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As many in Black Lives Matter call for Caucasians and law enforcement officers to kneel before them, one can't avoid the obvious comparison to a similar situation in the past. All across social media and in mainstream media reports, images and videos of people kneeling “in solidarity” with Black Lives Matter protests seem to all be missing one important component. To kneel in solidarity would mean that everyone is kneeling together, but that’s not the case. If you look at the images, you’ll notice the kneeling is only happening on one side. While Caucasians and law enforcement officers kneel to...

A photo appearing to show Dabo Swinney wearing a “Football Matters” T-shirt surfaced Saturday on Twitter, leading to more backlash against the Clemson football coach who had already been criticized for his response to the death of George Floyd. Swinney used the phrase in a statehouse speech for Clemson’s 2016 national championship. However, phrases like “All Lives Matter” or “Blue Lives Matter” are commonly associated with belittling the Black Lives Matter movement, which began in 2013 to fight systematic racism and has been the center of the recent national protests against police brutality. The tweet showcasing the 50-year-old in the...

Obama didn't have the smoothest of landings in China to join the G20. On arrival a red carpet staircase failed to appear for Air Force One, forcing the President to exit through the rear of the plane.

US President Barack Obama has been delivered a calculated diplomatic snub in Hangzhou, China, where global leaders are convening for the G20 summit. The problems began as soon as Obama’s plane landed in Hangzhou on Saturday. Unlike Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Brazilian President Michel Temer and British Prime Minister Theresa May, Obama did not have the red carpet to walk on when he stepped off the plane. The US president was also forced to leave Air Force One through a little-used exit in the plane’s belly, only used on high-security...