In a harshly-worded statement, Jackson took Gilbert (Team Owner) to task for his open letter to Cavaliers fans which slammed LeBron's decision to sign with the Miami Heat. Jackson says, "He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. His feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave."
He goes on, "LeBron is not a child, nor is he bound to play on Gilbert’s plantation and be demeaned. He has been a model citizen and has inspired the children of Akron, Cleveland, the State of Ohio and the United States."
Jesse Jackson's life goal is to turn everything, no matter how relevant, into a racial conflict. Jackson actually compared a multi-million dollar free agency dispute with plantation owners and runaway slaves. Hey Jesse, if you shut your ignorant mouth you'd realize we're not as divided as you'd want us to believe. In fact, Jackson's race baiting does nothing but further bigotry and fan the flames of racial hostility and contempt. It baffles me that someone like this, in today's society, is even relevant. Despite his delusions of grandeur, he's a black eye in the face of true pioneers of social injustices like King, Parks, Douglass, and Tubman.
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