I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play. These guys would go crazy.’ First of all, quit telling me what I think.
#CHARLES BARKLEY COMMENTS ON RACISM TV#
“It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: ‘Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. “First of all, every player has played with gay guys,” Barkley told The Washington Post in 2011. And in 2008, he endorsed Barack Obama. He also won praise from progressives and LGBT community for being one of the most vocal supporters of openly gay athletes. Bush presidency, Barkley changed his tune and said publicly that he was officially switching parties to become a Democrat. “I was a Republican until they lost their minds,” he said at the time. He even frequently flirted with the idea of mounting a GOP campaign for governor of Alabama, his birthplace and the site of his college alma mater Auburn, after he retired from basketball.ĭuring the tail end of the George W. Still, Barkley's life as a pundit on the periphery of politics is not necessarily black and white.ĭuring the height of his NBA career, Barkley made waves by declaring himself a proud black Republican. The current NBA analyst's remarks immediately received a warm reception from conservative commentators, with some describing the reaction as " refreshingly honest" and " awesome." He raised the specter of black-on-black crime, a popular meme on the right.
In his 97.5 Fanatic interview, Barkley sounded a similar note. “They don’t jump to conclusions when black people kill each other,” he said. Racism is wrong in any form, a lot of black people are racist, too.” Very few people have a pure heart when it comes to race. I don’t think media has a pure heart, as I call it. Clearly something went wrong and I feel bad for anybody that loses a kid.”īarkley continued: “I don’t like when race gets out in the media. “Something clearly went wrong that night. The basketball legend's remarks are reminiscent of his reaction following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. “I feel sorry got killed but didn’t have enough evidence to charge ,” Barkley said at the time. Louis Rams players show solidarity with Ferguson protestersīarkley also singled out those who rioted and looted following the grand jury's decision as "scumbags." "There is no excuse for people to be out there burning down people's businesses, burning down police cars," he said. “We can’t pick out certain incidentals that don’t go our way and act like the cops are all bad.” “We have to be really careful with the cops man, because if it wasn’t for the cops, we would be living in the wild, Wild West in our neighborhoods,” he added. He went on to say that the forensic evidence and testimony of eyewitnesses, including several African-Americans, was enough to convince him justice was served. Let's scramble the middle class.' I truly believe that in my heart.The outspoken former player weighed in on the case in an interview last week on Philadelphia’s 97.5 Fanatic radio station. “The true story came out from the grand jury testimony,” Barkley said. Let's make rich people and poor people not like each other. Let's make the whites and Blacks not like each other. "And their only job is, 'Hey, let's make these people not like each other. But we're so stupid following our politicians, whether they are Republicans or Democrats," he continued. "I truly believe in my heart that most white people and Black people are awesome people. But I think our system is set up where our politicians, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, are designed to make us not like each other so they can keep their grasp of money and power.
"I think most white people and Black people are great people. The Democratic presidential candidate, who would be assassinated himself just two months later in Los Angeles, called on Blacks not to retaliate with violence.īarkley was then prompted by host Ernie Johnson to weigh in with his thoughts after the segment had aired. had been assassinated that same day in Memphis. Kennedy telling a crowd in Indianapolis on Apthat Dr. The pregame show featured a filmed segment of Sen. Biden's infrastructure plan includes Amtrak funding that could revive passenger service in Pennsylvania.MMA fighter loses his finger during South Philly match on April Fools' Day.SEPTA to reopen cleaner, better-lit Somerset Station on Monday.The former Philadelphia 76er has been working as an analyst for CBS and Turner Sports during March Madness. The Basketball Hall of Famer's comments came during CBS' pregame coverage ahead of the 2021 NCAA Men's Final Four in Indianapolis. Charles Barkley gave a biting critique of American politics on Saturday, accusing both Republican and Democratic lawmakers of attempting to "make the whites and Blacks not like each other."
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