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UnlikedMonkey
02/07/22 3:23:55 PM
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for Wearing 'Black Lives Matter' Swimsuit

The Duluth YMCA has banned a race official from future swim meets after she told a Black student she could not compete in a race on Sunday because she was wearing a swimsuit displaying the words "Black Lives Matter."
The meet was held at the Superior High School and sponsored by the Duluth YMCA. Leidy Lyons, 12, wore the swimsuit after hearing about the fatal police shooting of Amir Locke a Black man who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police officers while executing a no-knock search warrant.
According to the Duluth YMCA, an independent volunteer official temporarily barred the student-athlete from taking part in the meet, stating the words on her swimsuit "went against USA Swimming's policy of no political language."
According to Classie Dudley, President of the Duluth Branch NAACP, the volunteer official gave the option for the swimmer to change into a different swimsuit, but she did not. Dudley said she was called by Leidy's mother after the official barred Leidy from participating further in the meet. Dudley then went to Superior High School to show her support.
"The official originally stated that it was politically motivated and that it goes against their policy of no political speech," Dudley told the Duluth News Tribune. "Leidy is 12 and she's trying to share the fact that she matters. There's nothing political about that."
The official then changed her reason for dismissal to the size of the logo, instead of political speech. "I didn't want to entertain that because it was obviously untrue," Dudley said. "Even if it was too big, Black Lives Matter isn't a logo like Adidas. And if you're telling me that Black Lives Matter has been whittled down to a political statement or a logo, then you're basically telling me that Black lives don't matter."
In response to the official's ruling, Duluth YMCA staff disputed the claim and contacted the YMCA leadership. Within 10 minutes of Dudley's arrival, the vice president of the Duluth Area Family YMCA arrived and quickly overruled the decision to disqualify Leidy and she was able to compete in the race.
The Duluth YMCA said they are working alongside the swimmer's family and will work to hold independent officials accountable for further education to address systemic racism.
The volunteer race official was removed from the meet and will be banned from any further Duluth YMCA-hosted swim meets.

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Daniel_Berkhart
02/08/22 2:39:27 PM
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Racist get fucked
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Machete
02/08/22 3:02:32 PM
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Racist: but blm is PoLiTiCaL!
anyone with common sense: nah...
Racist: okay fine the logo is too big? >_>

Yeah she can fuck right off with that bullshit lol

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Tsuyoi3
02/08/22 3:09:13 PM
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Saying that there is systemic racism against black people is a political statement.
It's absolutely correct too.
They gave her the option to change to a different swimsuit, she didn't want to. And she shouldn't have had to.

If that's their policy and it's known, then that means they're just shitty.
As correct political statements should be allowed. Like isn't even the peace symbol an anti war political statement?
I bet they'd allow it too.

So on one hand it is policy. On the other the policy is stupid.
Also the logo isn't even.that big wtf

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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 3:14:06 PM
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They had a policy and she didn't follow it, pretty damn simple case. Don't follow the rules you don't race. If a kid next to her had some alt-right bullshit would they have allowed them as well? It gets all murky once you allow one but not others.

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Relient_K
02/08/22 3:16:59 PM
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Black lives matter is not a political stance. By presenting it as one you are outing yourself as absolute scum.

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Sad_Face
02/08/22 3:26:13 PM
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Relient_K posted...
Black lives matter is not a political stance. By presenting it as one you are outing yourself as absolute scum.
The BLM movement is most certainly political. Not everyone agrees with their message (due to different interpretations more often than not) or how they're delivering their message.

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AngelicRadiance
02/08/22 3:30:17 PM
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Sad_Face posted...
Not everyone agrees with their message
So they believe blacks do not matter?

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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 3:31:24 PM
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Relient_K posted...
Black lives matter is not a political stance. By presenting it as one you are outing yourself as absolute scum.

Do you know what political stance means? It most certainly is political.

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Machete
02/08/22 3:31:54 PM
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Sad_Face: "it is political because some of us disagree with the premise that black people's lives matter."

Yikes.

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BeantownHero
02/08/22 3:32:34 PM
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See ya, bitch

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AngelicRadiance
02/08/22 3:33:46 PM
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Nu_Jersey_Devil posted...
Do you know what political stance means?
Black lives mattering is not a political stance.

