The reporter didn't ask about the photo of Jerry Jones.
A 1957 photo shows a teenager on the steps of a high school in Arkansas, where white students prevented black students from entering.
James pointed out that the lack of questions about Jones was different from the questions he had about Irving.
The reporters didn't ask about the photo of Jerry Jones at the high school.
The Washington Post published a photo of Jones in a crowd watching white students block six Black students from entering North Little Rock High in an attempt to integrate the school.
Jones can be seen in the back of the crowd watching the confrontation at the entrance of the school. The Washington Post reported that an effigy of a black person was hung from a lamppost near the high school. The black students were not allowed to enter. The Little Rock Nine entered Little Rock Central High on the same day.
James was disappointed that reporters didn't ask him about the photo at the end of his media session.
James wondered why he hadn't been asked about the Jerry Jones photo. You guys were quick to question us about that.
Irving was suspended for eight games by the Brooklyn Nets for sharing a film with anti-Semitic content on his social media. The Nets made Irving return to the court after meeting with Jewish leaders, but James said that was too much.
The Jerry Jones photo is one of the moments that our people, Black, remember when they watch Kyrie talk and he says, "I know who I am, but I want to keep the same energy when we're talking about my people and the things that we've been through, 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. Every day, it's asked.
"But it seems like to me that the whole Jerry Jones situation, photo -- and I know it was years and years ago and we all make mistakes, I get it -- but it seems like it's just been buried under." We just get on with it. I was disappointed that I didn't get that question from you.
James didn't take any questions or get a response from the reporters.
Jones told The Post that he showed up to the school because he was curious.
I don't know if I or anyone anticipated what was going to happen. He said it was more of a curiosity.
Jones told reporters that he's glad that we're a long way from that time period.
James stopped rooting for the Cowboys because of Jones' stance on protests during the national anthem, he said in a recent live stream.
James said that the organization told him that he wouldn't play for the franchise again if he did that. I didn't think that was right.
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