Earlier this month, NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its racing events due to its controversial origins, while protesters have been calling for the removal of Confederate statues.
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An old post from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin resurfaced online and it had fans appreciating his anti-racism stance from years ago.
His fans were quick to support the rediscovered post from their favourite wrestler.
In the old post, Austin blasts the use of the Confederate flag, calling it “a symbol of oppression, hatred and inequality.”
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Other pointed out that Austin has always been for equal rights for all, posting audio of him calling for gay
Earlier this month, NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its racing events due to its controversial origins, while protesters have been calling for the removal of Confederate statues.
Sharon Stone is in mourning. Bing, a film producer and financier, was pronounced dead on Monday.
Sharon Stone revealed she was devastated over the news that her ex, Steve Bing, had died. The 62-year-old spoke to Extra in the wake of the prominent film producer’s death by suicide on June 22. “This is really hard. I had a really hard time with it,” she began. “He’s a complicated person who I didn’t think always made good decisions … It’s a tough one. It’s a very tough one.”
Sharon Stone revealed how tough it’s been for her to process the death of her ex Steve Bing.“This is really hard,” the Basic Instinct actress, 62, told Extra’s Billy Bush on Thursday, June 25. “I had a really hard time with it.”She added: “He’s a complicated person who I didn’t think always made good decisions… It’s a tough one.
topple Confederate and other statues across the US as “borderline anarchists” — and argued the act means “absolutely means nothing” to black Americans.Johnson, who recently called for the government to provide $14 trillion in reparations to the descendants of slavery, told FOX News Wednesday that the movement to take down statues, cancel TV shows and fire professors is meaningless to help the black community.People tearing down statues “have the mistaken assumption that black people are sitting
Judd Apatow has been the guiding force behind the big-screen success of numerous comedy stars, ranging from Seth Rogen to Amy Schumer to Steve Carell to Kristin Wiig and more.
“The King of Staten Island,” director Judd Apatow tells The Post that total immersion was the only way to capture the 26-year-old comic’s life.Here the Syosset, LI-born director, 52, talks about his summer spent in the borough, hanging out with pal Davidson and his Staten Island neighbors.You know, it’s a place that a lot of people haven’t been to, unless you live there. It doesn’t really have an attraction to draw you.
ban on the confederate flag at NASCAR events, saying there’s “no good” that comes from displaying it.On Thursday’s “Good Morning America,” Robin Roberts asked how Wallace — NASCAR’s only full-time Black driver — would respond to fans who say they won’t return to the sport in light of the new policy. He responded, “We live in a very selfish world.
Bubba Wallace says it is time for NASCAR to join the Black Lives Matter movement.
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NASCAR is taking a stand against displaying the Confederate flag.
Also Read: NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Calls for Confederate Flag Ban at RacetracksThe move comes two days after Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only full-time Black driver, called for the ban of the Civil War-era flag, which for many represents the oppression and slavery of Black people during the Civil War era.“My next step would be to get rid of all Confederate flags. No one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a NASCAR race.
Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticNASCAR today banned the presence of confederate flags at its events and on its properties, stating that the flag “runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry.”The statement continued, “Bringing people together around a love for racing and the community that it creates is what makes our fans and sport special.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNascar said Wednesday that it would ban the presence of the confederate flag at all of its racing events and properties, the latest major sports organization to make sweeping new policies in response to nationwide protests over the treatment of Black citizens in America.The presence of the confederate flag at Nascar events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry,” Nascar