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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 3:34:56 PM
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AngelicRadiance posted...
Black lives mattering is not a political stance.

Black Lives DO matter that's not what I'm saying, what I'm saying is that there is a time and place for that and it's not a YMCA swim meet. If I walk into a meeting and I wear a shirt that says "I matter" do you think that's the right setting? No.

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UnfairRepresent
02/08/22 3:35:45 PM
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Sad_Face posted...
The BLM movement is most certainly political. Not everyone agrees with their message (due to different interpretations more often than not) or how they're delivering their message.
It's really not

"Leidy is 12 and she's trying to share the fact that she matters. There's nothing political about that."

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Machete
02/08/22 3:40:17 PM
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The same 2 users calling it political are also defending joe rogan's use of the n word in another topic, just fyi...

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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 3:40:54 PM
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Machete posted...
The same 2 users calling it political are also defending joe rogan's use of the n word in another topic, just fyi...

I'm one of them, snitch...should've just called me out by name.

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Machete
02/08/22 3:42:58 PM
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Ooooohhh, snitch . I feel intimidated now!

No fucking shit you're one of them. That's the god damn point.

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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 3:44:04 PM
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Machete posted...
Ooooohhh, snitch . I feel intimidated now!

No fucking shit you're one of them. That's the god damn point.

I don't see the issue with me defending a white guy using the the word in context....

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Guide
02/08/22 3:45:48 PM
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Can we stop pretending that there are things that aren't political? Like, it's a slogan concerning a damning cultural issue. Of course it's political. Political doesn't mean bad or divorced from real life, stop adopting that belief just because some idiots keep repeating it.

It is political, and it is a just and proper message.

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Sad_Face
02/08/22 3:46:13 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
It's really not

"Leidy is 12 and she's trying to share the fact that she matters. There's nothing political about that."

And she's getting a first hand experience of her intentions for dressing with a statement isn't always going to align with how it's perceived by others and you have to account for that if you're making a statement.


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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 3:49:08 PM
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Sad_Face posted...
And she's getting a first hand experience of her intentions for dressing with a statement isn't always going to align with how it's perceived by others and you have to account for that if you're making a statement.

Facts...

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Guide
02/08/22 3:51:03 PM
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Sad_Face posted...
And she's getting a first hand experience of her intentions for dressing with a statement isn't always going to align with how it's perceived by others and you have to account for that if you're making a statement.

I have you tagged as "pizzagater"

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Umbreon
02/08/22 4:04:46 PM
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The fact that Black Lives should matter is considered ''political'' is exactly why it needs to be said.


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UnfairRepresent
02/08/22 4:09:00 PM
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Sad_Face posted...
And she's getting a first hand experience of her intentions for dressing with a statement isn't always going to align with how it's perceived by others and you have to account for that if you're making a statement.
What a load of nonsense

No the first hand experience should be that if you "perceive" something in a really stupid way , people will treat you as if you're really stupid

Which is why the official was banned.

By your logic the fact her outfit was black could be "perceived" as a political statement by a fucking moron. You can percieve anything as anything. People percieve Harry Potter as satanitc.

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refmon
02/08/22 4:37:07 PM
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Umbreon posted...
The fact that Black Lives should matter is considered ''political'' is exactly why it needs to be said.


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AvlButtslam
02/08/22 4:42:11 PM
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Nu_Jersey_Devil posted...
Black Lives DO matter that's not what I'm saying, what I'm saying is that there is a time and place for that and it's not a YMCA swim meet. If I walk into a meeting and I wear a shirt that says "I matter" do you think that's the right setting? No.
Black lives matter EXCEPT

No shut up

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Looked gf
02/08/22 4:44:57 PM
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Umbreon posted...
The fact that Black Lives should matter is considered ''political'' is exactly why it needs to be said.


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kingdrake2
02/08/22 4:49:35 PM
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AvlButtslam posted...
Black lives matter EXCEPT


why post #14. why.

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What_
02/08/22 4:53:32 PM
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Nu_Jersey_Devil posted...
I'm one of them, snitch...should've just called me out by name.
Neckbeard response
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Tsuyoi3
02/08/22 5:13:38 PM
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Relient_K posted...
Black lives matter is not a political stance. By presenting it as one you are outing yourself as absolute scum.
It's literally a political movement about systemic racism against black people.
It is also correct.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and inequality experienced by black people. When its supporters come together, they do so primarily to protest incidents of police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.

