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Gregg Popovich discusses Kaepernick's national anthem protest, social injustices
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:46 pm
quote:
Q: Do you support that athletes that are taking stands?
A: "I absolutely understand why they're doing what they're doing, and I respect their courage for what they've done. The question is whether it will do any good or not because it seems that change really seems to happen through political pressure, no matter how you look at it. Whether it's Dr. [Martin Luther] King getting large groups together and boycotting buses, or what's happened in Carolina with the NBA and other organizations pulling events to make it known what's going on. But I think the important thing that Kaepernick and others have done is to keep it in the conversation. When's the last time you heard the name Michael Brown? With our 24/7 news (cycle), things seem to drift. We're all trying to just exist and survive.
"It's easier for white people because we haven't lived that experience. It's difficult for many white people to understand the day-to-day feeling that many black people have to deal with. It's not just a rogue policeman, or a policeman exerting too much force or power. When we know that most of the police are just trying to do their job, which is very difficult. I'd be scared to death if I was a policeman and I stopped a car. You just don't know what's going to happen. And part of that in our country is exacerbated by the preponderance of guns that other countries don't have to deal with. It gets very complicated.
"At this point, when somebody like Kaepernick brings attention to this, and others who have, it makes people have to face the issue because it's too easy to let it go because it's not their daily experience. If it's not your daily experience, you don't understand it. I didn't talk to my kids about how to act in front of a policeman when you get stopped. I didn't have to do that. All of my black friends have done that. There's something that's wrong about that, and we all know that. What's the solution? Nobody has figured it out. But for sure, the conversation has to stay fresh, it has to stay continuous, it has to be persistent, and we all have a responsibility to make sure that happens in our communities."
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Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:49 pm to Bench McElroy
Libtard, Democrap fig
This post was edited on 9/26/16 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:51 pm to Bench McElroy
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When's the last time you heard the name Michael Brown?
Man whenever people use that piece of shite as a pro BLM talking point, they just show their ignorance.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:55 pm to Bench McElroy
I see a man who has made a living in a profession filled with black people taking a stance that is aligned with the people he has to work with.
Same thing about all the shite the store owner in the Alton Sterling case said. You really think a store clerk who's entire livelihood is made selling shite in the hood is going to come out in favor of the police???
You really think a man who has made a living teaching black dudes and one balding euro guy to chest pass a ball is going to come out anti BLM???
Same thing about all the shite the store owner in the Alton Sterling case said. You really think a store clerk who's entire livelihood is made selling shite in the hood is going to come out in favor of the police???
You really think a man who has made a living teaching black dudes and one balding euro guy to chest pass a ball is going to come out anti BLM???
This post was edited on 9/26/16 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:55 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:What does this even mean? Sorry, Gregg, I didn't grow up in an environment where there was built-in and encouraged disdain and vitriol for the police and another race of people. I went to school, I worked hard, I stayed off the street and I'm not openly defiant to authority.
"It's easier for white people because we haven't lived that experience. It's difficult for many white people to understand the day-to-day feeling that many black people have to deal with. It's not just a rogue policeman, or a policeman exerting too much force or power. When we know that most of the police are just trying to do their job, which is very difficult. I'd be scared to death if I was a policeman and I stopped a car. You just don't know what's going to happen. And part of that in our country is exacerbated by the preponderance of guns that other countries don't have to deal with. It gets very complicated.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:55 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:
When's the last time you heard the name Michael Brown?
Probably not since the crooked arse Justice Department even had to admit that the officer was in the clear. And that Hands Up Don't Shoot was fabricated nonsense.
Probably since then.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 3:58 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:
If it's not your daily experience, you don't understand it.
Yeah, I shouldn't judge child molesters either since it's not my daily experience and I don't understand it.
What complete horseshite.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 4:00 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:
"I absolutely understand why they're doing what they're doing, and I respect their courage for what they've done. The question is whether it will do any good or not because it seems that change really seems to happen through political pressure, no matter how you look at it.
That's why he's the best coach in the NBA, because he's the smartest.
If it wasn't for citizen Youtube videos, most would still be ignorant.
I remember after the Rodney King beatings, the new police chief said "we are going to change this police culture".
Never happened.
They brought in tanks and more helicopters, turned Chevy squad cars into military Humvees and burned the fourth amendment after the L.A. riots.
This has never been a race issue; this is an American issue.
Do you want to still be able to walk the streets free without being asked for I.D. like New York and former East Germany...do you want to still able to tell a cop he can't search your car without a warrant without threat of arrest if you refuse? Do you want to be able to drink a beer in your own backyard without being arrested for public intoxication (this happened in Ohio) on your own property.
I don't know why people have made this a race thing. This is an over-aggressive governmental interference Stasi, Czech, Romania, East German circa 1960 thing.
