The North Star with Shaun King

The North Star with Shaun King

These Olympics are starting to feel very anti-Black

From the banning of swim caps made for Black swimmers to the targeted ban on any Black Lives Matter messaging or actions to the new ban on Sha'Carri Richardson, it's put a cloud over the entire games

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Shaun King
Jul 02, 2021
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Sha’Carri Richardson (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

This morning we learned that Sha’Carri Richardson, perhaps the brightest shining star of the entire Olympic Games, will be banned from competing in her signature race because of a failed drug test for marijuana. As you may know, her mother just passed away and Sha’Carri openly admitted that she u…

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