I say this often, I don’t think some white people are necessarily racist, but they are ignorant to certain things when it comes to race.
Kobe Bryant could be worth $100 billion, what he is doing is important regardless of his motivation, because he’s Kobe Bryant and someone is going to see that and maybe, just maybe they become more self aware of people who are STRUGGLING. To become more self aware you don’t deserve to die because of some cigarettes.
Yes, athletes are very blessed to be in the position that they are in, but does that mean they can’t care about what is going on in the world and more specifically their race? But, Gottlieb didn’t think about that when he posted and quickly deleted this.
Gottlieb someone who was once charged with credit card theft in his youth, but was given an opportunity to atone for his mistakes to live a very privileged life, should think before he tweets.