One of the basketball legend Michael Jordan’s most famous quotes reads:
Republicans also buy sneakers.
the Words fell in 1990, when the Chicago Bulls star refused to support the african-american democrat Harvey Gantts attempt to overturn the notorious republican racist Jesse Helms as a senator for the Jordan’s home state of North Carolina.
In the popular in the Netflix documentary ‘The Last Dance’ defends Jordan as he shame supported Harvey Gantts campaign financially. The comment was said as a joke, and he just would not publicly support a man, he is not known.
Jordan was first and foremost a basketball player and not an activist as, for example, Muhammad Ali.
the Tone from the legend is, however, intensified after the killing of George Floyd and the massive demonstrations across the UNITED states.
First announced Michael Jordan his the Jordan brand over the next ten years, will donate 100 million dollars to organizations that work for racial equality, social justice and better access to education.
In an exclusive interview with the Charlotte Observer says Michael Jordan, to white police brutality against black George Floyd is the last straw, which will get the cup to flow over the after decades of anger and despair over how black people are treated by law enforcement in the UNITED states.
– We have been beaten down for years. It drains your soul. You can’t accept it anymore. This is the turning point. We have to take up the fight. As a society we need to be better in racespørgsmål, says basketstjernen, which owns the majority of the local NBA team the Charlotte Hornets.
For Jordan, it is not just about police behavior, but also about the racism that is accepted in many circles in american society, and how many are biased when it comes to race.
– Just because someone grows up in a ghetto, it does not mean that one should not consider them as equals. Then they begin not even to consider themselves as equal. You should not feel better than others, just because you have grown up with more advantages, he says.
In a country like the UNITED states, where a decent education is expensive, it’s harder to break the social inheritance, than when access to the higher institutions of learning is more accessible.
Michael Jordan – here in company with his parents on his 26th birthday – even went to university in North Carolina. Photo: Charles Bennett/Ritzau Scanpix
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Therefore, attaches to the Michael Jordan training extreme importance, before the situation in the UNITED states is changing.
– My parents are always stressing that education is how you best connect to other people. Education is the best way for black people to do better for themselves.
– Before you can compete to be the best, you must be trained. If you look at this country, is the helping hand (to get a college degree) the best opportunity to clear yourself, ” says Jordan.
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