Props to Carmeo Anthony, I'm suddenly very happy he will be on the U.S. Olympic Basketball team. I love this instagram post. Yes, athletes are role models, I love when they step up. Here are his comments in regards to recent happenings:
"First off let me start by saying "All Praise Due To The Most High". Secondly, I'm all about rallying, protesting, fighting for OUR people. Look I'll even lead the charge, By Any Means Necessary. We have to be smart about what we are doing though. We need to steer our anger in the right direction. The system is broken. Point blank period. It's been this way forever. Martin Luther King marched. Malcolm X rebelled. Muhammed Ali literally fought for U.S. Our anger should be towards the system. If the system doesn't change we will continue to turn on the TVs and see the same thing. We have to put the pressure on the people in charge in order to get this thing we call JUSTICE right. A march doesn't work. We tried that. I've tried that. A couple social media post/tweet doesn't work. We all tried that. That didn't work. Shooting 11 cops and killing 5 WILL NOT work. While I don't have a solution, we need to come together more than anything at this time. We need each other. These politicians have to step up and fight for change. I'm calling for all my fellow ATHLETES to step up and take charge. Go to your local officials, leaders, congressman, assemblymen/assemblywomen and demand change. There's NO more sitting back and being afraid of tackling and addressing political issues anymore. Those days are long gone. We have to step up and take charge. We can't worry about what endorsements we gonna lose or whose gonna look at us crazy. I need your voices to be heard. We can demand change. We just all have to be willing to. THE TIME IS NOW. IM all in. Take Charge. Take Action. DEMAND CHANGE. Peace7. #StayMe7o
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