'Leaders have to be bold enough to state the obvious and call out racism.' Masai Ujiri says in light of the death of George Floyd, the time is now for people to have difficult conversations about inequality and use their platform to call out racism.
president Masai Ujiri says in light of the death of George Floyd, the time is now for people to have difficult conversations about inequality and implored that prominent figures use their platform to call out racism.
“I didn’t see any peace or protection when that officer had his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck. I saw indifference. The ‘order’ in ‘law and order’ should not mean the deadly suppression of people of colour; it should mean preserving a society so we can all feel free and safe, to live in peace with each other,” he said.
The Raptors president has previously alleged he was assaulted by a sheriff’s deputy before a shoving altercation between the two men as Ujiri attempted to make his way on the court following Toronto’s championship-clinching, Game 6 win over the Golden State Warriors. Throughout the piece, Ujiri focuses on the headline-grabbing incidents of racial injustice in the U.S., but notes that Canada — where he has spent the past seven years managing the Raptors — is not immune to the “disease of racism.”
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