White on White Violence Hits NASCAR

Brad Keselowski, right, is punched during a fight after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. The crews of Jeff Gordon and Keselowski fought after... Brad Keselowski, right, is punched during a fight after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. The crews of Jeff Gordon and Keselowski fought after the race. (AP Photo/Matthew Bishop) MORE LESS
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There are consequences when we define deviancy down and ideas do matter. Fresh off the Palin Brawl from this summer, yesterday we had another incident of high-profile white on white violence. How much acceptance of the Palin incident played into this latest flare up cannot be known. Now the venue was NASCAR, an important part of white folk culture which is a source of camaraderie and good times for responsible white families. Yesterday, though, at the AAA Texas 500 Brad Keselowski and Jeff Gordon got into an angry off track brawl which eventually pulled in various members of their crews and hangers on.

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