The White House has summarily dismissed the NBA’s calls for social justice. There is no other way to say it.
Protesting racial injustice in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, NBA players did not participate in playoff games scheduled for Wednesday. The league postponed play. Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as he attempted to enter his vehicle on Sunday. His sons — ages 3, 5 and 8 — were in the backseat, the family’s attorney said. Blake remains hospitalized.
In response to a historic labor strike in American professional sports, President Donald Trump publicly told reporters on Thursday, “I don’t know much about the NBA.