ways they have been co-opted and are presently used), that it renders any further “discussion” moot, as there is nowhere left to go after their invocation.

To keep this about sports, it reminds me of my feelings on Lebron and his SJW-ing. Or more correctly, the praise he gets for it—especially when compared to Jordan— for being so brave and courageous for speaking up. 1) he has never been out front of an issue, but much more importantly, 2) he’s never gone against the mainstream “black position.” Being a follower isn’t brave. Jim Brown was brave. Ali was brave. Kareem was and continues to be brave. Their stances were hard and done without the comfort of the incredibly plush safe space of social and mainstream media made for Lebron. He hasn’t done shite that was brave regarding SJW-ing. He hasn’t earned that praise.

Imho, of course.

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Does she talk about politics on air? Because offering her political opinions on Twitter, and opining about them on air are two different things.

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The story is that she is complaining that she was not allowed to offer her opinions in a on air, explicitly political discussion. She had this complaint after previously complaining that there was too much political discussions on air.

Keep in mind Steven A wasn't on this particular show and neither was Bomani Jones and he's by far the most articulate voice on those kinds of issues. Which is all to say there are a ton of reasons no one would ask her to be on that show. Yet still she complained because she's a crybabay.

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To keep this about sports, it reminds me of my feelings on Lebron and his SJW-ing. Or more correctly, the praise he gets for it—especially when compared to Jordan— for being so brave and courageous for speaking up. 1) he has never been out front of an issue, but much more importantly, 2) he’s never gone against the mainstream “black position.” Being a follower isn’t brave. Jim Brown was brave. Ali was brave. Kareem was and continues to be brave. Their stances were hard and done without the comfort of the incredibly plush safe space of social and mainstream media made for Lebron. He hasn’t done shite that was brave regarding SJW-ing. He hasn’t earned that praise.

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Couldn't agree with you more about LeBron, Ill give him credit for the things he has done community wise. Its a joke the credit he gets for SJW-ing!

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Adnan Virk is probably pissed that he got fired for leaking ESPN behind the scenes stuff to the press while Sage is making herself unfireable, at least for this leak, by doing the same.

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I mean, maybe. That it is a bi-racial woman who Sage is accusing really cuts against the idea that she was excluded because she was biracial. That Sage is always in the middle of one of these things puts her in a Jamelle category, just going the other way. I think she wants to get fired for the leak so she can claim she got cancelled and spend the rest of her life as a free speech martyr on the wingnut welfare circuit. I mean, Sage is hot and all, but she has like 5 years of that left maybe.