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If you say something reprehensible in a public forum, rest assured that the public will remind you of your worst moment. Monday on the social media platform X, former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall faced well-earned mockery when he declared himself “sick of average white guys commenting on football.” Mendenhall made that comment as part of a lengthier post that — barring some unknown context — probably will strike most readers as one of the strangest and most racist rants in memory. “I’m sick of average white guys commenting on football. Y’all not even good at football. …

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