- Stephen Jackson made a bold claim earlier this week while talking on a Big 3 Segment
- He called himself the face of the biggest civil rights movement ever
- Stephen Jackson was one of the vocal supporters of BLM
Rolling back to 2020, Stephen Jackson was right at the center of the raging Black Lives Matter movement and was also one of the top personalities who spoke for the George Floyd family after his death triggered a countrywide protest.
And in a recent clip doing the rounds, Jackson called out the NBA for not reaching out to him while also claiming to be the “face of the biggest civil rights movement ever,” when speaking on the Big 3, a three vs. three basketball league owned by rapper Ice Cube.
“This is the only black-owned professional league. We need to come out and support it. I’ve been his [Ice Cube] since year one. He’ll tell you, I just wanna see him win. There’s no reason for the NBA not to support this league. It’s all ex-NBA players.”
He further added:
“I’m the face of the biggest civil rights movement ever – with the George Floy [incident]. I’m an NBA champion [and] played in the NBA. The NBA didn’t reach out to me for the “Black Lives Matter Movement” for social justice or equality.”
Stephen Jackson calls out the NBA and says he’s the face of the biggest civil rights movement ever pic.twitter.com/EuPFK8mVL7
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 1, 2023
The former Indiana Pacers star was one of the vocal supporters of BLM following Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
On the other hand, social media was not so happy with his claims and had some choice replies of their own. But on a sensitive topic, Jackson had his right to speak, and he made a statement of what he felt was right.
Stephen Jackson Once Said The Fight For George Floyd Was More Important Than Basketball
When talking about the BLM and the outcry that sparked across the country — something that rippled through to the NBA as well, Stephen Jackson believed that the fight for George Floyd was bigger than everything else.
In an exclusive with Basketball News, Jackson said:
“So the fact that that happened, I just dropped on my knees because I never knew God would make my life that important. It’s way more important than basketball because I’m changing lives. And it sparked me to want to go to all 50 states and to let people know — in the areas we come from — that we care about them, that we hear them, that we have money to give and resources to help you out to try to get to a better life.”
It goes without saying that Jackson deserves massive respect for this statement. And it was something that even players agreed to as they played their part in actively being part of the movement, which will go down as one of the generation-shaping acts of the decade.
Jackson has every right to speak his mind, and he used one such platform to get his message across, irrespective of the flak that came in from certain segments.
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