I'm all for free speech and expressing yourself but honestly this is just a sign of the times. Race card gets played all the time, whenever possible.
Is there issues? Yes certainly.
Funny thing is my first encounter with racism was being called a slur for white people and not the other way around, and I was a kid.
The part that is wrong to me, is that the people and governments pay for these ridiculous stadiums, every time a team threatens. Which makes the owners a ton of money, which in turn allows the players to make tons of money.
He has aright to make a statement, but it's a slap in the face the country as a whole. People have lost class.
They're too busy ignoring everything that's going on in our country that people have sacrificed their lives for just so they can have their comfortable day to day lives, while we lose our freedoms and the politicians line their pockets. Because "I don't care about the national anthem" type of attitude, "I'm too busy having to go to home depot" culture we have now. And then get blinded by the distractions fueled by media every night.
Instead of not standing up why doesn't he really do something with all those millions he made and really make a difference in the country that made him successful and rich at the sacrifice of people that did care. He has a charity for birth defects. Good for him. If this was such an issue, why doesn't he do something for this?
How many millions has he given to make equality more attainable?
And how about examples like Dwayne Wade's sister who got shot in Chicago for no reason. Let's not talk about that. That must be the government / country doing that. Let's ignore us killing each other and all other types of people, such a double standard.
The biggest problem is the culture that perpetuates the ignorance, tries to take advantage of it, and instead of improving and working hard, cries racism instead when things don't go their way.
I didn't get any scholarships cause I wasn't a minority, even though i had one parent and was dirt poor. I got passed up for jobs I scored higher on tests because of my skin color. I bought my school clothes at the salvation army. I got harassed by law enforcement when i was up to no good.
Give me a break.