On this…Mo’Kelly agrees with Jason 100%.
One of my best friends from college — an educated, successful, deeply religious, married father — told me I was uppity because I was trying not to use the N-word and asked him to avoid the word in my presence.
What’s sad is we’ve given up on the fight for respect. We think respect for President Obama is respect for all of us. Child, please.
Again, I support and applaud the courage displayed by Grant Hill, Charles Barkley, Jared Dudley and, to a lesser degree, Kobe Bryant and Joakim Noah.
But why aren’t black athletes using their influence and platforms to uplift black folks? Our thinking needs to be challenged.
I want a PSA saying the N-word isn’t cool or appropriate. I want a PSA from LeBron James telling black kids excelling in academics and learning to speak proper English are not ways to sell out your race. I want a PSA from Ray Lewis explaining that baby-mama and baby-daddy cultures are poisons helping keep black kids locked in poverty and incarceration.
Gay people understand the power and influence of black athletes better than African-Americans do.
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