With appreciation for LeBron James at least trying to go there, it's not about the photo.
, who were all children, had been allowed the same). It also shows ignorance from others who haven't invested the time to read a thorough, well-told story of how the past almost always ties to the present.
The Black students, with minimal help from school officials, did not integrate North Little Rock that day. The school was not desegregated for seven more years. The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins and David Maraniss, I am sure, told Jones ahead of time what they would be asking him about. And with advanced notice and knowing two reporters from one of the most-read news outlets in America were recording him, he couldn't bring himself to apologize to the victims and the public at-large, or show contrition.
What I do know is that it took until 2020, after the so-called racial reckoning in the wake of George Floyd's murder, before Jones mumbled something about"grace" and"sensitive times" when it came to the heightened concerns of Black players and possible protests during pre-game ceremonies. What I do know is Jones stood in front of a room of aspiring Black head coaches and general managers earlier this year and with a level of tone-deafness that strains credulity told a story of how he once pulled some strings to get a potential business partner into Augusta National for a weekend of golf with his old football coach, and if the coaches and scouts do something like that maybe they'll have success too.
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