Gilbert Arenas Recent Racist Comments Should Earn Him The Donald Sterling Treatment: PERMANENTLY BANNED
Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Charles Williams II, at a press conference in Detroit Michigan. Photo Credit: Joe Jones
Gilbert Arenas, the unknown basketball player who last played in Shanghai. Is making moves to get back into the National Basketball Association (NBA), after a less than stellar career sent him into an undesirable status. Gilbert Arenas recently, made comments about the case of Micheal Brown, and the St. Louis reaction. Brown, who was a St. Louis area teen shot and killed by a police officer from a surrounding city. His death has sparked many protest and in some case civil unrest. Many people have had many things to say about this issue, but none of the remarks have been as misdirected, ignorant, and racist as Mr. Arenas.
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First, Mr Arena makes light of the pain and outcry that the young people made in response to what was happening with the brown case. No one can deny that a peace option is the best option and the strategy used to break the law in a violent way is wrong. However, instead of him taking the opportunity to encourage a better strategy, and a more effective tactic he goes in to a (f bomb) rage.
Secondly, I belong to National Action Network as a member, and also serve as an officer in Michigan and nationally. So obviously I would take offense to his words that characterize the strategy of our civil rights work as ineffective. A. Phillip Randolph brought national attention to sleeping car porters, Dr. Martin. Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson and countless others brought national attention to the plight of African Americans, the point is bringing national attention to issues is in the tradition of the civil rights movement, and often times the resolution doesn't come until national attention is brought to an issue. Maybe Mr. Arenas doesn't know his history.
Lastly, the use of derogatory terms have no place in public dialogue. Whether you are Donald sterling, Don Imus. It doesn't matter if you are black or white, you must suffer the consequences of using terms that have a deep history of degradation and pain. So I believe the NBA commissioner should revoke his status as a free agent and he shouldn't be allowed to get back on a team in the NBA.
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