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Ibrahimovic in an interview on Thursday said sportspeople like four-time NBA champion James, who has been one of the NBA's leading voices against racial injustice and police brutality, should avoid making the mistake of getting involved in political matters and instead focus on only sports.
"I will never shut up about things that are wrong. I preach about my people and I preach about equality, social justice, racism, voter suppression -- things that go on in our community," James told reporters after the Lakers' 102-93 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. "I'll use my platform to continue to shed light on everything that's going on around this country and around the world. There's no way I would ever just stick to sports, because I understand how powerful this platform and my voice is."
James also pointed to comments made by Ibrahimovic in 2018 when the Swedish forward claimed "undercover racism" had caused the media to treat him differently from players that had traditional surnames like Andersson or Svensson.
"He's the guy who said in Sweden, he was talking about the same things, because his last name wasn't a (traditional Swedish) last name, he felt like there was some racism going on," James said.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/sweden/...ercover-racism-has-cost-me-credit-in-swedenoc
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/27/sport/lebron-james-zlatan-ibrahimovic-activism-spt-intl/index.html
https://www.espn.com/soccer/sweden/...ndercover-racism-has-cost-me-credit-in-sweden
Here is link to what LBJ is referring to-won't highlight this but basically Zlatan said if his name were Swenson or Anderson, he would not be punished or criticized by the media. His argument is that the Swedish media is racist because his name is Ibrahimovic others did similar things but did not get criticized because of their Swedish name. Ok I know he has a martial arts background and a black belt in TKD but he's not the only black belt. Sometimes I really want to kick his as$ and he never shuts his yap. He was also a problem with coaches and teammates EVERWHERE he went because he is a selfish look at me guy.
Ibrahimovic in an interview on Thursday said sportspeople like four-time NBA champion James, who has been one of the NBA's leading voices against racial injustice and police brutality, should avoid making the mistake of getting involved in political matters and instead focus on only sports.
"I will never shut up about things that are wrong. I preach about my people and I preach about equality, social justice, racism, voter suppression -- things that go on in our community," James told reporters after the Lakers' 102-93 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. "I'll use my platform to continue to shed light on everything that's going on around this country and around the world. There's no way I would ever just stick to sports, because I understand how powerful this platform and my voice is."
James also pointed to comments made by Ibrahimovic in 2018 when the Swedish forward claimed "undercover racism" had caused the media to treat him differently from players that had traditional surnames like Andersson or Svensson.
"He's the guy who said in Sweden, he was talking about the same things, because his last name wasn't a (traditional Swedish) last name, he felt like there was some racism going on," James said.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/sweden/...ercover-racism-has-cost-me-credit-in-swedenoc
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/27/sport/lebron-james-zlatan-ibrahimovic-activism-spt-intl/index.html
https://www.espn.com/soccer/sweden/...ndercover-racism-has-cost-me-credit-in-sweden
Here is link to what LBJ is referring to-won't highlight this but basically Zlatan said if his name were Swenson or Anderson, he would not be punished or criticized by the media. His argument is that the Swedish media is racist because his name is Ibrahimovic others did similar things but did not get criticized because of their Swedish name. Ok I know he has a martial arts background and a black belt in TKD but he's not the only black belt. Sometimes I really want to kick his as$ and he never shuts his yap. He was also a problem with coaches and teammates EVERWHERE he went because he is a selfish look at me guy.