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The Oakland Raiders are one of the most storied franchises in all of pro sports and their fans – the Raider Nation – is one of the most infamous. Face paint, spiked shoulder pads, Darth Vader costumes, a variety of scary masks, and of course, those iconic black jerseys will always single out the Raider fans for the masses. The Nation calls it passion and devotion. Others call it intimidating and scary, as well as indicative of thuggish and criminal behavior.
It’s not very often that I break that “fourth wall” and personally editorialize like this.