Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said he did not want to see stores looted or buildings burned, but that the protests are a tipping point for black Americans
“Just as the slimy underbelly of institutional racism is being exposed, it feels like hunting season is open on blacks,” he wrote.The legendary athlete went on to compare racism in America to dust in the air; though it seems invisible, it’s only when the sun shines on it that you can see it everywhere.
With that in mind, he linked things back to concerns over social distancing and looting, and wrote that fears like “whether their sons, husbands, brothers and fathers will be murdered by cops or wannabe cops just for going on a walk, a jog, or a drive” took greater priority.“What you should see when you see black protesters in the age of Trump and coronavirus is people pushed to the edge, not because they want bars and nail salons open, but because they want to live. To breathe,” he wrote.
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