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    Leonard Pitts: Don’t say, ’I am not a racist’

    by Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency Jun 14, 2020 2 minutes

    This column is presented as a public service.

    A few days ago, Greg Glassman, the founder and CEO of CrossFit, set off an uproar by belittling the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. In a Zoom call with gym owners, he bristled at the idea of memorializing a man whose killing outraged the nation and the world.

    “We’re not mourning for George

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