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re: Columnist mad NBA players didn't protest the anthem
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:08 pm to TH03
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:08 pm to TH03
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“Everybody has the liberty of (kneeling), and they should (have that freedom),” Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry told USA TODAY Sports on Sunday in Oakland Calif., where he launched a newly refurbished gym and courts for kids and reiterated that he has no plans to kneel. “I think a lot has been said about how the NBA guys – and definitely the case in the NFL, too – are actually doing stuff on the back end and using their platforms and their connections and their networks and money to actually (make a difference).
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“It feels good to have that kind of impact, to help actually create change in the ways that you can. … The attention needs to be on that, and how that’s impacting the community as opposed to 130 guys kneeling in the NFL. That’s great, but this is the stuff that matters and this is the stuff that can actually move the needle when it comes to impacting the next generation.”
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Then came the Anthony-driven community conversation in Los Angeles later that month, when Team USA’s men and women interacted with 50 local kids and 20 LAPD officers who took part in the “Building Bridges through Basketball.” The scene was repeated in New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit, with more cities to come. Locals take part in two-and-a-half hour sessions for 10 weeks. The curriculum includes on-court activities and a civic playbook that focuses on real-life lessons.
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“I think the message is getting lost in the kneeling, for a lot of us, with all the narratives that are being brought out of it,” Memphis point guard Mike Conley told USA TODAY Sports. “People (in the public) can kind of say what they want about everybody’s kneeling, but I think I’m more about the action, more about voicing it.
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Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:09 pm to RedRifle
So some people get mad when the Right isn’t accepting of people not standing for the National Anthem, and this guy isn’t accepting of people standing for the Anthem?
Get outta here with that crap.
The players said they were glad that the NBA had let them voice their opinions very openly, and didn’t want to take away from that by kneeling. They’re still very passionate about racial equality, and working very hard to make an effort to improve that.
Get outta here with that crap.
The players said they were glad that the NBA had let them voice their opinions very openly, and didn’t want to take away from that by kneeling. They’re still very passionate about racial equality, and working very hard to make an effort to improve that.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:10 pm to RedRifle
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You said they were planning of "other ways of protest". They're explicitly saying that they are not going to protest.
I meant they're going out in their communities and trying to fix what they think is bad. Just like the NFL guys do. Poor choice of wording there, I didn't mean they'd kneel down in their driveway.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:11 pm to Dawgsontop34
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They’re still very passionate about racial equality, and working very hard to make an effort to improve that.
Besides giving money to minorities, how do NBA players tangibly improve "racial inequality"?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:13 pm to TH03
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I meant they're going out in their communities and trying to fix what they think is bad. Just like the NFL guys do. Poor choice of wording there, I didn't mean they'd kneel down in their driveway.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:13 pm to RedRifle
Equality eh? What type of equality don't they have?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:13 pm to RedRifle
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I think a lot has been said about how the NBA guys – and definitely the case in the NFL, too – are actually doing stuff on the back end and using their platforms and their connections and their networks and money to actually (make a difference).
The only difference is they won't kneel because they'd get fined. If they wouldn't get fined, some of then would've probably knelt too.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:14 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Besides giving money to minorities, how do NBA players tangibly improve "racial inequality"?
Having cops and kids together might help help.
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Then came the Anthony-driven community conversation in Los Angeles later that month, when Team USA’s men and women interacted with 50 local kids and 20 LAPD officers who took part in the “Building Bridges through Basketball.” The scene was repeated in New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit, with more cities to come. Locals take part in two-and-a-half hour sessions for 10 weeks. The curriculum includes on-court activities and a civic playbook that focuses on real-life lessons.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:16 pm to TH03
The thing is nba players are not really, for the most part, in a position to have shite to protest about
Curry, who is mixed and whose father played in the nba for 17;years, who has lived in gated community his entire life be why are people asking him to kneel?
Melo goes to rickers island and does a workshop with immates. I respect that more than kneeling
Curry, who is mixed and whose father played in the nba for 17;years, who has lived in gated community his entire life be why are people asking him to kneel?
Melo goes to rickers island and does a workshop with immates. I respect that more than kneeling
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:16 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Besides giving money to minorities
I didn't know NBA players fund their own welfare program
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:17 pm to vengeanceofrain
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Curry, who is mixed and whose father played in the nba for 17;years, who has lived in gated community his entire life be why are people asking him to kneel?
The fact that someone would feel curry needs to apologize for being born into a great family is sad.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:23 pm to SDVTiger
he triggered
Posted on 10/18/17 at 2:31 pm to SeeeeK
I don't think he needs to apologize Don't put words in my mouth. But he isn't the guy who needs to be leading the charge on racial inequality because frankly he's never experienced any.
Even a guy like LeBron James who was born poor and never net his father, are treated very differently by everyone from a very early age. A first round pick knows he's a first round pick by the time he's a junior or senior in high school and everyone around them knows it too
Nba players are just not the ones who should be leading the charge
Even a guy like LeBron James who was born poor and never net his father, are treated very differently by everyone from a very early age. A first round pick knows he's a first round pick by the time he's a junior or senior in high school and everyone around them knows it too
Nba players are just not the ones who should be leading the charge
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:26 pm to vengeanceofrain
quote:Curry is a quarter white at most. Sonya Curry is Creole
Curry, who is mixed and whose father played in the nba for 17;years, who has lived in gated community his entire life be why are people asking him to kneel?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:00 pm to vengeanceofrain
This is one of the dumbest argument I’ve ever heard. If that’s the case then why is anyone of wealth running for politics or give to charity? They’ve never experienced poverty
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:16 pm to RedRifle
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involved in the community
They all should of been doing this for decades. And instead of propping themselves up, propping up local teachers, firemen, actual leaders of men,etc.
Push the jock sniffing to the side, and show them education is how you succeed in life, not a football or basketball.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:28 pm to RedRifle
Why would you even bother linking worthless crap like that
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:36 pm to RedRifle
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Columnist mad NBA players didn't protest the anthem
Columnist mad NBA players didn't protest during the anthem
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:40 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Didn't Curry say that they thought that kneeling wouldn't solve or change anything and they have taken a different approach to change? Could of sworn he said it last night or at least someone did during the broadcast
Right, he said it’s counterproductive
Posted on 10/18/17 at 8:23 pm to vengeanceofrain
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Curry, who is mixed and whose father played in the nba for 17;years, who has lived in gated community his entire life be why are people asking him to kneel?
Similar to Eric Reid, who feels guilty for not being raised in the hood by a single mother, but is now a SJW.
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