On a day the Philadelphia 76ers celebrated the special day of Juneteenth, a key member of their team shared a story of how he was racially profiled after he was drafted to the NBA.
Glenn Robinson III–who was acquired from the Golden State Warriors at the deadline–was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2014 NBA Draft. As a gift, his father, who also played in the NBA, bought him a Porsche and the younger Robinson took it for a spin.
He told a story about how and his three friends were in the car leaving a Target and he got pulled over.
Robinson III;:
I end up getting pulled over. They asked me for my license, they see my license and go ‘Oh you’re Glenn Robinson, you just got drafted, right?’ Yeah, I just got drafted, I would go right down here to the high school. And let me go, but they wanted to know why a black man is in a Porsche, why a black man in a Porsche with three friends. We were we were leaving a Target going to get some you know junk food or whatever. There are situations that occur like that, every single day for us.
❝ There are situations that occur like that every single day for us. ❞@GRIII tells you his story.#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/BTHNdHkv5W
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) June 19, 2020
Robinson III and other people within the Black community go through racial profiling such as this one on a day-to-day basis. It is time for a change in America and hopefully, this is a big step forward. [lawrence-related id=33278,33267,33261]