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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper
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Great article. Yes, he faced racism. Yes, it still affects us today. Many in the Bicycle/Motorcycle world (and elsewhere) are affected by it, but yet no "one" is a racist?? Major Taylor and the current Supercross champion James "Bubba" Stewart*have much in common. They both excelled in spite of racism, not because they were a darker shade of pale.
No need to wallow in guilt and/or denial, we just need to do things differently than they have been done the past 400 or so years....
*still booed at the podium
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