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At the end of his brilliant novel, Ender’s Game, the author Orson Scott Card develops the idea of a Speaker for the Dead. “When their loved ones died, a believer would arise beside the grave to be the Speaker for the Dead, and say what the dead person would have said, but with full candor, [...] Donovan McNabb’s recent comments about the extra scrutiny and pressures of being a black quarterback in the NFL touched a chord with me. I’m glad he had the courage to speak his truths to power. Too often, black athletes don’t use the podium to speak truth to power. Michael Jordan’s famous comment that “even Republicans [...] One of the more interesting aspects of some of the clubs I’ve frequented in London is the part of the night when the DJ does shoutouts to different nations – “Jamaica, make some noise!!” The Caribbean nations – Trinidad & Tobago, Granada, Jamaica, Guyana – always show up loud. But the loudest shouts usually [...] “I think it’s safe to say that these people came here today to watch a game of FOOTBALL!! FOOTBALL!!!” The immortal words of John Madden as a cartoon character on The Family Guy. Brian & I went a Superbowl Party hosted by the NFL at the Battersea Evolution in south London. The game started at [...] |
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