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Title: LeBron James: NFL Owners 'Old White Men' with 'Slave Mentality' Toward Players
Source:
Bleache Report
URL Source: https://bleacherreport.com/articles ... slave-mentality-toward-players
Published: Dec 23, 2018
Author: Paul Kasabian
Post Date: 2018-12-23 11:53:01 by IbJensen
Keywords: None
Views: 485
Comments: 6
(Big mouth's mansion) Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James said Friday on his HBO Sports series The Shop that the NFL has "a bunch of old white men owning teams" who have a "slave mentality" toward players. Ben Golliver of the Washington Post provided the full transcript: https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/1076319567792742400/photo/1 Ahiza Garcia of CNN Money reported May 18 that only two people of color owned or co-owned professional NFL teams: Shahid Khan of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Kim Pegula of the Buffalo Bills. The lack of diversity spreads through all major American sports leagues, with the NBA having the most people of color own or co-own teams (only three). The same goes for management and coaching positions as well. James is one of a few people to call out the league and/or its owners over a "slave mentality" or something similar after NFL owners approved a national anthem policy whereas players must either stand or stay in the locker room. The policy was in direct response to NFL players protesting racial injustice and social inequality during the performance of the song. San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, in response to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stating his players must have their "toe on the line" and stand during the anthem, said Jones had an "old plantation mentality." Solomon Jones of Philly.com wrote that "team owners sometimes think and behave like slave owners." Per Glen Martin of California Magazine, Cal sociology professor emeritus and civil rights activist Harry Edwards said the policy, which stated that players must stand for the anthem or stay in the locker room, is representative of a "plantation mentality." Edwards noted NFL owners "are wealthy, entitled and arrogant, and they essentially view their players as property, not human beings with rights guaranteed by the Constitution. ... [NFL team] owners are acting like plantation owners, insisting that any act of ‘rebellion’ must be squelched.” James has never been afraid to use his platform to express his feelings on the world's most important issues, as Cord Jefferson of Bleacher Report noted in a July 23 piece. Chances are this won't be the last time we see James shun the "shut-up-and-dribble" request.
Poster Comment: James, with his $23 Million house appears more like a spoiled big mouth asshole than a slave. I’m so tired of hearing what Lebron thinks... at this point is he even entitled to his opinion anymore? Basketball has become a Negro sport with six foot plus freaks that can hold onto the rim and drop the ball in.
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#2. To: IbJensen (#0)
Then I propose a solution: No more than 12.7% of all basketball players should be African American. All other industries have to comply. So should sports.
Commonly referred to as the 13%. Potatoes hate that. lol
Well, then sell his slave ass, and make him pick cotton !!!!
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#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
12.7%
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