The former Bulls coach didn’t like how NBA players dressed 20 years ago. And now he objects to them making basic requests for humanity
by officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin. And those were just the highest-profile cases.
The entire country was in an uproar as protests took place across the United States. People of all races, colors, nationalities, and cultures let their voices be heard. AndHowever, this apparently didn’t sit too well with Jackson. It was particularly odd coming from a man who has been happy to lap up praise for his embrace of Buddhist teachings, peace and progressive opinions.
The “things on their back” that Jackson was referring to were slogans such as Justice, Equal Opportunity, Vote and Peace. Shouldn’t they be right up his alley, considering his alleged forward thinking? Does peace for all not include Black people? How is it possible that someone who made a fortune thanks to the skills of Black players such as Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant is triggered by athletes saying that their lives matter? Is Jackson really so disgusted that he can’t watch basketball, even as social activism in the league has faded from its peak in 2020?
It raises the question whether Jackson ever saw the lives of the Black athletes he coached as being of any significance outside an NBA court. Or were they to him just, as the journalist William Rhoden once wrote, $40m slaves? Men who are not respected for their opinions, minds or intellect. Men who shouldn’t have the gall to say they should be treated as equals by people who look like Jackson.He wasn’t just disrespectful to players, though.
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