No athlete should just “shut up and throw/pass/catch/kick/dribble/hit/etc.”Before they’re professional athletes and entertainers, they were human beings first. Attempting to silence people based on their professional careers is wrong. Shame on anyone who thinks this way. They should have the same rights to speak out just as anyone else.
He might be, might just feel strongly about some things that you don't understand , but chances are pretty good you will assume he is racist, because it feeds your animal. You can't make someone into something, based on their generalization of the majority, as shortsighted as it is for him to do.
Donovan has millions of followers and then even influence in the league. His words and actions affect people. He wouldn't have a shoe deal if others didn't want to be just a little bit like him and unfortunately, people cling to hating on other people based on race, sex, religion and/or the color of skin. He absolutely is influencing others to laugh at and simply hate the people of Utah.
Okay, okay...let's see the forest through the pine needle and criticize Donovan to a scaleable level.
Maybe, if you can't back up your "historically racist" comment with facts (you can't), you should just shut up and talk about basketball.
he could have 500 followers like I do, and still make more of an impact in the world if his words are truth. People need to think for themselves and if they are not, and are so easily blown by the wind like you are suggesting, there is no hope left for any race
I don’t know what you’re trying to explain here, but Donovan and any pro athlete should never just “shut up and dribble.”
Really? What about Ye, or does he not count because he's not an athlete?
1) Mitchell didn't say that. In fact, he doesn't refer to white people at all in the article. That was the interviewer.
If you've felt contradictory things at the same time, you are truly a simple man. Frankly, I don't believe you there. Sometimes we hate those we love, we get tired of things that excite us, etc. Humans are complicated.
Mitchell discussed a difference he noticed in Utah/SLC versus in Cleveland, NYC, etc.. If that makes it harder to recruit players in Utah, that's not on Mitchell. That's on the people near SLC. Put the blame where it belongs.
If that's what you need to tell yourself to sleep well at night, I won't convince you otherwise. I'll just say that I've heard similar things from too many players over the years (not to mention too many posters on this board) to think it's just Mitchell.
I agree with this. I think his opinion of Utah, including his personal experiences, will have a huge effect on the Jazz' ability to sign and keep American players, and superstar players. To one degree or another, it's going to make Ainge's job more difficult.
You compared Mitchell’s comparing of SLC and Cleveland to Kanye west, a man who wanted to go “Death Con on Jews” and last month praised Hitler. This is an absurd comparison. Do you live in SLC? Perhaps it’s people like you that’s actually making it harder to recruit and retain good basketball players?
The old "minimize the Black individual's experience because it doesn't meet my narrative" approach. So, you are the authority on confirmation bias, yet completely objective in your view? How God like of you.
I didn't single out Mitchell for suffering from racism in Utah. I'm sure it is widespread here, and everywhere. He is the one with the platform, though, that influences many others. His message of the racist people and fans of Utah is biased but too many people will want to believe it to be so.
