#romare bearden gave up a chance to be the first negro player in the MLB because they asked him to pass as white

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

one of my old church camp counselors i follow on instagram has gotten so reactionary shes always posting nonsense but shes also joined the train that pretends like kanye and kyrie irving are being crucified or something and its insane to me. people on theshaderoom (i KNOW) are literally calling it a LYNCHING and MODERN DAY SLAVERY that this guy has to pay a donation HE offered and attend two trainings and a couple fucking meetings and then say sorry. that is literally nothing. that’s literally some nonsense lol the nets just told him to play like hes contrite and do some bullshit DEI nonsense and some superficial dialogue and then they can all go back to making millions. and theyre like, it’s giving your name is toby! like you are broke motherfucker defending a millionaire for jeopardizing a position people would KILL FOR over some deranged nonsense.

and you know what? if kyrie actually believed in whatever this silliness is, if this is actually some serious noble stand he’s taking, then he would be willing to risk mainstream acceptance and money and his position for it. athletes that actually took real stands for radical views and not hateful internet garbage were willing to take whatever to stand for what they believed in. that’s what taking a stand means, that’s what protest means. that’s why bill russell and muhammad ali and kareem abdul-jabbar and tommie smith and john carlos (and peter norman) and kyrie’s fellow players on the bucks and on the clippers - and countless others - are so respected for what they did. lynching my fucking ass