Basketball Wives: I Still Stand With OG, But I Can’t Help But Wonder What Her Endgame Is

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Basketball Wives: I Still Stand With OG, But I Can’t Help But Wonder What Her Endgame Is

I can't say what OG wants (aside from apologies) and I still agree with the unfairness of her experiences last season. Still, I personally have no interest in watching a season full of people debating colorism as opposed to actually having the fruitful conversations necessary to keep it from happening again.

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