Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr thought so highly of what Princeton University professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. had to say about the recent racially-motivated massacres in the country that he retweeted the video of Glaude Jr.’s MSNBC appearance — again.
On the off chance that any of Kerr’s followers are displeased with seeing the Glaude video again, the coach — who took the Warriors to five-straight NBA Finals, winning three of them — acknowledged the repetition on Twitter, writing, “I know [I] tweeted this already. But it’s important to keep watching [the video] and keep listening to the words.”
In his Aug. 5 interview following the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, within a 24-hour span, Glaude Jr., a professor of religion, urged the nation to reckon with its racist history and implored white America to reconcile the widespread perilous effects of its exceptionalism. But Glaude Jr. also urged Americans not to pin the rise of hate-based violence on Donald Trump.
“[Trump] is a manifestation of the ugliness that’s in us,” Glaude Jr. said, with “us” being the entire nation from its founding.
Kerr also wrote:
As a country we need to look in the mirror. Accept and embrace the sins of our past so that we can move forward and never repeat them.
Both Glaude Jr. and Kerr make vital points. A historical masking of the fact that the country was founded on brutality and violence against people of color has not fostered a sustainable society. Instead, it has led the United States of America to its current breaking point.
