America Is Burning

America is Burning: NBA Legends Special with Coop, Cedric Maxwell and Bob McAdoo

0:31-1:47 - State of affairs in the country. How are things on the west coast versus the east coast?

 

1:48-5:26 - Bob McAdoo on growing up in times similar to the way things are now, being a black man in the south as he grew up, dealing with racism

 

5:27-8:27 - Cedric Maxwell on what he had to go through growing up as a black man

 

8:28-10:11 - Michael Cooper hearing stories from his grandparents on what it was like to go grow up in the deep South and face oppression, plus his own dealing with racism growing up

 

10:12-16:47 - Black communities in the ‘60s who disciplined children together, the loss of prevalence of religion in the world today, agitators ruining the protests, integration of schools and how black players made white schools prominent

 

16:48-18:15 - Players of color choosing schools that used to not allow them through the doors changed the landscape of college basketball

 

18:16-21:46 - How can people such as Coop, Max, and McAdoo use their platform to help these movements, learning history of racism that occurred in the past 

 

21:47-23:59 - What the NFL owners did to Colin Kapernick for taking a knee, teaching kids to understand what’s going on in today’s world 

 

24:00-25:43 - How the event’s of today's world affects the Cooper household, the importance of understanding what is going on around you, knowing that voting matters

 

25:44-30:26 - Voting for the sake of the next generation, understanding that your vote matters because the people before you worked to gain that right

 

30:27-34:42 - The misconceptions regarding the protests, the potential of a July 7th blackout, opening people’s eyes with change

 

34:43-36:15 - The importance of not staying quiet, keeping the movement going

 

36:27-39:16 - Things happening for a reason, the movement going on has the potential to create change in the future with a vote

 

39:17-41:33 - Did you ever think a Black President was a possibility in your lifetime? Could a female President be on the horizon? The backlash after Obama’s terms in office

 

41:44-46:01 - Kareem Abdul-Jabaar being a figure in terms of standing up and protesting for what’s right, teaching kids how to live in the world today

46:02-50:02 - The symbol Kapernick created being turned into something other than what it was meant to be, the lingering effects and impact of coronavirus, not allowing focus to change from what it is meant to be

 

50:03-54:23 - The challenge of getting people to think about and be concerned with the same things, starting with one person before reaching them all to create change, passing knowledge on to the next generation

 

54:24-1:00:50 - The need for black people to build each other up and push forward, surviving through years of oppression and racism

 

1:00:51-1:04:23 - Remembering Wes Unseld

 

Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher. Showtime with Coop is presented by BetOnline.AG.

 

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