I'm not really in the camp of wanting to call Doc and his players c00ns. I definitely wish he had done things differently. I'm disappointed, sure. But dude is in such an unenviable position... All of this points to a much more pressing issue that no on has cared to address for decades. Our leadership collapsed. We have nothing. We don't have prominent leaders who would call and advise Doc, offer strategies and support. Integration into the mainstream kind of worked the way a lot of private charter schools work - you pull the high achievers out of their community, deepening the depressing and perilous conditions of the already underfunded public schools. The private school kids go on to prep school, college, and a corporate job, only to feel completely disconnected from the dominant culture as well as the culture they were once familiar with. nikkas embraced that mythical American individualism bullshyt, went for self, and the support systems eroded. Yeah, Doc comes off as weak, and the Clippers' protest looks tepid... But who has their back, man? We can't even get intelligent, informed, uncompromising blacks on the air fam. Step back from the situation and let it marinate: the media's go-to voices on this were Stephen A. Smith, Shaquille, Charles Barkley, and Jalen Rose. Those brothers are a lot of things - amusing, raw, personable - but they aren't fit for the sort of commentary needed. The issues we face in society are bigger than basketball and rap, but our spokespeople barely exist beyond basketball players and rappers. And I'm sorry, jive ass Iron Mike Dyson and the mad Dr. Of Afros aka Cornyay West don't have the integrity to lead or inspire nikkas. The demise of black intellectual leadership is what puts Doc, CP3, and all of us in these lose-lose situations. nikkas lack guidance and clarity. And the demise of that shyt was not accidental.
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... Chauncey went for they soul.... Challenged they manhood and integrity....
