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Enes Kanter Takes a Stand

 ENES KANTER CALLS OUT CHINA FOR THEIR GENOCIDE OF THE UYGURS

T. Ingals @StickyClickSM


Kanter is a currently a member of the Boston Celtics. Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images.

Enes Kanter has put the NBA in hot water with their notorious business partner: the Chinese government. The relationship between the NBA and China has been a point of criticism for many, considering the league's supposed commitment to social justice. Kanter became the first NBA player openly go after the Chinese government for their treatment of Uygur Muslins within China. Kanter sent out a tweet yesterday that read, "Heartless Dictator of China, XI JINPING and the Communist Party of China. I am calling you out in front of the whole world. Close down the SLAVE labor camps and free the UYGHUR people! Stop the GENOCIDE, now! #FreeUyghurs". Attached was a video in which he echoed the same sentiments. 

This was a courageous move considering how we saw China and the NBA react to current 76ers general manager, Daryl Morey, when he tweeted out his support for the Hong Kong protestors a couple years ago. As a result, NBA games were blacked out in China and LeBron James criticized Morey for supposedly not being educated on the subject. Seriously, LeBron? What's there to be educated about? Do you, LeBron, support the people in Hong Kong fighting for their freedom? Or do you prioritize your wallet before them? I think we know the answer to that question. LeBron isn't speaking out in support of the Uygurs or the Hong Kong protestors because he has a lot of his finances tied up with China. And he knows that criticizing the evil Chinese government would put an end to those financial ties. LeBron James is a fraud. Martin Luther King Jr. once said that "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." I know LeBron James has heard that quote before because he tweeted it out himself in 2018. Why so quiet about an actual genocide then, LeBron? He's too busy droning on about fake oppression in the United States instead of trying to do something about an actual genocide being committed by the same people who line his pockets with cash. 

Since Kanter's comments, China has removed Celtics games from airing in China. The Celtics have also come out in support of their center and his stance against the Chinese government. It will be interesting to see what the NBA does next. Will they force Kanter to apologize? Will they end their financial ties with the Chinese government? Will other NBA players come out in agreement with Kanter and call out the genocide taking place at the hands of the Chinese government? I hope they do. I hope the NBA players who went on and on all last year about the fake oppression they suffer from in the United States take a stand against real oppression by a government that is responsible for a lot of the money the NBA brings in. 







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