Cenk Uygur
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Kobe Bryant At Center Of 'Black Conservative' Firestorm
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December 17, 2013
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5:41Now Playing"When outspoken ESPN columnist and First Take co-host Stephen Smith weighed in on the war of words between former NFL star and activist Jim Brown and NBA star Kobe Bryant, he took a detour into the politics of the black community. On Friday's First Take, Smith used the Brown/Bryant brouhaha as a pivot to the way the black community treats black conservatives, lamenting that "black conservatives are considered pariahs and are ostracized in our communities and it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever."
Jim Brown and Kobe Bryant are currently feuding over remarks that Brown made on Arsenio Hall's show last week, which had less to do with politics than with Bryant's upbringing in another country, and its effect on his black consciousness. Brown said Kobe was "confused about culture" because he was raised in Italy, not the U.S., and that if he were to organize athletes today, as he did in 1967 to discuss Muhammad Ali's conscientious objection to the Vietnam War, Kobe would not be invited:"* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
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