Posted on 05/06/2014 8:47:18 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Basketball legend Michael Jordan says that he considered himself a racist when he was a teenager and was against all white people.
The confession comes from a new book, Michael Jordan: The Life, by Ronald Lazenby.
Jordan said the Ku Klux Klan was dominant in North Carolina where he grew up in the mid-1970s, buying uniforms for sports teams and bibles for schools.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The NBA does not look like America. The statistics bear out a distinct disparity, which is de facto evidence of discrimination, according to any number of governmental agencies. If Mr. Jordan is in his own words opposed to discrimination at any level, he can start with his own team and end this deplorable disparity. Make your team look like American, Mr. Jordan.
Kind of a good idea, but then again, people can make a big deal nowadays as to who you supposedly supported, even if you aren’t in their face about it.
Black on Black violence, often gang related, is also very common.
Not silence him at all, just suggest how to say something better. It’s not like my comments are worth much to him anyways.
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