After DeSean Jackson posted anti-Semitic quotes on Instagram, he apologized twice and the Philadelphia Eagles have made their statement about how they will continue “to evaluate the circumstances and will take appropriate action.”
The reaction around the sports world included ex-NBA star Stephen Jackson defending and then doubling down again on those comments.
But there is also what New England Patriots wideout Julian Edelman — who is Jewish — said on Thursday.
“I know he said some ugly things, but I do see an opportunity to have a conversation,” Edelman said in a video he posted on social media.
After discussing his own experience on the field with anti-Semitism and saying that this shouldn’t distract from the Black Lives Matter movement, he made an offer to Jackson: they’ll go to Washington D.C., go to the Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Museum of African American history and they’ll “have those uncomfortable conversations.”
