Cenk Uygur
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Cancer Survivor Fights Back Against 'Meth Curry’ Meme
Posted
January 8, 2016
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January 8, 2016
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3:42Now PlayingLeon Mitchell has survived a rare form of cancer and accomplished much in his life. Yet that was all lost on those who mocked his picture in an internet meme comparing him to NBA star Stephen Curry. Ana Kasparian and Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?!) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“This is Leon Mitchell II, a 31-year-old man living in Tacoma, Washington. He’s a survivor of a rare form of cancer called nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
In December of 2015, people began using a photo of Mitchell on social media with the caption “Meth Curry,” and an unpleasant meme was born.”
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