Nah dog. I'm not on this "let's just célèbrate" nonsense y'all on. This is where the love for Kobe comes in where you treat his bullshyt with kiddie gloves. I love black folks way too much to give a damn who is spewing the bs. Pushing these towing the line sentiments as reality says otherwise is even more harmful than confronting the bs on real terms.
Come on man. How the fukk can someone say this isn't race?
I'm not exactly "celebrating" it's just good to see something even it's some superficial of the moment photo op bullshyt. Better that than more static to keep people distracted. We see it differently breh, I don't even expect athletes to say shyt let alone say what really needs to be said. So any little thing they say or do on a positive note imo at least somewhat helps the cause. Honestly, the shyt was fukked well before the Garner decision you could see people tryna take the racial component out of this latest schism. I'm very jaded towards this country in general and I damn sure don't expect Kobe, LeBron, or any other major athlete to speak truth to power unless they have a history of doing so.
I feel you tho, it's terrible that they want to keep ignoring the elephant in the room and dictate to us how we're suppose to feel or what the issues are. That's why Farrakhan's speech at Marion Barry's homegoing was so poignant. The p*ssycat/lion metaphor he used described the shyt you talkin bout perfectly.
