The eaves LeBron James again defended the philosophy of using his famous athlete platform to work for the black community in the face of criticism from the Swedish international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic that advised him to concentrate only on the sports part.
The latest criticism of James’ policy came from Ibrahimovic, the attacker of the AC Milan, which was the subject of James in a recent interview with Discovery + in Sweden.
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Ibrahimovic thinks LeBron James should focus on sports and criticized the star’s social and political activism. Los Angeles Lakers.
“(LeBron) is phenomenal at what he does, but I don’t like it when people have a certain status, they get into politics at the same time.” critic Ibrahimovic.
“Do what you are good at. Your profession. I play football because I am the best football. I don’t do politics. If I were a politician, I would be politics. ”
Ibrahimovic argued that “That’s the first big mistake people make when they become famous and achieve a certain status. Stay out of it. Just do what you are good at because the rest doesn’t look good. ”
James didn’t take kind Ibrahimovic’s comments and last night in a lengthy post-game reaction that his Los Angeles Lakers team beat the Portland Trail Blazers 102-93.He reiterated that he would never limit himself to sports and that he would always use his platform for the benefit of his community.
Ultimately, I would never shut up about things that are wrong. I talk about my people and inequality, social injustice, racism, things that happen in our community, ”James defended.
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“I know what’s happening because I have a group of over 300 kids in my school who are going through the same thing and need a voice.” James went on to criticize Ibrahimovic, who he called a “hypocrite” after hearing him in the past about the “racism” that had hit him in his own country.
“It’s funny he said that because I think it was the same athlete in 2018 who criticized the discriminatory treatment he received on the field because of his last name. It wasn’t native to the country, ”James recalled.
EFE