Posted on 05/04/2017 1:37:59 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
Charles Barkley, who caught some heat in 2014 for calling rioters in Ferguson, Mo., “scumbags,” might not be everyone’s go-to guy to talk about race, much less to spark a national dialogue on the subject.
But the former Sixers great and Inside the NBA analyst will be talking plenty – and listening, too — in his four-hour docu-series, American Race. (When the show was first announced last summer, its working title was The Race Card.) The first episode gets a preview after NBA playoff coverage Sunday (11:30 p.m., TNT). On Monday, all four episodes will be available on demand, or on the TNT app, before the show runs in its entirety at 9 and 10 p.m. May 11 and 12.
“In this country, we don’t like to talk about race. But race gets into everything, whether we like it or not,” Barkley says in Sunday’s premiere.
“I grew up poor, in Leeds, Ala., in the ’60s and ’70s. We had Selma, we had Montgomery, and now 50 years later we’re more divided than ever,” he says, sounding exasperated. “I just want to give everyone a seat at the table. It’s about time we talk about race in America.” That first installment takes Barkley to Baltimore, where, in 2015, riots followed the death of Freddie Gray, who’d succumbed to injuries sustained in the back of a police van.
“Police brutality. We’re seeing too much of it. Baltimore, New York, Ferguson, we’ve seen too much. But I’ve always felt there’s no good reason to riot.
Baltimore went up in flames, and a lot of people got hurt. I understand, and support Black Lives Matter. But I’ve always thought it was stupid to destroy your own neighborhood. I want to find out what the hell happened in Baltimore,” Barkley says.
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I’d like to know, when will we NOT talk about race in America?
No, I agree, really.
The NBA needs more Koreans AND WHEN WILL THEY GET JUSTICE...?
Why all the NBA HATE, HUH...?
No thanks.
I remember Eric Holder saying we needed to talk about race.
When a white person hears that, blacks claim whites clam up and get scared.
Yeah, cuz EVERY time it’s simply a request to BERATE you one-sidedly about all kinds of specious balderdash from hundreds of years ago, or more recently made-up stuff.
They NEVER want a genuine dialogue, they want a DIATRIBE.
There are 50 million slaves TODAY, many of them in Africa.
I want an APOLOGY for that.
Yeah Charles, because we haven’t been.
/sarc
Charles, you butterball turkey, you and Eric Holder are the only people in this country who want to talk about race. After 50 years, the rest of us are sick of it.
Oh gag me with a spoon....there are never-ending conversations about race in this country. I’m weary of the endless identity politics.
We “talk”...THEY yell, filabuster, and riot.
Nothing will come of that but hate.
Time to talk about race? Oh yes, Sir Charles. Lets talk.
For starters - why are 50% of the murders in the US committed by just 3% of the population?
hmmmmm???
Actually, we have been talking about racism non-stop for eight freakin’ years.
Maybe it’s time now to talk about something else — like totalitarian leftism.
Time we talk about race in America? Race is talked about to excess in America with the discussion s usually one-sided.
Back in the student protest days of the 1960’s a hippie student approached the blackboard in his classroom and wrote, “Question Authority!”
The professor wiped his glasses, straddled up to the blackboard, and wrote, “If Authority answers, will you listen?”
That’s why we don’t talk race in this country. If we talk, they don’t listen.
Police officers in Dallas, Ferguson and elsewhere would prefer the talking to end.
Race gets too much attention in this country. You’re categorized by your race at birth, and are constantly reminded of it from then on. If you’re white, you’re “privileged”. Anything else and you’re a victim. There is only one other country I know that was so fixated by race: Nazi Germany.
“I understand, and support Black Lives Matter”
Racist.
That’s akin to me saying I understand, and support the KKK.
I used to think talking things out worked. NOPE!
The more we focus on race, the worse it becomes.
Some folks will never let go of the race card. It’s their avenue to empowerment.
Look at what is taking place on our campuses today. Did talking things out prevent this? NO!!!!
Talking about race has become synonymous with denial. As long as you continue to think you’ve been victimized, it excuses you from having to excel.
“No, I never made it. It was impossible for me to as a Black man/woman.” But sir/madam, many Blacks are making it today. They are mainstream and living good middle-class lives. “Yes, but they are Uncle Toms.” No, they just applied themselves and worked are to excel. “No, that simply can’t happen!” Well it is...
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