LeBron James has reacted to a heartfelt response to the murder of George Floyd that came out of the mouth of Jalen Rose.
On Friday’s edition of ESPN’s ‘Get Up,’ the former NBA player and current on-air personality provided his commentary on the state of race relations in the United States:
“I have to say this. I wish America loved black people as much as they love black culture,” Rose said. “There’s so many times that it gets cherry-picked, and it gets piggy-backed, but only when it’s convenient. And sometimes it happens in entertainment and athletics.
“We’re not here designed only to entertain. We’re actually living and breathing human beings that have a multitude of intelligence, work ethic, discipline and talent. We’ve overcome a lot just like so many other races.
“This didn’t just start happening,” Rose continued. “You can Google. We’ve been sprayed with water hoses, we’ve been attacked by dogs, we’ve overcome it. I’m old enough to remember ‘I Have A Dream,’ ‘Fight the Power,’ ‘Screw the Police.’ Now it’s ‘I can’t breathe.’
“This is not new, and it’s not going to come from just us. We need people who aren’t black. We need people who aren’t brown. When you know these things are happening in your society to have a voice, a legitimate one, lock and step with us. Protest with us. Post with us. Not just when it’s convenient, when it can be uncomfortable.
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“The image of Colin Kaepernick taking a knee at a football game during the national anthem is the exact one that we see in Minnesota, when a guy was laying on the ground for over eight minutes, handcuffed, with a knee to his neck. And was murdered.
“Let’s start calling these things what they are,” Rose said. “These are murderings. These are lynchings. These things have caused pain in our society, in our community, for hundreds of years. We’ve been screaming out for your assistance.”
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James loved every bit of what he said.
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered as he pleaded that he could not breathe as a cop placed his knee on his neck for 8 minutes.
That cop has since been arrested and charged with 3rd degree murder.
