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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I agree that this thread is a train wreck, but it is at least an example of the temporary boycott having had some of the intended impact by creating a situation that has brought the conversation to people who usually wouldn't be engaged at all. This thread wouldn't have enabled that in the OT forum.
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I would also say that it helps get the message across to those who wouldn't care (or still don't) otherwise. There is a significant amount of people who are ignorant to the racist hardships blacks have had to, and continue to endure.
It doesn't happen to them (non-blacks), and it doesn't effect them, so they wouldn't be aware, or really believe the injustice and flat out bullying that can occur from those with authority and power. But with this movement, and it's discussions happening within a sport of their interest, it provides an avenue for those who do want to understand why this is happening, and why the status quo can no longer stay the same.