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I really don't have a problem with Stephen A's business explanation. You see it all the time in hip hop with hardcore rappers working with white (pop) artist or making more commercial music to appeal to a white audience strickly becuase they are pretty much the majority of people still buying cd's or music off itunes and artists have no problem saying as much. It's not racism it's just good business, granted Levenson could have worded it better but he really wasn't writing it for an audience so I get where people could see the undertones.
 
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Just saw the e-mail read off on numbers never lie. Seems a bit more egregious than I thought. I still get what Stephen A said and I dont think he was defending him by making the business argument but some of the things the e-mail had were pretty damn bad. The kiss cam is too black? :snoop:
 
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As I say in every racial topic

The only way this letter does not come across as extremely offensive and racist is if one has reduced racism down to the "n" word and police brutality.

Those of us who understand that white supremacy is a racist social construct that negatively effects a specific group of people can see really how offensive that e mail was.

Stephen c00n don't understand that and that is why his response was as such. Dumb ass even went as far as to allude to blacks going overboard with everything being racist because he either does not understand the totality of what white supremacy is or knows it and stays away from it in hope to please his white bosses and then talk black enough to hopefully keep some blacks on his side.
 
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The sound went off, and when they came back, they made sure Cari got to voice her opinion. Show is so annoying, but I usually still watch 1st thing in the morning. Cari gets more annoying the more she talks. Thot needs a slap. :beli:
 
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the artist known az said:
What did Floyd say?
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LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather said Tuesday that he thinks the NFL should have stuck to its original two-game suspension of Ray Rice for domestic violence announced in July, despite new video footage this week.

Rice's contract was terminated by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday after video was released of him knocking his wife and then-fiancee, Lanay, unconscious in an elevator.
Mayweather, twice convicted in domestic incidents, including one he vehemently denies which sent him to jail for 63 days in 2012, suggested Rice was the subject of ex-post-facto justice after the league initially suspended the player two games for the incident in July.
"They had said that they had suspended him for two games. Whether they saw the tape or not, I truly believe a person should stick to their word. If you tell me you're going to do something, do what you say you're going to do. But once again, I'm not in the NFL, so I can't really speak on the situation."
Mayweather expressed hope for "nothing but the best" for the Rices.
"I think there's a lot worse things that go on in other people's households, also," he said. "It's just not caught on video.
"I know he's probably going through a lot right now because football is his passion, football is his love. It's no different than with me being in the fight game, if they told me, 'Floyd, you've got the biggest deal in sports history,' and then a couple months later, they say, 'You know what, your deal is taken away from you' — oh, man. It's not really just the money, it's just the love of the sport, the passion."
Mayweather said having that happen in the prime of Rice's career is "probably drastic on him and his wife."
Mayweather twice took plea deals in domestic incidents involving both of the mothers of his children, a decade apart.
The second plea, in a 2011 incident involving Josie Harris, the mother of three of his four children, sent him to jail.
"Like I've said in the past, no bumps, no bruises, no nothing," Mayweather said. "With O.J. and Nicole, you seen pictures. With Chris Brown and Rihanna, you seen pictures. With (Chad) Ocho Cinco and Evelyn, you seen pictures. You guys have yet to see any pictures of a battered woman, a woman who says she was kicked and beaten (by Mayweather). So I just live my life and try to stay positive, and try to become a better person each and every day."
Mayweather was sued last Thursday in Los Angeles by ex-fiancee Shantel Jackson, who among other claims says the boxer committed assault and battery against her on at least three occasions.
There are no corroborating police reports with any of the incidents.
"I don't really focus on that stuff," Mayweather said. "You know, I've been facing so many obstacles throughout my life. My main thing is to just focus on my job, which is boxing."
Asked if he thought the timing of the lawsuit was strategic, nine days before he fights a rematch with Marcos Maidana on Saturday at MGM Grand, Mayweather said he doesn't know.
"Jealousy and envy come with the territory," he said. "People are always going to take shots at Floyd Mayweather. My thing is just to be the best I can be in the sport of boxing and focus on my job, which is boxing.
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:skip: asked Cari what she thought about the comments, and you can tell she was flustered and trying to come up with an insightful response. She just repeated what both said that they were disguising but can separate and appreciate his craft. But also added she doesn't like that woman will still want to date him even after knowing all this because of wanting the money, fame and lifestyle. :skip: kept trying to ask her question, but :comeon: finally had to save her
 
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