American Consequences - November 2020

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SELF-SABOTAGE IN THE NAME OF SOCIAL JUSTICE?

Remember when football used to just be about football?

A beloved American pastime, when family and friends gathered together on Sunday afternoons to eat chili, have a beer or two, and cheer on their favorite team throwing the pigskin around on national TV... It didn’t matter that you liked the Ravens and your neighbor was a Steelers fan – that was just friendly comradery... Football used to be the ultimate unifier... Yet it’s now the opposite – no longer just about the sport, football has become divisively political.

By Elisha Krauss

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comedy show led by creator and producer Lorne Michaels, Saturday Night Live , no longer lampoons both sides of the political aisle. And very recently, Lululemon Athletica, one of the most profitable athletic apparel companies in the country, declared that its fans and

The shift is apparent in Hollywood and retail, too... In recent years, Americans have witnessed a flopped female Ghostbusters remake. There has been a reboot of the ‘70s television classic Charlie’s Angels with very strong feminist undertones. The iconic NBC

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