Charles Barkley Explains Being Good With His 'Blackness' and Why He Feels A Lot of Black People Are 'Full of S***'
Every so often, Charles Barkley makes comments that leave us scratching our heads. This is clearly one of those times.
Recently speaking with The Shadow League, the NBA Hall of Famer brought up Black people who question his "Blackness" and did so with zero Fs given, saying he's good with his Blackness and that "a lot of Black people are full of s***."
Wait ... what?
"I don't worry about that. Listen, my track record speaks for itself," Barkley told the website about African-Americans criticizing him and his Blackness. "The one thing I've learned as a Black man is every time I say something that is not 100 percent in agreement with the Black community there's a faction that goes crazy. I don't care about that."
And Chuck was just getting warmed up.
"People say to me, 'Man, did you just give a million dollars to a Historically Black College?' I say, 'Yeah.' And they say, 'Well, why didn't you tell anybody?' And I say, 'I'm not trying to impress those c***s******'" Barkley continued.
He added: "I just gave Morehouse, Clark Atlanta and Alabama A&M in Huntsville a million dollars to help Black kids go to college. I just gave Auburn $2 million to recruit Black kids. I'm good with my Blackness. Listen, man, one thing I understand about being Black and famous is a lot of Black people are full of shit. I'm good with that."
Welp.
The last time Barkley generated buzz for his comments, he was coming down on LeBron James for being "whiny," sparking the King to clap back calling Chuck a "hater" in their well-publicized beef last month.
We wonder if his comments about his "Blackness" and "a lot of Black people are full of s***" will generate as much buzz.
Whatever transpires, though, it's likely that Barkley will keep commenting with zero chill. It's what he does.
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