In his first game against his old team, Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points in his new team's victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. On the same day, Spears of Andscape released a Q&A he did with Mitchell in which he said Utah is a terrible place to live when you're black.
It was draining if I was being honest with you. Mitchell said that he was tired of dealing with racism in a place like Utah and that he received a lot of backlash when he talked about it. I think it was a lot of things. Stuart Adams said he needed to get educated on his own Black history. Black children are being bullied because of their skin color. There was a little girl hanging herself because she was being harassed.
Utah Republican State Sen. Stuart Adams said that when popular sports stars push back, they need to be educated. I think Mitchell doesn't understand what happened because he doesn't know what we're doing
It became a lot to deal with on a nightly basis in Utah. I was pulled over one time. I had an attitude from the cop until I gave him my identification. I wondered what would happen to the young black kid in Utah if they didn't have that power to be themselves. One thing that I took to heart was that.
If you aren't from Utah, draining is the perfect way to describe what it's like to be black there. Mitchell and I were outsiders and we saw things for what they were. I was an intern at the Salt Lake Tribune. The publication and the newsroom were great places to work. Outside of it, everything was a nightmare. I am sympathetic to Mitchell's situation. Being the only one that looks like you everywhere you go is mentally exhausting.
Utah has a history of racists.
If we just keep it to sports, this is the same place and fan base that Russell is from. A fan was banned for calling him a boy and a fan was banned for telling him to get down on his knees.
Couldn't believe it... Matt Barnes, a former NBA star, told Colin Cowherd about what he heard during the Warriors' Western Conference. This is the same state that was in the news earlier this year about a fan at a Duke volleyball game yelling the N-word at a black player.
It has been a secret for a long time in places like Utah and Boston. I have never heard of that from any of the players I have played with. Danny Ainge said he talked to Irving about what he had to hear when he was playing against the Celtics. As a white man from Oregon who is beloved in Boston, Ainge felt as though he had knowledge on race in places like Massachusetts and Utah. You wonder how these things are allowed to go undetected for so long in a league where men like DonaldSterling and RobertSarver have so much power.
During the Black Lives Matter movement, the state of Utah ran a franchise player off the field. During a time when players weren't as open as they are about using their platforms, this was not the case. Karl Malone is a Jazz legend that would rather mingle with the Tea Party than drinkers of sweet tea.
The Jazz haven't been a destination spot for top players in free agency. The NBA All-Star Game is going to be a failure in Salt Lake City in February when a Black league with Black fans comes to town. The city has hosted the All-Star Game before.
A gauge for things to come will be taken five weeks earlier. On January 10th, the Jazz will play the Cavs in Utah. I think they will welcome him in the same way they have treated Black people in the past, because he has spoken honestly about his experience there.
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