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Star black female kicker mocked in racist post depicting her as gorilla
the grio ^ | 10/26/2016 | the grio

Posted on 10/27/2016 10:14:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Ashton Brooks, a senior placekicker for the Dow football team in Midland, Michigan, is the number one kicker in her conference. She has also received a partial college scholarship to Northwood University for her skills in soccer as well as a partial academic scholarship. She also has a great singing voice and is on the Dow basketball team.

But despite her success, she is being mocked for her race. New York Daily News justice writer Shaun King tweeted out a picture of the now-deleted Instagram post showing a white female student posing with someone in a gorilla suit that is identified as Brooks, writing, “When a young Black girl is the #1 football kicker in her conference, here’s what happens.”

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1 posted on 10/27/2016 10:14:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 10/27/2016 10:16:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Local problem. Not our business.
3 posted on 10/27/2016 10:17:13 PM PDT by donna (Donald Trump is going to win!)
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Who cares.


4 posted on 10/27/2016 10:17:42 PM PDT by ruination
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Thanks, Ben! Glad you’re keeping us up to date on Shaun King’s opinions.


5 posted on 10/27/2016 10:18:47 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (choo choo)
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first of all, the girl is half white or something other than black...

secondly, this is an innocent type of pic that people used to do because we all got along better before the snowflakes and the BGI got involved....

6 posted on 10/27/2016 10:18:49 PM PDT by cherry
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To: BenLurkin

Ashton Brooks = impressive.

Rude little white gal = lucky she’s not MY daughter.


7 posted on 10/27/2016 10:19:04 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: donna

“Local problem”

That’s pretty funny.


8 posted on 10/27/2016 10:19:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: cherry

Which half is the white half; the one that plays football or the one that the whites think is a gorilla?


9 posted on 10/27/2016 10:21:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

You’re welcome, sir. Truth is a good thing.


10 posted on 10/27/2016 10:22:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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11 posted on 10/27/2016 10:24:10 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: cherry
this is an innocent type of pic that people used to do because we all got along better before the snowflakes and the BGI got involved

I'm nearly half a century old. This behavior hasn't been acceptable during any of that time.

12 posted on 10/27/2016 10:25:35 PM PDT by SSS Two
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13 posted on 10/27/2016 10:26:24 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Ashton is a very pretty young woman. I don’t know the situation but I hope no one is being disrespectful to her.


14 posted on 10/27/2016 10:26:27 PM PDT by boycott (S)
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What a beautiful young woman!!! The gorilla thing is a disgrace. I could understand criticizing her for playing football, but mocking her race with a gorilla suit? Disgusting.


15 posted on 10/27/2016 10:27:11 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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I don’t know but I’m tired of people being called black when they obviously have other racial makeup....


16 posted on 10/27/2016 10:28:24 PM PDT by cherry
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To: pax_et_bonum

I’ll give the white blonde girl the benefit of the doubt — somebody snapped a silly HS pic and some unknown schmuck put the lousy label on the pic.

It’s funny how there’s been an explosion of this crap after 8 years of Obama. NOT a coincidence.


17 posted on 10/27/2016 10:32:04 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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I hope you’re right.


18 posted on 10/27/2016 10:34:28 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

She’s as far from looking like a gorilla as you can get.


19 posted on 10/27/2016 10:35:48 PM PDT by pallmallman
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20 posted on 10/27/2016 10:36:44 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (choo choo)
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