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Black Lives Matter.

Before you read anything I say here, watch this video. In its entirety.

For those who can’t watch, for one reason or another, I’ll even script it out for you:

Roy Williams: In 1966 our legendary head coach Dean Smith, my mentor, changed college basketball dramatically, particularly in the South, by signing Charlie Scott, the first African-American player to a scholarship at the University of North Carolina. Many of our greatest Tar Heels, some of the greatest to play our game, have been black players.