*Attorney Antonio Moore evaluates Lebron James and Colin Kaepernick in context of racial tensions in America. Moore delves into the Lebron James I Promise School, Kaepernick taking a knee, and several other racial issues surrounding sports in America. Moore looks at whether sports professionals can fight racial injustice, and be global ambassadors for sports that so often represent themselves as post-racial.
Excerpt “Kaepernick May Never Play Football Again for Saying Black Lives Matter” by Antonio Moore:
In America today so much of sport is more about the bread and circus than the art of competition. The ringleader of the circus can’t stand up to the crowd and scream there is no bread, and once he does the circus can no longer have him lead the show. Whether they say it or not, this is where the NFL stands with Kaepernick. From sponsorships to community activities, the overarching theme of modern sports is to portray the best vision of America, not the truth of its urban ghettos.
As I have stated before, sports today plays the role of a decadent veil, particularly in relation to covering the economic problems of the black community. A community in dire need of social equity has been sold on hooking its dreams on hoops and gridiron, leaving little room for anything else. Football’s war on the minds of black men is real, and Kaepernick’s protest and the league’s reaction points it out in a real way. It becomes increasingly obvious when, in a quarterback-hungry league, owners begin to look for any way out, including pointing to a vegan diet as a way to slip by the ire of its most conscious fans.
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