Why Do Professional Athletes Cause Change?
When San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to take a knee during the playing of the National Anthem prior to football games he reignited the community of black athletes.
Muhammed Ali, Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Arthur Ash and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Each of the people a few who used their status as famous athletes to cause change. For as popular as they were as athletes, they were much more famous as activists. Ali shared the ring with the likes of Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Sonny Liston, but no fight was bigger than him going toe-to-toe with the US government when he challenged the military draft system in 1967. He did not feel obligated to serve in a war that he did not believe in for a country who did not accept him. …show more content…
Yes, they have done a ton to help, but kids don’t grow up wanting to be like them. They grow up wanting to be like Jordan, Allen Iverson and Michael Vick.
This is what makes what Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade did at the ESPY so important. Their voices matter across all platforms. People will see them risking their own financial security and think, “If some as important as them are willing to stand up who am I to not do so as well?”
When those four spoke out it allowed Kaepernick to take a knee; it opened the door to businesses like Ben and Jerrys to take a stand and join the Black Lives Matter movement. Entertainers have dedicated full albums to the cause. All this streaming from black athletes.
Athletes are without a doubt the heroes of black communities and the inner cities. They must set the precedent. These are turbulent times in America and it’s finally good to once see athletes who are willing to do more.
Kevin Durant said in an interview with Bill Simmons that nobody really cares about what he wants in life. That as long as he can put that ball in the hoop nothing else matters. That statement couldn’t be further from the truth. You are more than just your day job, so be
Muhammed Ali, Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Arthur Ash and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Each of the people a few who used their status as famous athletes to cause change. For as popular as they were as athletes, they were much more famous as activists. Ali shared the ring with the likes of Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Sonny Liston, but no fight was bigger than him going toe-to-toe with the US government when he challenged the military draft system in 1967. He did not feel obligated to serve in a war that he did not believe in for a country who did not accept him. …show more content…
Yes, they have done a ton to help, but kids don’t grow up wanting to be like them. They grow up wanting to be like Jordan, Allen Iverson and Michael Vick.
This is what makes what Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade did at the ESPY so important. Their voices matter across all platforms. People will see them risking their own financial security and think, “If some as important as them are willing to stand up who am I to not do so as well?”
When those four spoke out it allowed Kaepernick to take a knee; it opened the door to businesses like Ben and Jerrys to take a stand and join the Black Lives Matter movement. Entertainers have dedicated full albums to the cause. All this streaming from black athletes.
Athletes are without a doubt the heroes of black communities and the inner cities. They must set the precedent. These are turbulent times in America and it’s finally good to once see athletes who are willing to do more.
Kevin Durant said in an interview with Bill Simmons that nobody really cares about what he wants in life. That as long as he can put that ball in the hoop nothing else matters. That statement couldn’t be further from the truth. You are more than just your day job, so be