Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson has roots in the Bahamas, on his father’s side of the family. He has spoken publicly about the grandfather he’d visit during childhood, and he shared his heartbreak after his granddad passed away.
Now, in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, which obliterated the island and left thousands of its inhabitants missing, Thompson is speaking out about the treatment of the Bahamian people by the Trump administration and Americans alike.
In an Instagram post in which he expressed sadness for the destruction in the Bahamas and announced that the Thompson Family Foundation would donate 100% of proceeds from its annual golf tournament toward helping the island nation, Thompson also took Americans to task for its indifference to the Bahamian people in their most desperate time of need:
Shame on our current administration for not welcoming our Bahamian neighbors in their greatest time of need. I’ve been so lucky to visit my family in Nassau since childhood, and in those times I’ve seen countless Americans use the Bahamian islands as their playground for letting loose and vacationing.
And now we turn our back on the people who welcomed us with open arms, when they’ve lost everything !? There’s no excuse for this… and if you have one your a real piece of (expletive).
Thompson’s outrage comes on the heels of the Trump Administration’s refusal to grant temporary protected status to Bahamians displaced by the hurricane.
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