Kyrie Irving recently referred to racism as “the dumbest thing ever.” Irving discussed his thoughts on racism in light of his personal experiences on a recent stream.
He said: “Growing up in this society, just because you have this different skin tone, you have different rules to abide by — or you can’t be proud of your history because of skin tone, because people really got killed because of [it],”
“Do you realize how stupid that is? You know how ignorant you’ve gotta be to put somebody in a tree and hang them because they’re black? That’s probably the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard to be honest with you.”
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He further added: “You can judge me when I’m on a basketball court and say nasty things,”. “People have always said nasty things to me before. You don’t even fucking know who I am. I stand up for humanity for being a coexisting community where race, culture, class, and religion are not always at the forefront of everything we do.”
Irving has already expressed his opinions regarding racism. Irving shared a collection of pictures on Instagram back in February that conveyed his feelings on it, including a 1971 Black Panther newspaper cover and the statement, “the rights of a human being should be above any law.”
Irving also mentioned in 2021 that he did not want to encounter racism while performing in Boston.
