PB, you do realize that this entire last post was an excerpt from the Ian Thomsen SI column? It's not my thoughts.
Of course, Lilo! I saw the web link. I'm not
that dumb
.
I apologize if the slave metaphor offended you in any way. But it wouldn't be the first time that Jackson or Sharpton used one.
Reminds me of that galling sports bio published a few years ago: "Curt Flood: A Well Paid Slave," which was of course written by a lilly white liberal college professor (Brad Snyder)
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