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‘Try To Be An Ally’: Clippers Chairman Steve Ballmer Urges White People To Help Break Down Racism
NBA players throughout the league have unapologetically supported the Black Lives Matter movement in recent years.
June 12, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Steve Ballmer, the chairman of the Los Angeles Clippers, is joining others throughout the NBA in calling for changes in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.
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“My No. 1 message to any white people at this stage is, there’s an invitation that is clear now and a call to action, which is to try to be an ally of these causes,” Ballmer said. “That’s the issue — how do you be an ally of breaking down racism and the legacies that come all the way back from slavery? What do you do?”
Read more at CBS Los Angeles: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/06/12/los-angeles-clippers-chairman-steve-ballmer-white-people-break-down-racism/
