Lebron James to Kaepernick: Can America's Raceless Athlete Fight Racial Injustice - NBA NFL MLB

Tonetalks' Podcast

Attorney Antonio Moore evaluates Lebron James and Colin Kaepernick in context of racial tensions in America. Moore delves into the Lebron James I Promise School, Kaepernick taking a knee, and several other racial issues surrounding sports in America. Moore looks at whether sports professional can fight racial injustice, and global ambassadors for sports that so often represent themselves as post-racial. Excerpt: In America today so much of sport is more about the bread and circus than the art of competition. The ringleader of the circus can’t stand up to the crowd and scream there is no bread, and once he does the circus can no longer have him lead the show. Whether they say it or not, this is where the NFL stands with Kaepernick. From sponsorships to community activities, the overarching theme of modern sports is to portray the best vision of America, not the truth of its urban ghettos. As I have stated before, sports today plays the role of a decadent veil, particularly in relation to covering the economic problems of the black community. A community in dire need of social equity has been sold on hooking its dreams on hoops and gridiron, leaving little room for anything else. Football’s war on the minds of black men is real, and Kaepernick’s protest and the league’s reaction points it out in a real way. It becomes increasingly obvious when, in a quarterback-hungry league, owners begin to look for any way out, including pointing to a vegan diet as a way to slip by the ire of its most conscious fans. So when Kaepernick knelt during an NFL game, I knew his days were numbered. How can a league built on feel-good stories of overcoming the odds have a franchise quarterback pointing out the reality that hardly anyone overcomes the odds?