Multiple NBA players have now taken part in the peaceful protests in response to the death of George Floyd. Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving was among the latest to do so.
But before Irving took to Instagram to broadcast some of the protest he attended, the Nets guard partook in Blackout Tuesday, sharing the following message:
I am calling on all my People of Color, Leaders of Change, and all those that are aware of what is happening, what has happened, and are ready for solutions. They Can’t stop us when we are together and truly understand our Power as a collective. Our Native Indigenous Black Spirits, Our Native Indigenous Black Minds, Our Native Indigenous Black Bodies deserve to be treated with more Respect, Understanding, and Love. Know that Our bloodlines come from Royalty! We are the True Royalty, We are the Original King and Queens of this Spiritual and Physical world! They hide all of our History for a reason. We were captured and enslaved against our will for the benefit of their Oppressive and Racist system that has been in place and still is in place presently. They took/take damn there everything we have created Culturally, call it their own, and then turn it into something it was never meant to be or Mean. I am sick of this idea of letting things balance out and talk it out bull [expletive], and as a Native Of the Many Indigenous Lands of our world this is part of my Purpose of being here. It is to help change this whole Global agenda that has killed my family members and plagued my community for far to [expletive] long.
Our parents and their parents’ parents have fought every year of their lives to keep the TRUTH about this world alive. The agenda, FREE OUR PEOPLE, because we know all this talking and protesting will get us maybe a few law changes and conversations, but at this point it’s bigger than that. It’s time we take all our Native Indigenous Black culture, business, ideas to a new place as a collective and protect it just like other cultures have done. Build our own!
It’s clear White Supremacy and Corporations use us Native Indigenous Black Folk when it is beneficial for their agenda and pockets, so be aware of the truth in plain sight Family. How are we gonna break these generational curses that have been put on us purposefully to kill us and our families off? Taking our Land and Culture Back! Our Ancestors are watching and protecting us now more than ever!
This is for Our Future Kids kids. We are the generation that will change this!
A portion of Irving’s Instagram live broadcast of the protest was then shared on Twitter by @kyrie_wrld:
Kyrie is peacefully protesting ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/EShbKILNVC
— Kyrie.Wrld (@kyrie_wrld) June 2, 2020
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