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December 13, 2013 06:08 am GMT

Kobe Bryant, Jim Brown Trade Shots About 'Culture'

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Kobe Bryant took to Twitter on Thursday to fire back at Jim Brown after the legendary NFL player and civil rights activist slighted him on The Arsenio Hall Show this week

Bryant is African American but spent several years as a kid living in Italy, where his father played after his NBA career ended. Bryant speaks fluent Italian and his upbringing in Europe was the crux of Brown's criticism

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Brown was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1971, but is also well-known for his activism. When Hall asked him about Bryant, Brown said, in part, "He is somewhat confused about culture, because he was brought up in another country so it doesn't quite fit what's happening in America." Read more...

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