By refusing to take the court, NBA players sparked a historic moment in sports and sent a powerful message to the people who sign the cheques: Step up and become part of the solution. (donnovanbennett)
On Monday, Bucks guard George Hill expressed how restarting the NBA season might have been a mistake because it took the focus away from pursuing meaningful reforms to address systemic racism and police brutality.. “Coming here just took all the focal points off what the issues are. But we’re here. It is what it is. We can’t do anything from right here. But definitely when it’s all settled, some things need to be done. This world has to change.
We can tweet and talk and march but the question we all ultimately have to answer is what are you willing to give up so that someone else doesn’t have to give up their life, their child, their partner, their parent or their freedom?Colin Kaepernick gave up his career.
And it’s not like the type of pressure the players are asking the league to apply is foreign or unreasonable. The NBA has used it’s might before as leverage to promote social change. The league refused to host the All-Star Game in North Carolina for two years in protest of the discriminatory HB2 “Bathroom Bill,” which singled out members of the transgender community and limited LGBTQ+ protections.
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