Some of the loudest voices speaking up against racism and police brutality have come from the sports world. 'Because of the huge vacuum that exists in leadership in the White House ... it is a tremendous opportunity,' professor Kenneth Shropshire says.
at Arizona State University, joined us to discuss the response from the sports community.
KS: You know, it is interesting when you forge ahead to the '90s and the LA uprising, following Rodney King and O.J. Simpson, and sort of those moments, there was silence by the athletes. There were attempts — and most notably Craig Hodges with the Chicago Bulls was an outspoken person on this. But, for the most part, there was a deep entrenchment of the Michael Jordan aura of "the best way to get paid in this business is to be apolitical, raceless, and as colorless as you can be.
So we have begun to see this greater movement and this greater moment, but certainly nothing like we're seeing today. You know, the black glove protest in 1968 was two men standing on a victory stand raising their fist. And there wasn't an imagery of actual death accompanying it. The Trayvon Martin moment, we heard about it, we heard some sound, but we didn't see it. I mean, Eric Garner was the closest situation to this, but somehow it wasn't as brazen and blatant as this one.and said something I have not heard a coach say about his colleagues.
KS: So I do applaud the fact that a statement was issued. That didn't have to happen. I'll tell you though, and not just the NFL, so many of those statements do not specifically mention police brutality and police misconduct.
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