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What Had Happened Was: 1/23/17

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GAME. BLOUSES.

Truth be told, the memes and jokes regarding the NFL conference championships were more entertaining than the games themselves. The Atlanta Falcons beat the Green Bay Packers, 44-21, and Tom Brady led the New England Patriots over the Pittsburgh Steelers, 36-17.

So, let’s get to those memes, shall we?

https://twitter.com/ThatBoiTB/status/823306422402355202

BLESSINGS

SOCIAL STATUS

FOR THE CULTURE

The Oregonian‘s first black employee, first black reporter, first black executive editor and first black editor-in-chief, dies at 89.

British cops used a Taser on a black man they thought was a robber. He was their race-relations adviser.

Wearing a hijab isn’t the way you should show support for Muslim women today — or ever.

Baltimore City Schools have received less state money — not more — than they did before the Horseshoe Casino opened.

San Francisco has the lowest percentage of children among the largest 100 cities in the U.S.

TOP THREE TWEETS

1. WOKE BABY

https://twitter.com/_Levantine/status/823176029615325186

2. COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED

3. COLD HARD FACTS

ICYMI

PICTURE PERFECT

Rhiannon Walker is an associate editor at The Undefeated. She is a drinker of Sassy Cow Creamery chocolate milk, an owner of an extensive Disney VHS collection, and she might have a heart attack if Frank Ocean doesn't drop his second album.