Gregg Popovich on Black History Month

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The San Antonio Spurs are putting together another excellent season that is flying completely under the radar. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, however, has spent the year righteously fired up about the spate of horrific things that have befallen our country and he’s given speech after speech before games decrying the Muslim ban and the election of Trump, while giving his support to the Women’s March.

Before San Antonio’s game against the Sixers tonight, he spoke for three minutes about Black History Month and all the work we still have to do.

Here is a transcript of his comments, via ESPN:

“Well, it’s a remembrance, and a bit of a celebration in some ways. It sounds odd because we’re not there yet, but it’s always important to remember what has passed and what is being experienced now by the black population. It’s a celebration of some of the good things that have happened, and a reminder that there’s a lot more work to do. But more than anything, I think if people take the time to think about it, I think it is our national sin. It always intrigues me when people come out with, ‘I’m tired of talking about that or do we have to talk about race again?’ And the answer is you’re damned right we do. Because it’s always there, and it’s systemic in the sense that when you talk about opportunity it’s not about ‘Well, if you lace up your shoes and you work hard, then you can have the American dream.’ That’s a bunch of hogwash. If you were born white, you automatically have a monstrous advantage educationally, economically, culturally in this society and all the systemic roadblocks that exist, whether it’s in a judicial sense, a neighborhood sense with laws, zoning, education, we have huge problems in that regard that are very complicated, but take leadership, time, and real concern to try to solve. It’s a tough one because people don’t really want to face it. And it’s in our national discourse. We have a president of the United States who spent four or five years disparaging and trying to illegitimatize our president. And we know that was a big fake. But still, [he] felt for some reason it had to be done. I can still remember a paraphrase close to a quote “investigators were sent to Hawaii and you cannot believe what they found.” Well, that was a lie. So if it’s being discussed and perpetrated at that level, you’ve got a national problem. I think that’s enough.”
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http://deadspin.com/gregg-popovich-had-an-insightful-monologue-on-white-pri-1791945369
 
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MJ Truth said:
Is this the part where we rejoice because we found a white man to validate us?

:camby:

All of this talk is great but he's a basketball coach. And no action has ever been put behind his words. So let's save the celebration.
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No action? Donating to good causes and speaking out ain't enough for an entertainer?
 
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For some reason hearing Greg Popovich mindset makes me want to hear more from Tim Duncan. I know Duncan is private, but seeing how Greg thinks and seeing how him and Duncan were so close, it makes you wonder.
 
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MJ Truth said:
Is this the part where we rejoice because we found a white man to validate us?

:camby:

All of this talk is great but he's a basketball coach. And no action has ever been put behind his words. So let's save the celebration.
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This is where we thank Popp for his words,then question why that coward Tim Duncan didnt say it:mjpls:
 
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