Although he’s overshadowed by the higher recognized social justice warriors of the NBA and NFL, New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy is means on the market on the far Left fringe. In an interview with ESPN’s black-themed weblog, The Undefeated, the veteran NBA coach proudly claimed the mantle of poster boy for white privilege.
As the brand new NBA season begins with declining fan curiosity, The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears interviewed Van Gundy, who didn’t disappoint followers of the SJW, race-baiting ESPN weblog.
“I’m a poster boy for white privilege,” Van Gundy (in photo above) boasted. “I’ve led a privileged life, so I solely learn about these points, and these issues, and these inequities from individuals I’ve been related to, work with, know, care about. I don’t carry the problem. However simply because one thing doesn’t occur to you, if it’s occurring to individuals you already know, if it’s occurring to individuals you care about, you care concerning the difficulty.”
Van Gundy instructed Spears he began a Twitter account final summer time and wasted no time ingratiating himself with those that swear African Individuals don’t expertise equality. He’s a vocal supporter for the LGBTQ motion and expresses “disdain for the actions of outgoing President Donald Trump,” Spears writes.
Pelicans govt vp of basketball operations David Griffin says Van Gundy is an effective match for his gamers as a result of he’s so woke.
Supporting Colin Kaepernick was additionally a giant step for the woke Van Gundy: “When he took a knee, and racial justice turned forefront, and also you’re in a enterprise the place 75, 80% of the individuals that you simply’re working with, gamers, employees, everyone is Black, and also you’re listening to their tales, and the ache and issues like that.”
Van Gundy says within the interview that white individuals speaking up white privilege alienates numerous white people who don’t personally really feel they’re privileged:
“ … They don’t have cash. They’re working their a– off simply to get by, they usually’re like, ‘What the hell are you speaking about? There’s no such factor as white … I’m not privileged.’ You could not have a straightforward life, however you’re not oppressed merely due to the colour of your pores and skin. That’s the distinction. I’m not going to get pulled over driving round at night time, I’m not, simply due to the colour of my pores and skin. I’m not going to get a DWB [Driving While Black], I’m not. That’s white privilege.”
Van Gundy tries to close down white individuals who declare they or a member of the family constructed a enterprise from nothing. He doesn’t get this, however he reinforces stereotypes by telling them issues like, ‘‘Yeah, however there have been no legal guidelines, or societal norms working towards him. He bought an opportunity to tug himself up by the bootstrap, so to talk. Different individuals didn’t. They’re going to segregated colleges.’ That’s the half that folks miss.”
“Some individuals aren’t even allowed that chance to work their a– off to get to the place they’re, and if they’re, it’s solely come about actually lately,” says the coach of an NBA team with 11 jet-setting, millionaire African Individuals.
The 2016 election haunts Van Gundy, who says …
“The one factor most likely of all of the political stuff I’ve completed that I remorse was the day after the 2016 election. I went off on a rant. We have been in Phoenix, and after a walk-through, I went on a rant concerning the election in 2016, and I disparaged voters for his or her vote, and assuming that I knew their motivations, and every part else. That half I regretted. That’s the one half I remorse. I didn’t remorse 90% of what I stated.”
The coaches of San Antonio (Greg Popovich) and Golden State (Steve Kerr) are a lot better recognized than Van Gundy, however he’s impressed with how these two allegedly don’t alienate individuals turned off by their left-wing politics and hatred of President Trump.
“Each of them had been quite a bit higher in that house at that than I’ve, so I’m making an attempt to be taught from them, and discover my means there as a result of … on the finish of the day, I feel we’re all making an attempt to make a distinction for individuals,” Van Gundy says.
Close to the tip of the interview, Van Gundy says he enjoys dwelling in New Orleans greater than the conservative space of Florida the place he beforehand resided. “And simply the variety of the whole metropolis. Political variety, racial variety, LGBTQ variety. It’s completely different than anyplace we’ve ever lived, fairly actually,” he instructed Spears.
Van Gundy’s and the NBA’s prattling for social justice is simply not resonating with tv viewers. The 2020 season’s NBA Finals hit embarrassing lows, and Friday’s Christmas Day recreation rankings spiraled downward, too. The abysmal ratings for Friday’s Lakers-Mavericks game have been down 21 p.c in comparison with final yr’s recreation between the Clippers and Lakers.
