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Trail Blazers broadcaster nonsense shows we’re still living in a Woke 1 hell

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Woke 1 was not only crazy, it’s still in the room with us.

This week, we’ve seen some bad bouts of woke reflux emerge and remind us just how absurd and pernicious it was.

On Thursday, the Portland Trail Blazers hired and then quickly fired 29-year-old broadcaster Braiden Bell after they were alerted to a few inappropriate tweets he sent when he was around 15.

And a day earlier, it was reported that a white woman recently hired to be Baltimore Rock Opera Society’s executive director was sacked after she wore cornrows to Burning Man. Kelly Carnes said the hairdo was meant to protect from the desert elements, but the organization had another verdict: cultural appropriation.

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That’s not to mention the BBC article from last week that linked bare nails to white supremacy beauty standards. (It was removed this week after a backlash).

Bell’s tale is........

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