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ArtBest23
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Posted: 12/13/14 6:18 pm ::: Muffet McGraw: "Stand For Something You Believe In" |
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Here are her comments about the team's "I Can't Breathe" shirts and coaches' black dresses during her post game press conference today. If you want to see the rest of the presser including Taya Reimer's discussion of how this came about at ND you can see the full press conference at WatchND.TV. Here are McGraw's comments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-ZaFmdB13A&app=desktop
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justinabina
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Posted: 12/13/14 7:29 pm ::: |
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I've been thinking about the ND women's I Can't Breathe shirts all day. My respect for this team and Muffet McGraw has skyrocketed. I have to admit, despite liking Loyd, I harboured a bit of a grudge against the team---just because they crushed Maryland in the Final Four & ended Alyssa Thomas's NCAA run. (I was really hoping DePaul would pull off the upset the other night...)
I was surprised by the gesture too, but only because I know so little about American universities. I suppose I assumed that private religious universities, which don't really exist in a significantly visible way in Canada, would tend to be conservative and more likely to silence, rather than support, political protest (especially for a cause perceived as liberal). Good moment for me to reflect on the biases in my assumptions.
The criticism on the ESPN site/elsewhere online is disappointing---but I am more heartened to see these athletes & their coaches standing up for their beliefs and speaking out against injustice. It would have been so easy to remain passively apolitical. Politics shape our lives---and how, why, where and when people play sports---and who gets to play sports. One of my favourite pictures in my classroom---and one my students like learning about---is the image of John Carlos and Tommie Smith raising their fists in the Black Panther salute on the Olympic podium. I am going to add the ND women's basketball team to the wall on Monday!
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Ex-Ref
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BallState1984
Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 1891 Location: Halfway between Muncie and West Lafayette
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Posted: 12/13/14 11:35 pm ::: |
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Let's keep on parroting the false narrative and show your ignorance. Stay classy, ND.
_________________ Terminally afffected with Our Girl Syndrome and proud of it!
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 12/14/14 12:53 am ::: |
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BallState1984 wrote: |
Let's keep on parroting the false narrative and show your ignorance. Stay classy, ND. |
I doubt if this is the place for political commentary but maybe you should try watching the video.
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BallState1984
Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 1891 Location: Halfway between Muncie and West Lafayette
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Posted: 12/14/14 9:37 am ::: |
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I did and I read the report. The felon died from the stress from resisiting. NYPD did not kill him. Bottom line, ND and Cal were perpetuating a lie and b race baiting. And they chose to bring politics in.
_________________ Terminally afffected with Our Girl Syndrome and proud of it!
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 66773 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 12/14/14 9:59 am ::: |
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BallState1984 wrote: |
I did and I read the report. The felon died from the stress from resisiting. NYPD did not kill him. |
He was resisting police, who had no business ever laying their hands on him in the first place. Selling loose cigarettes is a ticketable offense at worst.
_________________ Let us not deceive ourselves. Our educational institutions have proven to be no bastions of democracy.
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summertime blues
Joined: 16 Apr 2013 Posts: 7746 Location: Shenandoah Valley
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Posted: 12/14/14 9:59 am ::: |
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BallState1984 wrote: |
I did and I read the report. The felon died from the stress from resisiting. NYPD did not kill him. Bottom line, ND and Cal were perpetuating a lie and b race baiting. And they chose to bring politics in. |
Your opinion. I will merely point out that there was an *illegal* Chokehold applied and that he also had pressure on his chest. Medically speaking those two factors will kill an asthmatic. YMMV and I will not engage you further.
_________________ Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohows permanent.
It takes 3 years to build a team and 7 to build a program.--Conventional Wisdom
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ArtBest23
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SueFavor
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BallState1984
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Posted: 12/15/14 7:24 am ::: |
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Wrong -- there was no damage to his throat. Bottom line, he was another perp. Racism had nothing to do with his death and I am sick of race hustlers making hay over this.
_________________ Terminally afffected with Our Girl Syndrome and proud of it!
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beknighted
Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 11050 Location: Lost in D.C.
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Posted: 12/15/14 7:46 am ::: |
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BallState1984 wrote: |
Wrong -- there was no damage to his throat. Bottom line, he was another perp. Racism had nothing to do with his death and I am sick of race hustlers making hay over this. |
Given your view of "perps," I guess I can assume you've never broken any law in your life and you're the driver that everyone passes on the highway.
Also, I think I'm going to go with the coroner on this one.
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