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Michael Jordan's Teammate Was Blackballed After 1991 Letter To President Bush
si.com ^ | 05/02/2025 | Ray Richardson

Posted on 05/02/2025 9:55:16 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Former NBA guard Craig Hodges, regarded as one of the league’s premier three-point shooters before Steph Curry, painfully understands his career is defined more by a letter he wrote than his ability to knock down shots.

As a star reserve with the Chicago Bulls, Hodges joined his teammates in 1991 for a visit to the White House to celebrate the Bulls’ first NBA Championship with President George H.W. Bush. Hodges, an outspoken advocate for social justice and civil rights during his 10-year NBA career, viewed the trip as an opportunity.

Near the end of the celebration, Hodges, dressed in a white dashiki and Muslim kufi hat, gave an envelope to Bush’s press secretary Marlin Fitzwater. The envelope contained an eight-page letter addressed to Bush, a letter Hodges had written to ask the president to be more active in resolving issues facing “poor and minority communities” around the country.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; History; Society; Sports
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hodges was woke before it was cool.


21 posted on 05/02/2025 11:04:42 AM PDT by No Party Affiliation
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To: BenLurkin

“What is a “star reserve”?”

A player good enough to start on a lot of teams who in a substitute role contributes heavily to his team.


22 posted on 05/02/2025 2:55:23 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE fSPEECH! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A trend setter leading to Colin Kaepernick...


23 posted on 05/03/2025 7:28:25 AM PDT by BFW (loss of signal)
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