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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by goatlover on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:08AM (#34679471)
Lebron plays in a league that's majority black in the footsteps of Michael Jordan, who was the most famous athlete on the planet and on the way to being a billionaire and owner. Lebron was anointed Jordan's heir while still in high school, and he got drafted straight into the NBA with the #1 overall pick. He's had numerous huge endorsements over his career.

Exactly how did he struggle as a basketball player? White Men Can't Jump was a 90s movie, and back in the 80s, Bird was a the great white hope as redneck from Indiana, because the top players were mostly black, and Bird was even called out as unathletic by Dennis Rodman and Isaiah Thomas after he won a playoff game over them in Detroit.

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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by domain8543 on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:36AM (#34679950)
I said his struggles as a black man. As in being raised in poverty in the midwest (not a lot of opportunity for people of his background) and having no real shot at success in America other than selling his body.
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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by GameOfFrowns on Monday February 06, 2023 @12:48PM (#34681175)
>having no real shot at success in America other than selling his body.

Selling his body? Are you serious?

He wouldn't have been able to become a cop, a nurse, a clerk, a financial professional or any of the other thousands of professions that black people in the midwest find themselves in?

LeBron's struggles seem less part of his success story and more part of a self-penned "rags to riches" legend.

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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by goatlover on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:09PM (#34683569)
Selling his body? Is that what millionaire athletes are doing? Or just the black ones? You mean Lebron didn’t want to play basketball but had no other choice? Unlike us office workers who grew up dreaming of being professional athlete, but weren’t good enough at sports?
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