🗣️ “In 2022, when she ran fast, everyone had an opinion…now that the times have filled in these last few years since Eugene, suddenly that world record is legit.”
After Masai Russell’s blazing start to 2026, @TheRealMerb makes the case that it’s time to make amends with Tobi Amusan, whose 100m hurdles world record at the 2022 World Championships got buried under doubt and controversy instead of being celebrated.
🎧 Full discussion on the CITIUS MAG Podcast’s latest “This Week In Track and Field” episode. Available to stream, download and listen to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify >> https://t.co/KZpb0Zokug
Apartheid ended because it was no longer economically viable and sustainable. Not because white people saw it as immoral and had a sudden change of heart.
a reminder that one of the constant racial micro-aggressions Africans face outside Africa are related to "noise control."
we laugh too loud, we listen to music too loud, when excited we speak louder than most...both slavery & colonialism had documented frameworks on silencing us
And to understand how performative this entire spectacle is, remember that Emmanuel Macron once called a French kid during a school visit in France an “imbecile” for daring to address him by his first name instead of “Mr. President.”
But suddenly in Kenya, he becomes “Emmanuel.” Smiling with children, performing closeness and pretending informality.
And for course the media is there to serve this political theater.
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