The broadcaster caught directing the N-word at a girls’ team dredges up memories of the racism I experienced as a young player in Tulsa. But what happened the next day gives me hope
Back in 1996, my Booker T Washington High School team beat Norman High in the Oklahoma state tournament final to seal our back-to-back state championships. (The final score was 70-55, just in case anyone wanted to know.)
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
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Both Norman and Tulsa Union girls are kneeling for the national anthem. #OKPreps pic.twitter.com/3hXhINsyta