All the bullisht aside, this has gotten the reacton that it's gotten (not by people in this thread) because:
BASKETBALL = BLACK
BASKETBALL = STREET
BASKETBALL = NONELITE
BASKETBALL = LOWER CLASS
blahzey blah
The Repubs and nonRepubs who have made this into a silly "issue" are using these images because of the threat of a black man, who is a Democrat, possibly becoming POTUS. Politics is never just about politics.
see, i thought this was a given and we just weren't addressing it. i mean this is where my head was from the start.
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Do you know people? Have you interacted with them? Because this is pretty standard no-brainer stuff. -33girl