The new date is Dec 1, 2022, 12:32pmEST.
The reaction to a recent racism controversy involving Jerry Jones, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and the more intense backlash faced by fellow NBA player and James' former teammate, Kyrie Irving, was an incongruous one.
Two people talk in 2008.
The Washington Post revealed a photo depicting a teenaged Jones overlooking a menacing group of White boys blocking Black students from desegregating Jones' Arkansas high school in 1957 and Jones confirmed to the paper he was at the demonstration.
James wondered why he hadn't gotten a question about the Jerry Jones photo from the reporters.
When the controversy surrounding Irving began, you guys were quick to ask us questions about it.
"When we do something wrong, or something that people don't agree with, it's on every single tabloid, every single news coverage, it's on the bottom ticker..." James said it was asked every day. It's just been buried under, like, 'Oh, it happened, okay, we just move on.' I was disappointed that I didn't get that question.
Jones is the 120th wealthiest person in the world. Jones has a stake in the Cowboys which we estimate is the most valuable sports team in the world at $8 billion. James became the first billionaire active NBA player when he joined the billionaire ranks in June.
Jones said that he was at the protest to ask questions. James said in October that he was no longer a fan of the Cowboys after Jones threatened to bench any of his players who kneeled during the national anthem as a protest against police brutality. Irving promoted antisemitic content despite the condemnation of Jewish groups and despite the support of West in an October post.
Jerry Jones has more reasons to be thankful this year.
The man is a billionaire, according toForbes.
When it comes to race, Jerry Jones did nothing.
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