It's a start
I ain't mad at it. I believe Dwight is genuine. As I've gotten older I realize that we've taken on the white folks tactic of trying to attack other black folks for having another route. I'm glad that he's trying to do something because I'm trying to do some shyt in my own way too.
My main issue with the idea is that if you're removing yourself from the NBA's platform then you need to replace that visibility. We're all online so we get news in a different way than a lot of the world. There's a lot of people who haven't seen videos of cops doing bullshyt because the major platforms aren't showing it. Their main coverage of the protests mostly revolved around the looting now all of them are subtly trying to shyt away from it now that it's peaceful. CNN, NY Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, and a few others have started pushing BLM further down the page if not completely off the page. The people in charge are very good at playing the long game. Some cities are changing policies, but most of them painted black lives matter on the streets, had a few cops kneel, and will pretend like that's good enough while the major news outlets shift the narrative. None of them mention any of the hangings on their websites except the LA times.
To keep pushing this into their faces we need to take advantage of the platforms we dominate which right now is music and sports. They don't have us in executive offices like they should nor a major part of any work force and the one thing they're cool with us getting easy entry into is the mediums they like to use as a "distraction" and we shouldn't let it be one for them. Every interview with ESPN should be a player asking when actual policies are going to change. Don't just name streets BLM avenue. That's bullshyt. Keep pressure on their necks to do some real shyt and don't let them get "tired of talking about it". They're going to try their hardest to make this into a fleeting trend. That's what they do and they're really fukking good at it.
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