Spurs' Popovich: People have to be uncomfortable for change
Sept 26, 2017 15:32:55 GMT
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...to happen.
""Obviously, race is the elephant in the room, and we all understand that, but unless it is talked about constantly, it is not going to get better," Popovich said. "People get bored. 'Oh, is it that again. He's pulling the race card again. Why do we have to talk about that?' Well, because it's uncomfortable and there has to be an uncomfortable element in the discourse for anything to change. Whether it's the LGBT movement or women's suffrage, it doesn't matter. People have to be made to feel uncomfortable, and especially white people, because we're comfortable. We still have no clue of what being born white means ... It's hard to sit down and decide, yes, it's like you are at the 50-meter mark in a 100-meter dash. You've got that kind of a lead. Yes, because you were born white, you have advantages that are systemically, culturally, psychologically, there, and they have been built up and cemented for hundreds of years. but many people can't look at it. It's too difficult ... People want to hold their position. They want the status quo. People don't want to give that up. And until it is given up, it's not going to be fixed.""
www.businessinsider.com/gregg-popovich-trump-anthem-protests-2017-9
Wow!
Trump tweet against Spurs in 3......2.......
""Obviously, race is the elephant in the room, and we all understand that, but unless it is talked about constantly, it is not going to get better," Popovich said. "People get bored. 'Oh, is it that again. He's pulling the race card again. Why do we have to talk about that?' Well, because it's uncomfortable and there has to be an uncomfortable element in the discourse for anything to change. Whether it's the LGBT movement or women's suffrage, it doesn't matter. People have to be made to feel uncomfortable, and especially white people, because we're comfortable. We still have no clue of what being born white means ... It's hard to sit down and decide, yes, it's like you are at the 50-meter mark in a 100-meter dash. You've got that kind of a lead. Yes, because you were born white, you have advantages that are systemically, culturally, psychologically, there, and they have been built up and cemented for hundreds of years. but many people can't look at it. It's too difficult ... People want to hold their position. They want the status quo. People don't want to give that up. And until it is given up, it's not going to be fixed.""
www.businessinsider.com/gregg-popovich-trump-anthem-protests-2017-9
Wow!
Trump tweet against Spurs in 3......2.......
