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Jesse Jackson Says Black College Athletes Are The New Slaves

Chase Stephens
Jesse Jackson Says Black College Athletes Are The New Slaves

On a recent trip to Seattle for Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting, Reverend Jesse Jackson, for the second year in a row, was speaking about the terrible lack of diversity at the company. Because he’s a giver, he took a little time away from shaming those racist whities elsewhere, appearing on public radio to shame the racist whities running all universities. Jackson made sure to call out the biggest racist whitey of all, George Washington.

In an interview with KUOW, Jackson implied black college athletes were slaves, asserting, “We’re being cherry picked to generate resources and generate imagery. But we are as capable if given the same scholarship support. We’ve gone from picking cotton balls to picking footballs.

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