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Carl Banks, NFL, relating to the President's speech... (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2013
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rurallib
(63,166 posts)1. I wonder if this can come back on him somehow
Hope not.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)5. If it did, it would come from the front office....
and might just piss off the players union- the majority of which are African American.
Cha
(305,137 posts)2. Excellent statement from Carl Banks,
babylonsistah!
It's incredible to me that people are whining about this.. but, that's my bad for not getting it through my head after all these years.. just how ignorant some poor people are.
"So when President Obama inconveniences you with relating to what I've been through and gives me hope things will eventually get better for just existing without constant scrutiny.."
Finnmccool
(74 posts)3. If they mean former NY Giant Carl Banks
that isn't his picture.
babylonsister
(171,577 posts)4. I know. Maybe the website's owner? nt