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Post by Ben Reilly Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:15 am

Earlier this month, Charles Barkley referred to Ferguson protesters as “scumbags” who “aren’t real black people.” After being called out for his offensive remarks by TNT colleague Kenny Smith in an open letter, the pair confronted each other during an episode of “NBA on TNT.” That’s when Barkley made an asinine statement about slavery.

“I don’t think anytime anything bad that happens in the black community we have to talk about slavery,” Barkley said. “Listen, slavery is, uh, well, I shouldn’t say one of the worst things ever, because I don’t know anything about it other than what I read or what my grandmother told me.”

According to Barkley, slavery wasn’t so bad. It’s a statement that many white supremacists are probably pinning to bulletin boards in glee. But Alabama Senator Hank Sanders was deeply hurt by what Barkley said, and composed an epic open letter to teach Sir Charles just how bad slavery was and how it still affects us today.

Here’s is the full letter as published by AL.com:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/26/alabama-senator-teaches-charles-barkley-how-bad-slavery-was-in-epic-open-letter/

I've said it before, but a good portion of the U.S. racism problem is classism going by another name. Simply put, it's easier in the U.S. to talk about race than about class, which is a taboo subject thanks to the long-running American phobia toward anything smacking of a narrative that says you can't be anything you want to be in the United States, the Land of Opportunity ... it's bullshit capitalism-justifying propaganda, just the way the aristocracy likes it.
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Post by Original Quill Sun Dec 28, 2014 4:22 pm

As an intelligent being, Barkley is a great basketball forward.  He is best known internationally for his famous words, I ain't no role model!

Bradley is what a mouth looks like, devoid of a brain.

No wait...that's Dennis Rodman.

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