https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/dawn-staley-racial-injustice
You really should have posted the whole article instead of picking the points that you want to emphasize.
For instance, Dawn says in an article she wrote after the death of George Floyd that if people want change, they should get out and vote. VOTE!!! Not protest or riot but vote.
She says, “And no, I’m not afraid to be speaking out. I’m a black woman first. I coach young black people. I coach young white people, as well. But this is on my heart. It’s
heavyon my heart.
I’m just going to do my best to raise awareness and get people to vote.
If you don’t like something, if you don’t like the laws that we have to live by, you gotta get out and VOTE.
I feel like I have to do something to save the next person.
There are a lot of allies out there. But there are too many white people who still don’t get it. Honestly, they don’t know. They can’t relate. There are some great people in this world that really sympathize with what’s going on. And then there are all the other people….
They won’t get it, no matter how many black bodies they see under the knees of the police.
When you are privileged — when you are the privileged race, you don’t have to think about what we think about
daily.
You just see the world through your own eyes. And it’s a lot different than it is through a black person’s eyes. A lot different. Say what you wanna say, but it’s
a lot different. I’m talking to you as somebody that has been very successful in my profession. I’ve made a lot of money in my profession. My individual situation does not compare to what’s going on in the real world. But that doesn’t put blinders on my eyes.
That’s why I have to constantly ask myself: Am I doing right by our players?
Are they learning? Are they understanding? Are they being equipped to navigate the world as a black woman in our society?
If they feel prepared in
that way, that’s what I’m most proud of as a coach.
And that’s not to divide our team by race. It’s just a statement of reality that as human beings, we see color. Yes
, we see color. We
feel color. Without a doubt. And it’s a shame, but that’s how we have to navigate the world.
Our teammates can learn from each other through communication. There are conversations that we have to be able to have in our locker rooms. They have to be had. They’re necessary for all of us to grow socially and culturally. White players and coaches can expose us to how they look at things, how they see the world, how they feel about things. And black players and coaches can expose them to what’s happening in our world.
I mean, that’s the way the world’s supposed to operate. That’s how we build unity and collective power. I hope we use our power to affect our politics locally and also use it to change our entire nation.”
As a white man, this does not offend me in any way. I am glad that she is trying to help young people (yes black people) understand how to effectively make a change in our country.
She was bold enough to share her own personal experiences as a black woman. Nothing she said was offensive to me nor does it reek of racism as you are trying to say without being bold enough to say it.
If you are going to insinuate that as your perception, then be big enough to spit it out and say it. As I see it, you appear to be the one with race issues not Coach Staley.