NBA star for the Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie Irving broke his silence after being punished for publicizing an anti-Semitic film and showing reluctance to apologize
Kyrie Irvingstar of Brooklyn Nets at NBA, opened the game after receiving punishment from the franchise last Thursday, 3. The athlete had promoted an anti-Semitic film, was frowned upon by the North American community and showed reluctance to apologize for the deed. Although the Australian had previously tried to explain himself, he remained firm in his “position” until he decided to publicly change his stance.
“To all the Jewish families and communities who are hurt and affected by my post, I am deeply sorry for causing pain and I apologize”Kyrie declared. “I want to clear up any confusion about where I stand in the fight against anti-Semitism. […]. It was not intended to disrespect Jewish cultural history regarding the Holocaust or to perpetuate any hatred.”
In addition to Brooklyn Nets, Adam Silverwho is an NBA commissioner and comes from a Jewish family, had punctuated his displeasure with the 30-year-old guard’s attitude. “Kyrie Irving made the reckless decision to post a link (on Twitter) to a film that contains deeply offensive and anti-Semitic material”highlighted.
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On the two occasions he had to apologize, Kyrie Irving defended himself and refused any possibility of apologizing to society. In the second press conference, by the way, the Brooklyn Nets staff chose to avoid even more controversy and ended the conversation with journalists and the player with just six minutes. After the attitude, the institution announced the suspension of the athlete. Thus, part of the note stated:
“This failure to reject anti-Semitism when given a clear opportunity to do so is deeply disturbing, is against our organization’s values and constitutes conduct harmful to the team. In this sense, we are of the view that it, at this time, is inappropriate.” to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets. We have decided that Kyrie will serve a suspension without pay, until he satisfies a series of objective corrective measures, relating to the harmful impact of his conduct.”
Source: sportbuzz
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