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We as a family always supported you. I even did a few Fatherhood Panels with your father at different churches in the DMV including my church First Baptist Church Of Glenarden, Reid Temple, and we went to Wise High School. My daughter became friends with your niece. My wife hugs your mother every time she would see her in church. We loved your entire family.
So now, years later I have to ask you, what happened to you since retiring and going into the media ?
Let me say this, you are incredibly talented behind the mic.
I don’t have to agree with all of your perspectives and takes to be able to acknowledge that. You have the gift of gab, a big personality on screen, and I am happy you found something you are passionate about especially as I feel and will always stand on the fact that your career was unfairly taken from you by the Washington Commanders coach, medical staff and everyone else who still to this day failed to take responsibility for playing you and in essence ruining your entire career.
But somewhere something changed. You morphed into someone I would have never expected.
By now everyone has seen what transpired with you and your comments regarding a racist disgusting tweet aimed at Angel Reese.
Quick recap, for those who are not aware, Angel Reese was named one of 3 athletes who will grace the NBA 2K26 cover and in response to that news, a now viral tweet replaced her face with that of an ape. So you responded with a tweet condemning the racist depiction and declared that racism has no place in society and can’t we all just get along. The tweet was going just fine, but then it took a turn and you brought back up your notion that according to your anonymous sources Angel Reese does in fact hate Caitlin Clark so you was right along. And that’s where you lost me.
and leave it at that? Why would you feel the need to continue this narrative about Angel Reese hating Caitlin Clark ? Why even bring that up? Whether intentional or unintentional, you are fanning the flames for the Caitlin Clark white grievance mob. You know exactly what you're doing, it's just disappointing that you keep doing it, but my question is why ?
Former Baltimore Ravens Torrey Smith was 100% spot on when he tweeted:
Ryan Clark was also spot on when he tweeted:
Here is my sincere honest question to you. Are you attempting to follow the breadcrumbs left by people like Jason Whitlock ? Meaning someone who purposely takes on certain positions and perspectives that you know will be applauded amongst a certain demographic?
Coincidentally, this is a meme that I saw floating around social media of you. I put it next to a meme that has been floating around social media of Jason Whitlock for sometime now and you are better than this !!! I know you are, but this is exactly what you are morphing into, and it hurts my heart to see.
Comedian Goddfrey was spot on how he described your spat with Ryan Clark a few months ago when he said,
“Every time you publicly dog a Black Woman, you’re dogging your mother, your grandmother, your aunties.”
I don’t know if you heard his message to you but please listen to his entire video. He agreed with you that children and family should be left out of the conversation which Ryan Clark also acknowledged and apologized to you for. But that aside, their points still stand.
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Let me paint a another illustration.
Savion Glover’s character Manray in the Spike Lee Classic Bamboozled.
Remember at the end when he was looking in the mirror as he was about to put on the Black Face and his conscious started to attack his soul and he just couldn’t do it anymore. He couldn’t participate in their minstrel show so he came on stage without the Black Face ? My hope and prayer for you is that you eventually get to the place where you simply can’t do it anymore and you wipe the Black Face off, and come on to the stage as Robert Griffin III.