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True. It should be allowed. And she probably wasn't having it in the political way, but it was read as more (rightful if it were)support of the movement. I'm glad they reversed decision and let her compete.
Because the systemic racial issues toward black people are real.
BLM was made in response to the Trayvon Martin murder.

Hell, when racists on here bring up "why doesn't BLM protest black on black crime" it's rightly pointed out that it's about systemic issues with police.
So this board knows its about systemic issues and that makes it a political movement.
Even Wiki compares it to Civil Rights movement.
Again, dumb it's not allowed, would they disallow a Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks logo?

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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 5:27:33 PM
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What_ posted...
Neckbeard response

lol...that was clever as fuck I even had to look it up because I had no idea wtf you were saying. but as someone that BLM directly affects I can't understand why our people constantly need to play the victims. Follow the rules bottom line

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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 5:32:09 PM
#34:


AvlButtslam posted...
Black lives matter EXCEPT

No shut up


lol...i never said except, because my life will always matter but making a political statement at the wrong time then bitching about it is unproductive.

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kingdrake2
02/08/22 5:34:29 PM
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Nu_Jersey_Devil posted...
my life will always matter


now he's elevating himself above black lives

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Nu_Jersey_Devil
02/08/22 5:38:02 PM
#36:


kingdrake2 posted...
now he's elevating himself above black lives

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lol...im black numbnuts, read my previous posts

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Umbreon
02/08/22 5:41:15 PM
#37:


If you think a swim meet is the "wrong place" to express that Black Lives should matter, then you give racists an excuse to tell us to be quiet during other times as well.


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kingdrake2
02/08/22 5:41:49 PM
#38:


Nu_Jersey_Devil posted...
numbnuts


cant produce. vasectomy.

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Sad_Face
02/08/22 9:20:22 PM
#39:


UnfairRepresent posted...
By your logic the fact her outfit was black could be "perceived" as a political statement by a f***ing moron. You can percieve anything as anything. People percieve Harry Potter as satanitc.

If 0.005% of the population get offended by a color of an outfit, that's a "you" problem directed at that 0.005%. Now if 50% of the population gets offended by a color of an outfit, or interprets the color of the outfit negatively, then clearly according to that population, that outfit is making a negative statement.

We're almost 2 years from the summer of 2020 riots. That wasn't free. To think BLM was an innocent protest and the billions of dollars worth of damages lost and the lives lost in those riots were outliers, that's foolish.

Tsuyoi3 posted...
Hell, when racists on here bring up "why doesn't BLM protest black on black crime" it's rightly pointed out that it's about systemic issues with police.

Anyone could make a case that if you reduce the amount of black on black crime, it would reduce the interactions with police and reduce negative encounters. The death of Amir Locke was tied to the police hunting for a suspect connected to a homicide. This is the reason why the crime rates are brought up in regards to the police brutality issue, blaming the police isn't going to reduce the amount the bullets flying in my neighborhood.

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CommonGrackle
02/08/22 9:34:48 PM
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the fact that you have to wear what you're thinking is in and of itself a political statement.
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DrizztLink
02/08/22 9:37:05 PM
#41:


Nu_Jersey_Devil posted...
Black Lives DO matter that's not what I'm saying, what I'm saying is that there is a time and place for that and it's not a YMCA swim meet. If I walk into a meeting and I wear a shirt that says "I matter" do you think that's the right setting? No.
If you wanna walk into a meeting wearing a twelve year old girl's Black Lives Matter swimsuit, you do you.

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greyfox747
02/08/22 9:40:02 PM
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Ive had plenty of meetings at work where people wear shirts with slogans like black lives matter and love wins and be gay do crimes

Somehow, it didnt end the world

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greyfox747
02/08/22 9:42:11 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Be gay do crimes

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Tsuyoi3
02/08/22 10:02:48 PM
#45:


Sad_Face posted...
The death of Amir Locke was tied to the police hunting for a suspect connected to a homicide
And it was due to the utter unnecessary stupidity that is no knock raids.
He had better trigger discipline than the damn cops ironically.

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