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Ex-Wrestling Promoter Plans All-White Basketball League

AABA open only to 'natural born citizens'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff | Suggested by Thinker

Posted Jan 20, 2010 1:10 PM CST

(Newser) – An Atlanta-area sports promoter has announced plans for—brace yourself—a whites-only pro basketball league. Dubbed the “All-American Basketball Alliance,” the league would only be open to “natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race.” The commissioner, former... Read full story »

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