Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals is from Minneapolis, where George Floyd recently died in police custody.
Amid the ongoing racial injustices, Fitzgerald penned a powerful essay to the New York Times on the importance of listening to those that need their voices to be heard:
“We are not listening to one another,” Fitzgerald wrote. “Our winter of delay continues to result in cold hearts and lifeless bodies. The language of the unheard has broken the silence and our willful deafness has led to death and destruction. While our nation has struggled under the weight of a biological pandemic we also find our communities ravaged by the insidious disease of injustice.”
For years, there have been people like Colin Kaepernick that have voiced their disdain for racial injustices. However, his message fell upon deaf ears and was misconstrued.
Sadly, to this day, some people have had their voices drowned out by the ignorance of others. Larry Fitzgerald is calling for everyone to listen to those that have been crying out for help for quite some time:
“We must work together to heal this divide and rebuild our communities by committing to let no voice go unheard. Our first step must be to listen to one another — to sincerely lean in and hear what the person who is different from us is saying.”
The veteran wideout continued to exclaim that changes need to be made. But for that to take shape, everyone needs to listen to those that have been screaming in desperation.
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