Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, daughter of Dr. Jerry Buss, shared despicable and vulgar hate mail she received on Monday from a supposed “fan” on Instagram. Former Lakers All-Star and five-time champion point guard Magic Johnson thanked Buss for her courage to share the inappropriate letter she received.

“I want to thank you for standing up to racists and the hatred among us!”, Johnson, 60, wrote on Twitter, re-sharing Buss' tweet. “You and your father have always shown respect to people of all races and given so many people of color opportunities with the Lakers.”

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Magic Johnson, a one-time president of the Lakers until his abrupt resignation in April of last year, continued his message, supporting Buss and her late father, calling them “respectful” of all races and praising Dr. Buss for his mentorship.

Johnson, a living Lakers legend, was one of the most prominent and visual black sports stars during his time, helping the L.A. sports institution win five titles in the 1980's. Johnson also became one of the most visible advocates for de-stigmatizing HIV/AIDS when the All-Star point guard bravely announced to the public of his diagnosis in 1991. Johnson later participated in the memorable 1992 NBA All-Star Game and Summer Olympics later that year in Barcelona, Spain, opening the world's eyes to the reality of the deadly virus and how it does not only affect members of the gay community.

Many North American sports franchises and leagues, on Friday, have been celebrating Juneteenth, a holiday for the black community to celebrate liberation from American slavery, as the official, legal implementation of the horror was done away with in Galveston, Texas, when Union soldiers shared President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1865 in spite of the two-year late executive order. Buss' decision to share the racist hate mail, she tells on Instagram, on Juneteenth is a reminder of bigotry that exists in the United States today.