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All-White American Basketball Team To Form In 12 Cities
FOX News-Los Angeles ^ | Jan. 21, 2010 | FOX News

Posted on 01/21/2010 9:10:53 AM PST by Beaten Valve

Edited on 01/21/2010 9:13:40 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The inaugural season of an all-white American basketball team is set to begin this June in the Southeast, the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle has reported.

In a news release Sunday, the All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA) announced in a statement,

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxla.com ...


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Well, they're sure to get plenty of publicity once Al Sharpton hears about this...
1 posted on 01/21/2010 9:10:54 AM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

White basketball team....hmmmm. Sounds along the same line as Miss Black America. How could anyone object?


2 posted on 01/21/2010 9:12:46 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: Beaten Valve

Rut-roh...


3 posted on 01/21/2010 9:13:11 AM PST by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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To: Beaten Valve

Harry Reid is slated to take over as commissioner of the new league in January 2011.


4 posted on 01/21/2010 9:13:11 AM PST by Patrick1
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To: Beaten Valve

Monumentally stupid idea.

SnakeDoc


5 posted on 01/21/2010 9:13:20 AM PST by SnakeDoctor (Life is tough; it's tougher if you're stupid. -- John Wayne)
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To: Beaten Valve
But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now.

I don't think he knows what the word "minority" means.

6 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:01 AM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: JudyinCanada

Or the NAACP, or the Black Colleges, or the Hispanic community associations, or...


7 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:05 AM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: Beaten Valve

Geez, this will go over like lead balloon.


8 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:09 AM PST by caver (Obama's first goals: allow more killing of innocents and allow the killers of innocents to go free.)
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To: Beaten Valve

scrappleface?
the onion?
no, FOX news?

wow. evidently legit.


9 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:15 AM PST by getitright (If you call this HOPE, can we give despair a shot?)
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To: Beaten Valve
"Would you want to go to the game and worry about a player flipping you off or attacking you in the stands or grabbing their crotch?" he said. "That's the culture today,...

But it's NOT about racism or hatred.... RIGHT!!!
10 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:16 AM PST by Safrguns
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To: Beaten Valve

What could go wrong?

pppfffttt...of all the idiotic ideas.


11 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:21 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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12 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:23 AM PST by GQuagmire ( We are no longer Massholes)
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To: Beaten Valve
If I wanted basketball with retrictions on who can play resulting in a reduction of quality I would stick with the WNBA. (am I a racist of a sexist? Why not be both? < /sarc>)
13 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:36 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gore is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. He rides an icy horse bringing cold wherever he goes.)
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To: Beaten Valve

The black caucus won’t be down with this.


14 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:36 AM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: JudyinCanada

Or the congressional black caucus.


15 posted on 01/21/2010 9:14:58 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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"United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race..."

'Caucasian' covers a large group of people from Ireland to India. Don't they mean 'WASP'?

16 posted on 01/21/2010 9:15:17 AM PST by James C. Bennett
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To: caver

Wow, that’ll leave a mark.


17 posted on 01/21/2010 9:15:23 AM PST by King Hawk
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To: KarlInOhio
of a -> or a

Stupid spell checker thinks "of" is a word and let it be used without correction.

18 posted on 01/21/2010 9:16:03 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gore is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. He rides an icy horse bringing cold wherever he goes.)
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To: Beaten Valve

I am sure the players will be as talented as those in the African Hockey League.


19 posted on 01/21/2010 9:16:35 AM PST by earlJam
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I guess there won't be any jumping in this league.
20 posted on 01/21/2010 9:16:50 AM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
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