I’m thankful that Kyle Korver spoke up like he did.
The thoughts and commentary he shared on privilege and institutional racism for The Players’ Tribune were refreshing, to say the least. While Korver's words were appreciated, it was exhausting to see the way they were received.
I cannot stress enough how comforting it felt to read what Korver had to say on these matters, simply because he didn’t have to. There were multitudes of white athletes before Korver who kept their mouths shut on these issues, and there will be plenty more after him who will side-step the opportunity to piggyback on the conversation he is imploring us to have.