LAST WORDS

It’s a very troubling omen for the future of the Black Lives Matter movement, but so too is the shocking lack of massive indignation. Given the New Wokefulness in Hollywood and the sports world, we expected more passionate public outrage. What we got was a shrug of meh-rage.”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, expressing concern that the anti-Semitic views spouted by former NBA player and activist Stephen Jackson, along with NFL player DeSean Jackson, can lead to what he fears most: “apathy to all forms of social justice,” which he dubbed the “Apatholypse.” The former Lakers and UCLA Bruins star center took both Jacksons to task, along with BIG3 founder Ice Cube for his own insensitive social media threads, in a piece titled “Where is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood?”

Sucks being locked out the country and away from my teammates. Seems like a never ending dream at this point! Miss my brothers man.”

Michigan football player David Ojabo on Twitter about not being able to return to the United States. The redshirt freshman defensive end is in Scotland, a Michigan spokesperson confirmed to the Detroit Free Press. Ojabo was born in Nigeria before moving to Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2007. He attended high school in the United States at Blair Academy in New Jersey and signed with the Wolverines’ 2019 class. Ojabo’s layover is a result of his status as a citizen of the United Kingdom. The United States instituted an international travel ban near the start of the coronavirus outbreak and the ban remains in effect.