Kyrie Irving Denies 'No Black Girls Allowed' Yacht Party Claims
Kyrie Irving is a newly minted NBA Champion. As such, he's celebrating like the 24-year-old multimillionaire that he is. The problem is, the optics of one recent party drew heavy criticism from Twitter. Their anger is best summarized by a cultural observation about the black community rapped by Kanye West in 2005: "When you get on, he'll leave your ass for a white girl," he joked (but not really) on "Gold Digger."
As seen in the video below, uploaded five days after Irving's Cleveland Cavaliers won their first NBA title, Irving's toweled head is surrounded by white women -- not a single black woman is seen. To many, this was a clear example of yet another black man running from his race after experiencing celebrity-status success. And once MediaTakeOut wrote about the video with a "No Black Girls" headline, the ensuing outrage came swiftly.
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