Kobe Bryant becomes the latest victim of the African American Thought Police by making a statement that did not fit their narrative. Regarding the photograph taken shortly post-Trayvon by members of the Miami Heat, donning their symbolic hoodies:
“I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American. That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well, we’ve progressed as a society, then don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.”
Seems like a legitimate response to something that Kobe has clearly thought out enough to form such an opinion. But that is a problem apparently. Here's one response from black civil rights activist Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic H.O.P.E. :
“Bryant comments concerning the Heat’s support of Trayvon Martin are indefensible... Bryant’s comments show his lack of compassion for the Martin family and their supporters. Americans of all races didn’t support Trayvon because he was African-American. We supported him because he was an unarmed youth who was racially profiled, stalked, confronted, and then murdered by George Zimmerman. African American youth should no longer buy Bryant’s jerseys or shoes and should boycott all products he endorses. Bryant doesn’t identify with the struggle that our African-American youth face nationally. So why should we continue to support Bryant who has never truly identified with the African American experience.”
Former NFL player Jim Brown had this to say:
“[Kobe] is somewhat confused about culture, because he was brought up in another country,” referring to the fact that Bryant spent most of his childhood in Italy.
Yes, Kobe is somewhat confused about culture. A culture called leftism. A culture where you are no longer allowed to think for yourself. A culture where your right to have an unpopular opinion has been stolen away. A culture that has created for itself the same sort of oppression that it opposes. A culture that has abandoned all objectivity in favor of a mob mentality that has resorted to public shaming in order to get dissenters to fall in line.
Who are the true oppressors here? Who are the real racists? The answer, sadly, is very clear.
“I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American. That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well, we’ve progressed as a society, then don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.”
Seems like a legitimate response to something that Kobe has clearly thought out enough to form such an opinion. But that is a problem apparently. Here's one response from black civil rights activist Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic H.O.P.E. :
“Bryant comments concerning the Heat’s support of Trayvon Martin are indefensible... Bryant’s comments show his lack of compassion for the Martin family and their supporters. Americans of all races didn’t support Trayvon because he was African-American. We supported him because he was an unarmed youth who was racially profiled, stalked, confronted, and then murdered by George Zimmerman. African American youth should no longer buy Bryant’s jerseys or shoes and should boycott all products he endorses. Bryant doesn’t identify with the struggle that our African-American youth face nationally. So why should we continue to support Bryant who has never truly identified with the African American experience.”
Former NFL player Jim Brown had this to say:
“[Kobe] is somewhat confused about culture, because he was brought up in another country,” referring to the fact that Bryant spent most of his childhood in Italy.
Yes, Kobe is somewhat confused about culture. A culture called leftism. A culture where you are no longer allowed to think for yourself. A culture where your right to have an unpopular opinion has been stolen away. A culture that has created for itself the same sort of oppression that it opposes. A culture that has abandoned all objectivity in favor of a mob mentality that has resorted to public shaming in order to get dissenters to fall in line.
Who are the true oppressors here? Who are the real racists? The answer, sadly, is very clear.
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