The Miami Heat gathered together virtually Friday for an online town hall discussion on racism in the U.S. as communities around the country observed Juneteenth.
According to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, different members of the team took turns diving into their experiences with racism, social injustice, white privilege and police brutality. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra moderated the open forum.
"In many ways, this town hall is like our virtual team peaceful protest," Spoelstra said, per Youngmisuk. "And we are protesting against systemic racism, against the social injustices, the social inequalities, in the cases of police brutality against the Black community that we see far too often.