NBA to contribute 300 mil to black communities

[Jasper]

This is what initiative is all about - well done

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...al-initiatives

[FourthTenor]

Excited to see what it will achieve

[talkingconch]

Why only Black people? Why can't it just be for minority and underdeveloped communities that need it?

[Jasper]

Why only Black people? Why can't it just be for minority and underdeveloped communities that need it?

read the article ?

[highwhey]

Excited to see what it will achieve

at least its being funded, unlike Trump's $500 billion platinum package that he seems to have forgotten about

[tpols]

These organizations align with the NBA Foundation's mission to provide skills training, mentorship, coaching and development for high school, college and midcareer Black men and women in communities across the United States and Canada.

Amazing.

Imagine if NASCAR or the PGA set aside grants for hundreds of millions of dollars to help poor white people across the country and proclaimed it this boldly.... of which there are many many many million poor white people. They'd be lambasted to hell.

[FireDavidKahn]

LeInfluencer

[LAmbruh]

ITT: Poor white ppl mad as hell

[RRR3]

MAGA fam malding

[Axe]

[Basketball r Us]

Nice

[J Shuttlesworth]

Why only Black people? Why can't it just be for minority and underdeveloped communities that need it?

Probably because black people in large are coming from a larger history of systemic oppression which has put them at higher rate of disproportional poverty. I'm sure a large part of it stems too from our policing history which also disproportionately affects black people over other minorities.

Not to say that other minorities don't experience any systemic inequality but it makes a lot of sense why the NBA (which is pro-dominantly black) wants to help the community which they are largely coming from, and which also statistically has had it the worst out of all minority groups in the US.

[r0drig0lac]

[Trollsmasher]

blacks will just buy worthless shit from whites and chinese for that money anyway

[talkingconch]

Probably because black people in large are coming from a larger history of systemic oppression which has put them at higher rate of disproportional poverty. I'm sure a large part of it stems too from our policing history which also disproportionately affects black people over other minorities.

Not to say that other minorities don't experience any systemic inequality but it makes a lot of sense why the NBA (which is pro-dominantly black) wants to help the community which they are largely coming from, and which also statistically has had it the worst out of all minority groups in the US.

There is no such thing as systemic inequality today. What you are referring to is hardship today due to decades of previous racism and oppression.

you make a good point but the culture is also not the best (Black fatherhood). Denzel Washington has a good bit on this. The crime rate amongst Blacks is also quite high.


Can you imagine if Nascar (whom is primarily White drivers) did the same thing for under-developed White communities like the above poster stated? I mean, White people have not been oppressed historically but you can argue there are still underdeveloped White communities, Latin communities, etc.