America Quote by David Stern

In the NBA, as in nowhere else in America, white people are utterly beholden to black people, and they're not about to let us…

— David Shields

With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there's no reason to pretend the NBA has…

— Jason Whitlock

Why does it matter if the NBA has White Superstars? It shouldn't, but like everything else in America the White man's ice water is…

— Jason Johnson

There is a solidarity that black people can find in celebrating the athletic success of our own, especially in sports where our existence is…

— Clint Smith

The actual act of sitting out doesn't directly fight systemic racism. But it does highlight the reality that without black athletes, the NBA wouldn't…

— Avery Bradley

There's a long history and a pattern of Black athletes - and Black people, period - being told to shut up and accept whatever…

— Jemele Hill

Everyone said that the NBA could not possibly make it because it had too many black players.

— David Stern

In the 1990s, Michael Jordan was the preeminent athlete in the country. And when the product with his name on it seemed to be…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

So many black kids aspire to be entertainers or professional athletes because those are the only role models they see that look like them.…

— Troy Carter

Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.

— Lynn Swann

Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.

— Jesse Jackson

Growing up as a kid, the NBA was far, far away somewhere in America. We were small kids just shooting at a hoop in…

— Jonas Valanciunas