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Black Lacrosse Player Protests ‘Ninja Please’ Tag Line

Twenty-three year-old Jovan Miller of the Charlotte Hounds, one of only three professional African-American lacrosse players in the country, is refusing to play because of a  slogan, “#NinjaPlease,” being used by Major League Lacrosse’s sponsor, Warrior Sports, in a recent campaign. His boycott could jeopardize his future in the sport.

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A few weeks ago, Miller began noticing his Twitter followers using the hashtag “#NinjaPlease.” It was being used by Warrior Sports as an advertising campaign slogan for its “Dojo

” shoe. The company has since ceased using the slogan.

“It kind of alarmed me at first,” Miller told WCNC TV. “The actual meaning behind ‘Ninja Please’ is the ‘N-word Please.’ They put ninja in it to kind of disguise it.”

Urbandictionary.com defines “Ninja Please” as a statement “used to replace ‘Ni**a please’… when black people are present.”

“If I won’t wear the uniform, obviously I can’t play,” Miller told

WCNC. “This doesn’t just affect me. I’m not just speaking for myself. I’m speaking for every black man or black girl who has ever picked up a lacrosse stick,” Miller said.

Read more at The Grio.

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