Steve Kerr’s DNC speech shows why he’s one of the great activists of our time

Steve Kerr’s DNC speech shows why he’s one of the great activists of our time Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Steve Kerr backs Kamala Harris in DNC convention speech Olympic basketball coach Steve Kerr delivered remarks in support of Kamala Harris at the 2024 Democratic convention. Steve Kerr knew it was coming. “I can see the ‘shut up and whistle’ tweets being fired off as we speak,” Kerr said. Kerr made these remarks at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. We won’t mention the people or groups attacking Kerr. The attacks on Kerr are more aggressive than usual (which is saying something) because Kerr spoke at the convention and, as he always is, was extremely effective. It goes back to a truism about Kerr and the right that’s been a thing for years: the right wing is scared of Kerr. But they especially dislike Kerr. Kerr’s the worst nightmare of someone like Donald Trump and entities like Fox News because Kerr is an ally to Black and brown Americans. But that goal becomes more difficult when white allies like Kerr supports Americans the right views as enemies. Kerr is one of the great political activists of our time. But like Gregg Popovich he’s one of the great white activists. That makes Kerr far more difficult to demonize than, say, Colin Kaepernick. So Kerr draws an extreme amount of ire because he refuses to believe what they think he should believe. To them, Kerr is supposed to back Trump, not Communist/Marxist/Socialist/Not Really Black/Kamala Harris. There’s another reason why Kerr terrifies the right. Kerr is just really good at this. Kerr spoke out against Trump after the former president in 2017 used disgraceful language to describe NFL protestors and Kaepernick. “This is another reason why all of us on our team have a tough time with the president, because instead of unifying and trying to calm the storm, he’s creating it, over and over again,” Kerr told CNN’s David Axelrod. He used the words ‘sons of b——‘ to talk about NFL players who have made it clear they’re protesting racial inequality and police brutality. The personal slights that we’ve seen from Trump, you sort of get used to it after a while, you get numb to it, but that one really stung, because it was so divisive and it was so angry and it just didn’t make sense.” MORE: Coach Steve Kerr endorses Kamala Harris for President, tells Donald Trump ‘night night’ Kerr has also been one of the biggest advocates for gun control. “Since we left shootaround, 14 children were killed 400 miles from here. And in the last 10 days we’ve had elderly Black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we’ve had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, and now we have children murdered at school.” “When are we going to do something?” Kerr added, pounding a table. “I’m tired, I’m so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there.” A brilliant, rational and introspective person who refuses to shut up and whistle. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2024/08/21/steve-kerr-dnc-speech-effect/74871404007/