SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell had a big platform on Sunday to continue his push for conversations about racial equality.
In a video that aired during the ESPYs on ESPN, Mitchell was among a large group of notable figures from both the sports and entertainment worlds — black and white — who called for racial justice.
About a third of the way through the six minute and 19-second video — a project that was largely organized by New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins — images of protests from around the country appeared while Mitchell narrated, “While the murder of George Floyd was at the center of everyone’s attention, too often we forget about Black women like Breonna Taylor.