My last Green Book post... Maybe. I was considering all the backlash over the #BrownBook win and feeling pretty good about myself when I realized one of the most glaring lies about the "racial reconciliation" message of this "well-meaning" movie. And it's a BIG lie. I'm 50 years old. Green Book is set in 1962. In other words, six years before I was born. The movie would have us believe that "Lip" Villelonga's "radical transformation" about race is a proxy for how society has changed in those 56 years. Bruh. The ACADEMY AWARDS hasn't even changed that much in the past 30 Years!!! Y'all remember the 62nd Oscars, right? (No you don't). 1989 was a year when movies like Glory, and Field of Dreams, and Born on the Fourth of July (which rewarded Oliver Stone as Best Director), and Dead Poet's Society, and a LOT of really good movies were released. Google it. You won't BELIEVE how...

An Italian Brand (you know the name) came under fire for a horrifically racist balaclava sweater that features dark black wool with oversized deep red lips on a collar designed to cover the lower face. It immediately drew comparisons to blackface and other nakedly racist tropes from America's (supposed) past. Calls for boycotts emerged instantly. But not everyone was on board. To wit, one of the most conspicuous consumers EVER, Floyd Mayweather pushed back in a major way AND spent hundreds of thousands on items at the offender's store. Rapper T.I. came out with a blistering diss record that prompted a second (ghostwritten) reply. In it he references some of the other brands in the corporate group that owns the Italian brand. Further, the reply critiques the boycott for its length and lack of "planning." I don't see how mentioning the corporate group has anything to do with this. Are we to understand that because they are in a corporate group (with "competin...

Kaep sat (then knelt) to call attention to the issue of state-sanctioned, anti-Black violence. Others joined him for a time. Other pros from other sports... even high school kids. That kept the issue as headline news EVERY WEEK. Even after it was purposely twisted into being about military "disrespect" yadda yadda, the media had countless stories about his protest and his stated rationale. Then, he lost his NFL platform. And Kaep shifted his focus to donating his OWN money t o programs to impact Black youth in a positive way. The NFL boycott kept Kaep in social media heat as plenty of folks kept talking about how suss the NFL was in not hiring him while hella scrubs got contracts. Nike got on board and elevated his platform AGAIN. By this time, there was a third shift away from his initial protest, as focused turned to the injustice against Kaep for taking a stand (what was that stand against again???). All the while, Kaep is funding his foundation and its initiatives...