Since the murder of his close friend George Floyd by the Minneapolis police, Stephen Jackson has launched a constant fight against racism and discrimination against African-Americans. Small problem, he has just made a big anti-Semitic slip, and refuses to apologize …
Stephen Jackson is one of the “leaders” of the protest movement currently raging in the NBA. Although retired for a few seasons already, “Stax” has been heard since the tragic murder of his childhood friend George Floyd. Moreover, he clearly spoke out against the resumption of the season, fearing a loss of visibility of the fight against racism.
But a charismatic leader, the former Spur could become an outcast. Indeed, while the very goal of his struggle is to overcome systemic racism on the other side of the Atlantic, Jackson committed a horrible anti-Semitic skid. After an NFL superstar was castigated for relaying an anti-Semitic tirade by Adolf Hitler, in which the Führer vigorously spreads out over the supposed control of the Jews over the United States and their will to extort the country from the Uncle Sam at the expense of blacks, “Cap’n Jack” supported him, saying to Desean Jackson, player of the Eagles, that he was right …
Stephen Jackson says Desean Jackson is speaking the truth pic.twitter.com/giPOBFYoU9
— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) July 7, 2020
Desean Jackson was just trying to educate himself, and educate others, and he only told the truth! You know that he does not hate any people, but he is telling the truth. But people don’t want black people to educate themselves. If he had talked about black people, no one would have said anything.
The police kill us, we are treated like shit, there has never been so much racism. But no one has talked about it in the NFL. By cons when a player said the “n-word”, he received an extension of contract (Riley Cooper in 2014). I play for Big 3, the boss is Jewish, and he understands our suffering. I’m not targeting him.
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So obviously, getting an education is a good thing. But do it by reading quotes from the German dictator, claiming that the Jewish people control the world and make sure to keep the black people oppressed … How to say? It is more than limit when we want to fight against racism. Inevitably, this absurd support for the Eagles player was controversial. But Stephen Jackson refused to apologize, offering only an ambiguous and irrelevant message in response to criticism:
The suffering of your people does not hurt more than the suffering of other people. Do not pretend that the hardships you have gone through are more painful than ours. And afterwards people wonder why we are asking for equality … Common sense is not that widespread … Don’t waste your time with people who have never supported you.
Stephen Jackson not only refuses to admit his mistake, but he compares pain and suffering as if it were a competition. A user has summed up the situation perfectly:
He was doing a good job supporting BLM then he comes out with this SHIT???
— Brodie (@RussUndefeated) July 7, 2020
He was doing a perfect job in supporting Black Lives Matter, and now he’s taking this shit out of us ???
Knowing the temperament of Stephen Jackson, we will not see the color of his excuses. We just have to hope that he opens his eyes to the absurdity of his comments.
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