Reaction to Jason Whitlock's Comments on Racism

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Wednesday at 6:44 a.m., the Los Angeles home of LeBron James was vandalized with N-Word graffiti. LeBron said "My family is safe." and went on to say "But it goes to show that racism will always be a part of the world, a part of America, especially for African-Americans, is living every day"

 FS1 analyst Jason Whitlock commented on James's home being vandalized by saying that "racism is primary an issue for the poor. It's not LeBron James's issue." and that he has "removed himself from the damages and ravages of real racism."

 I completely disagree with those comments. Not only that but I believe that the mentality that Jason Whitlock has is the number one problem in our fight for equality. Mr. Whitlock is not the only African-American that feels that money and fame can put you "above racism". This thinking is more common than you may believe. The problem with thinking that way is that you are dividing African-Americans within ourselves. Racism is America is everybody's problem. When an unarmed Black man is shot by the police, that's everyone's problem. When a black man is unjustifiably arrested, that's everyone's problem. Until we stop individualizing racism, it will continue to happen. Racism is too big for just celebrities to take on or for "poor" people to take on. If its not all hands on deck LeBron James will not be the last person to face racism in that form. The first step to preventing this is to let the world know that racism in America is a problem for ALL African-Americans.

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