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[O'blade @ObiladeOA]

@jemelehill Sometimes before you express outrage over issues like this, these are some healthy steps:
- Do I have enough information?
- Do I understand?
- Is it my culture? (Fundamental)
- Do I know THEIR opinion?
- Am I their spokesperson?

So you don't express misplaced 'outrage'

Shalom.

[Women’s Hoops Network @WomensHoops_USA]

OLIVIA MILES TONIGHT 🔥

• 28 POINTS
• 7 ASSISTS
• 4 REBOUNDS
• 3 BLOCKS
• 8/11 3PM (!!!!)
• 9/16 FG
• 28 MINUTES PLAYED

[Will Ragatz @WillRagatz]

Olivia Miles is special. She's gonna play in this league for a long, long time

[afcstuff @afcstuff]

‘Bukayo Saka: The Time Is Now’, will stream on Disney+ from June 5.

🗣️ “This film has given me the chance to tell my story in a way I never have before. People see the goals & the matches, but they don’t see what it takes behind the scenes.”

🎥 @WhatsApp

[Amara Nwankpa @Nwankpa_A]

The idea that Arsenal became a cultural phenomenon because it signed Black players is too simplistic.

Like much of London, Arsenal positioned itself as a club that extended belonging towards the margins. Not racial margins alone, but the margins of football's imagination.

Kanu arrived after heart surgery that could have ended his career. Bergkamp arrived carrying the weight of a disappointing spell at Inter. Henry arrived as a talented but unsettled player still searching for his place. Kolo Touré was potential before proof. Arteta arrived as a midfielder many thought was entering decline, only to be entrusted with the captaincy. Wenger himself was a foreign manager challenging the assumptions of English football.

The pattern was not diversity for its own sake. It was recognition before validation.

Arsenal repeatedly seemed willing to see people not simply as they were, but as they could become. It trusted before consensus arrived. It built a reputation for offering a second chance, a fresh start, or a path to fulfilment where others saw limitation, uncertainty, or decline.

That is why former players, injured players, and out-of-contract players so often found their way back to Arsenal. The club developed a reputation for treating people as more than their immediate utility.

Representation matters. But recognition creates loyalty.

People did not just see players who looked like them. They saw an institution that appeared willing to enlarge its definition of who belonged.

[O'blade @ObiladeOA]

@HojaySax Definitely got Saliba and Rodri wrong

[DailyAFC @DailyAFC]

🎥 Declan Rice’s video from his IG. 📲🥹

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

What it’s all about…

Following our Champions parade, artist Sampha surprised Ebs and the rest of the squad with a live performance of ‘Indecision’ 😍

[The Different Knock 🏆 @DiffKnock]

God I love these boys

[Bielsista @pedroelchileno]

Maybe taking an 18 year old boy from his hometown to live 3 months in London, then 5 months in Strasbourg and then 5 months in Buenos Aires is not such a good idea.

[Yemsss🌞🧡🌞 @Yeahmicee]

He ateeeeeeee 🔥🔥🥰

[gunnerblog @gunnerblog]

🚨 Since his penalty miss in the #UCL final, Arsenal supporters have made Gabriel the top-selling shirt name at the club.

His printed name is up 350% since Saturday’s final. At one stage he was outselling any other name x2.

@TheAthleticFC 🔴⚪️🇧🇷❤️

https://t.co/6GyvOeOOH4

[DailyAFC @DailyAFC]

📲 Declan Rice on Instagram, on the parade bus in North London. 🤯❤️‍🔥

[Vic Vaiana @vicvaiana]

All this in just 4 years.

Remember when they insisted it was impossible to build green infrastructure quickly enough

[O'blade @ObiladeOA]

@Mochievous This is so not surprising 😅. Listened to that speech and immediately thought “this man has some legal training”. Turns out it’s a lot more than “some” after all.

[O'blade @ObiladeOA]

We just sang North London forever here. All of us Arsenal fans still in our jerseys! Super proud of this team!

[Aaron Kay @aaron_kayy]

Madueke was far better than Saka today

[BMORE Reeta @theNFLchick]

Remember people said this was a hoax?

[- @MusialaEra]

Always remember the players who refuse to take a penalty in a shootout are worse than the ones who had the guts but missed

[O'blade @ObiladeOA]

Why was Gabriel playing a 5th penalty?

[B @utdbrxy]

Blowing the whistle just before they take their corner is nuts even as an Arsenal hater