Michael Smith ain’t say nothing wrong.
Its KNOWN Jim Brown was beating black women.
So in death he has to be condemned for his sins just and he is to be glorified for his virtues.
This isn’t the same as Kobe, who didn’t have a history of MULTIPLE women accusing him of sexual assault
This isn’t the same as Dr Martin Luther King, whose own wife said she didn’t believe he had extramarital affairs.
Jim Brown did great things in the cause for Civil Rights. And it will NEVER be forgotten. The image of him alongside Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul Jabbar with live on forever. He will go down as the arguably the greatest running back who ever lived. His movies won’t be banned or blacklisted. His impact will be celebrated.
But physically beating black women will always hang over his legacy. And that is what it is.