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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Machiavelli on August 14, 2014, 05:27:46 pm

Title: NBA Star Calls Al Sharpton a ‘Coon’ for Stepping into Ferguson (Gilbert Arenas)
Post by: Machiavelli on August 14, 2014, 05:27:46 pm

Josh Feldman
Mediaite
August 14, 2014

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NBA player Gilbert Arenas really went off on Al Sharpton yesterday. Arenas was really incensed at Sharpton’s presence in Ferguson, Mo., and even went so far as to call the civil rights leader a “coon” and asking people to stop inviting him into their communities for help.

More (http://www.mediaite.com/online/nba-star-calls-al-sharpton-a-coon-for-stepping-into-ferguson/)

Title: Re: NBA Star Calls Al Sharpton a ‘Coon’ for Stepping into Ferguson (Gilbert Arenas)
Post by: GourmetDan on August 14, 2014, 05:49:56 pm

It's OK, the name-caller is black and this is therefore allowed...