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Originally Posted by Monahammer
This is a difficult one. Again, I think that we have to separate Lebron James the black man with shared black community experiences, from Lebron James the superstar athlete who makes money off of endorsement deals from a multinational corporation that profits off of slavery. That's difficult, but someone can be hypocritical but still right about something. I am one of the first to tear into Lebron for his silence on China, but it has NOTHING to do with how he or other black people feel about the current situation in the United States. Period.
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I'm a bit confused as to what your saying, why would we separate his opinions? As Azure posted before, right is right, wrong is wrong. There's no two ways about it. You can't pick and choose your morality because it's convenient.
The racial issues going on in the US right now is wrong.
The China issues (Uighurs, HK etc etc) is wrong.
When one of the most prominent athletes in the world who happens to be a stakeholder in both above issues is deciding to pick and choose his morality because it's convenient (aka $$$), it's understandable, but makes him a huge POS.
Of course Lebron and Nike are two separate entities, and pinning Nike's shadier business practice's on Lebron would be unfair. However, you'd be naive to believe that Lebron not commenting on the China issues had nothing to do with his billion dollar contract with Nike.