It’s being pursued by the obscure nonprofit African Diaspora Maritime Corp. from landlocked Raleigh, North Carolina, with help from major law firm McDermott Will & Emery. Ellison himself has pursued extensive litigation over the yachting event. [News & Observer]
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I guess Raleigh is landlocked if you mean that no portion of it borders an ocean, but Raleigh is the capital of a state that was attacked by Blackbeard and Nazi U-boats.
It could be that Blackbeard and the Kriegsmarine failed so disastrously precisely because they were fighting on low ground.
“Kithcart said he will do his best to prove ADM is a viable, real Cup effort that could bring something to yachting: the sort of wattage that Tiger Woods brought to golf and Serena and Venus Williams brought to tennis. “We could give people those goose bump moments,” he said. ”
… in other words, white sailors don’t give anyone goosebumps, but black sailors would? I mean, wouldn’t this count as its own form of racism? And isn’t the entire thing absurdly presumptious to begin with? And what is a prominent law firm doing litigating this case pro bono? Oh, but I waste my time…