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An Open Letter to Raiders Coach Jon Gruden and QB Derek Carr on Big Lips and Racist Bones

An Open Letter to Raiders Coach Jon Gruden and QB Derek Carr on Big Lips and Racist Bones

Let me say the hard shit that your teammates aren't saying right now.

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An Open Letter to Raiders Coach Jon Gruden and QB Derek Carr on Big Lips and Racist Bones
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To Coach Gruden & Derek Carr,

I come in peace. But I am here to say the hard things that I don’t think your Black teammates and colleagues are either willing or able to say.

Coach Gruden - you were always a huge fan of Colin Kaepernick and raved more about his skills than nearly anyone else in the NFL. As you also know, his entire career was stolen fro…

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