Barstool Sports' David Portnoy on #BlackoutTuesday movement: 'You're really doing nothing'

Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy rejected the #BlackoutTuesday movement that has dominated social media.

Celebrities, corporations and other public figures have flooded Instagram with posts of solid black boxes expressing solidarity with Black Lives Matter following the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd on May 25.

In a video message on Tuesday -- which he posted with the hashtag #BlackoutTuesday -- Portnoy said he contemplated whether or not he and Barstool Sports should also participate in #BlackoutTuesday since "everybody's doing it," fearing that they'll "look like f---in' racists" if they don't.

"Let me be very clear... we have to get to a place in this country where it doesn't matter the color of your skin. If you see a police officer walking down the street, you don't think you're going to be treated differently because you're black or white. We have to get there," Portnoy said. "But does that box on your profile today get you any closer? Everybody is already hyperfocused on racism right now in the U. S. There are riots basically every single night. You couldn't be paying more attention to these issues at this precise moment if your life depended on it,... (Read more)

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