I had a huge problem with LeBron back in the day. He was doing the Michael Jordan thing and being protective of his brand and public persona so he stayed away from any 'controversial' black topics.
The most egregious was when he denied knowing what the Tamir Race case was about in the city he plays basketball and was not only national news but the biggest news in Cleveland at the time.
I think he has learned his lesson and has over the years started being more vocal about supporting the black community. One of the biggest examples was leading the players to boycott the league because of systemic racism/BLM/Floyd, etc. It was Obama that talked them out of it.
Because he got more conscious/woke, Laura Ingram on Fox News said that famous 'just shut up and dribble' comment about him. When you are pissing off racists you are doing the right thing. That, for me, is proof he is changing or has changed.
I also notice something. A common debate in basketball is who is the GOAT. The conversation is usually between Jordan vs Kobe or LeBron. Since Kobe passed, its not respectful so much to bring him up like that so it goes towards a Jordan vs LeBron debate.
Now, both are fantastic players. You can believe Jordan is the GOAT but still can't deny that LeBron is a top 3 or 5 player. That alone is a fantastic achievement to be considered that when you look at the 1000s of NBA players over the decades.
Whenever I see this debate online. White people go extra hard on LeBron and talk about him personally 'crybaby' , 'no college', etc. LeBron is symbolic of any Black person who is pro Black. They hide it by using a basketball topic (Who is the GOAT) as cover. Black men are discussing it purely on sports terms and the ones that back Jordan will often go extra on LeBron using the white men talking points. I've seen that.
So, Black men are debating this in a different spirit than white men are. For Black men its all about sports, for white men its all about anti Blackness with a sports facade.
Look at the comments of any white man on this and you will see two things. First, they go extra hard on LeBron and 99% will not say he's the GOAT. Black men in the comments may go a higher percentage for Jordan but a good number will choose LeBron. 99% of white men will not choose LeBron.
PS: Latino men are on that bullsh*t as well.
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