In light of the recent shootings of Black men by police and the killings of police officers, many prominent Black celebrities have used their influence to call for change. On Monday, Charlotte Hornets owner and former NBA superstar Michael Jordan joined the ranks and called for an end to the racial tension and violence.
“As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing of police officers,” he wrote in a statement released by The Undefeated. Jordan’s father, James Raymond Jordan, was murdered in 1993 in a robbery.
Jordan said he is “saddened and frustrated by the divisive rhetoric and racial tensions that seem to be getting worse as of late.”