There wouldn't be any protests if we had professional accountability. But alas, the only people held accountable are those arrested.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 4:01 pm to monkeybutt
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Michael Brown?
I actually hear it al the time and the fact that Michael Brown is the name that comes to mind for Popp shows he either knows nothing about what happened or he's just a dumbass
Posted on 9/26/16 at 4:02 pm to The Sad Banana
The last sentence in that sums it up. Everything is complicated and to solely understand one side's viewpoint is simple minded. Authority is not always right.
This post was edited on 9/26/16 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 9/26/16 at 4:03 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:Gregg Popovich never played in the NBA... so how could he understand how to coach NBA players so successfully?
If it's not your daily experience, you don't understand it.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 4:27 pm to boosiebadazz
I get what Pops is saying but as a white person I worked very hard to get where I am. I went to school, listened, did not get in trouble, graduated high school, went to college, got two degrees, I have student loans, I got a job, I became a productive member of society. My parents weren't wealthy, I wasn't handed anything other than a supporting home environment which I get not many in the black community have.
But when people (no matter the race) don't want to work, want to get handouts, want to live a life of crime, want to disobey law enforcement, and don't want to earn it, I can't really sympathize with any of those people not matter the race.
But when people (no matter the race) don't want to work, want to get handouts, want to live a life of crime, want to disobey law enforcement, and don't want to earn it, I can't really sympathize with any of those people not matter the race.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 4:32 pm to nicholastiger
That's one reason I get frustrated. People have told me I've had everything handed to me in life, like I didn't have to work two jobs, or deal with a girlfriend going through cancer. That everything my life is just a OK because I'm white.
I've faced tough times, had to eat spam, had emergency lung surgery, been isolated, suffered from depression/anxiety, and survived/sometimes prospered. I don't deserve a medal, but I certainly don't deserve the blanket statement that I didn't earn my spot in life just because I'm white.
I've faced tough times, had to eat spam, had emergency lung surgery, been isolated, suffered from depression/anxiety, and survived/sometimes prospered. I don't deserve a medal, but I certainly don't deserve the blanket statement that I didn't earn my spot in life just because I'm white.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 4:42 pm to The Sad Banana
Well said
Posted on 9/26/16 at 5:37 pm to cubsfan5150
Are we really going to call out Pop for this?
He is being asked to take a stance...as was Steve Kerr. These guys make money in an industry loaded with guys who grew up in dangerous, poverty-stricken, drug-filled, crime-riddled environments.
First off, if he keeps quiet, it looks bad. That's the premise of this entire issue against white people. Apparently we (white/middle class) want to turn on blinders and allow the problems to continue.
Secondly, he's supposed to support his players. If there is divisiveness between a coach and his players off the court, it will exist on the court.
Lastly, Michael Brown probably wasn't the right name to use, but he has a point. Media flushes these names through the public eye quickly.
I disagree with the sitting for the anthem. I also think it's unfair for the black communities to constantly call out whites and police without acknowledging the problems in their own community. But what else was Pop supposed to say?
He is being asked to take a stance...as was Steve Kerr. These guys make money in an industry loaded with guys who grew up in dangerous, poverty-stricken, drug-filled, crime-riddled environments.
First off, if he keeps quiet, it looks bad. That's the premise of this entire issue against white people. Apparently we (white/middle class) want to turn on blinders and allow the problems to continue.
Secondly, he's supposed to support his players. If there is divisiveness between a coach and his players off the court, it will exist on the court.
Lastly, Michael Brown probably wasn't the right name to use, but he has a point. Media flushes these names through the public eye quickly.
I disagree with the sitting for the anthem. I also think it's unfair for the black communities to constantly call out whites and police without acknowledging the problems in their own community. But what else was Pop supposed to say?
Posted on 9/26/16 at 5:38 pm to Bench McElroy
I'm just gonna pretend I didn't read that
Posted on 9/26/16 at 5:45 pm to Jcorye1
Good post 
Posted on 9/26/16 at 5:47 pm to Bench McElroy
Popovich is a very smart man.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 5:51 pm to TexasTiger08
Dude you don't have to write out 3 paragraphs trying to defend him. 
he said what he feels and there's nothing wrong with that.
he said what he feels and there's nothing wrong with that. 
Posted on 9/26/16 at 5:52 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:
it seems that change really seems to happen through political pressure, no matter how you look at it. Whether it's Dr. [Martin Luther] King getting large groups together and boycotting buses, or what's happened in Carolina with the NBA and other organizations pulling events to make it known what's going on. But I think the important thing that Kaepernick and others have done is to keep it in the conversation.
I still havent seen any actual change though. So Idk where hes going with that.
When are our police departments going to be changed? Where are the solutions? This conversation has been going on longer than HB2
This post was edited on 9/26/16 at 5:54 pm
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