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The NFL (National Football League) commissioner, Roger Goodell, has reinstated Michael Vick with some attached conditions.

Social networks are a flittering with discussions, some fair and some not-so-much with sentiments that any “white people” questioning Vick’s reinstatement should remember that the things Vick was accused or convicted of–hanging dogs, abusing dogs, having dogs (raped) bread–are all things whites did to black people in our nation’s history.

And while there sure are some racial issues still lingering in this country today that deserve some candid discussions and debates, I’m not so sure in defense of Michael Vick is the smartest place to make that stand for anyone.

But, it is what it is and that’s what folks are talking about right now, for better or worse, Vick is back.

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