There’s a popular misconception that the NBA primarily consists of
players who hail from challenging backgrounds. The current crop of stars
largely skews suburban, and the league is also increasingly
international. It’s telling, then, that anti-racist consciousness
permeates the NBA even as it relies less upon decapitalized
neighborhoods as a pipeline. Black people of varying class levels mostly
recognize that their destinies remain entangled with the fate of Black
people as a group regardless of how much or how little money they make.
Economic status may fluctuate, but the subordination and vulnerability
to state violence that come with being Black is something most Black
people expect to contend with from cradle to grave. That’s why, when it
comes to incorporating Black people into leftist coalitions, any appeal
to class identity that does not encompass this nuance is unlikely to
resonate with a critical mass of us.
https://newrepublic.com/article/159157/nba-strike-milwaukee-bucks-class-race-politics
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