An interview with Isiah Thomas about Detroit's 'No Crime Day.'
At that time, the crime rate had skyrocketed. A lot of the labeling around Detroit, in my opinion, had to do with the classification of being a Black city and the stereotypes that we continue to fight being classified as Black in America.
But I wanted to let them know that there is goodness that comes out of these situations. I watched my mom do it. There’s poverty, but there’s a dignity that you try to maintain and hold on to. I wanted the community in Detroit to know that, hey, I’m with you.What do you remember about pitching this idea? You call up Mayor Coleman Young and say, “I’ve got this idea”?Yes, which is exactly what I did. And to his credit, he said, “Let’s do it.” He got behind it.
Yeah. And I understand that. But the hope is that you can give a kid the dream that’s the inspiration to keep going. The cynicism of poverty and the depression and the lack of resources makes you understand, and it’s a harshness that sometimes comes with it that no one cares about me. So the cynical side of it, it’s like,But those kids who were saying, “No one’s going to listen.” What I took away from that is: They listened.
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