SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz and the NBA community have not stayed silent following the death of George Floyd and protests that have taken hold in nearly ever major U. S city since. Multiple NBA…
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz and the NBA community have not stayed silent following the death of George Floyd and protests that have taken hold in nearly ever major U. S city since.
Multiple NBA players and their families have shared their feelings, reactions and messages via social media and have even taken part in protests against racial injustice.
On Saturday, Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson was at a protest in Los Angeles and later shared photos on Twitter.
“I witnessed a peaceful protest, a lot of emotion and unity,” he said. “The time for change has been passed due..don’t forget the message because of the tone that it is projected in!!”
i witnessed a peaceful protest, alot of emotion and unity, the time for change has been passed due..dont forget the message because of the tone that it is projected in!! pic.twitter.com/a0SkOgiT5F
Clarkson was one of many NBA players to attend protests across the country on Saturday, including the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns, the Philadelphia 76ers’ Tobias Harris and the Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown.
Jazz and Stars point guard Nigel Williams-Goss shared a column written for Yahoo Sports by his mother, Dr. Valerie Williams-Goss. In the column Williams-Goss shares her experience as a white woman in a biracial marriage with biracial children.
“Twenty-eight years ago, as a white woman getting married to an African-American former Air Force sergeant, I had no idea that I would have a front-seat window to the disparaging acts of racism that would plague his community on a daily basis,” she wrote.
