The Los Angeles Lakers have named Dr. Karida Brown as their new Director of Racial Equity & Action.

Dr. Brown will create a curriculum to help the Lakers enrich their knowledge on today's most urgent racial topics in the wake of the tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of policemen in Minnesota:

“We are very happy to have Dr. Brown join the team,” Lakers COO Tim Harris said. “She will play a key role in implementing educational programming on race and racism for our employees and helping us focus on racial equity in our day-to-day functions, as well as empowering the organization to identity ways to be more active participants in affecting real change.”

Dr. Brown is a tenure-track assistant professor in both the department of African American studies and sociology at UCLA. Her work has been supported by national foundations such as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Hellman Fellows Fund.

The Lakers will be among the 22 teams partaking in the “bubble” games at Walt Disney World beginning on July 30. The Purple and Gold have the best record in the Western Conference standings. With superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis leading the way, the Lakers are one of the favorites to win the 2020 championship.

Before the season was suspended in March, the Lakers racked up 49 wins. Both LeBron and Davis were playing at an MVP level.

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