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Former NBA player Stephen Jackson responded to TNT analyst Charles Barkley, who had called him out for his anti-Semitic views stemming from defending Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson.
On Friday, Barkley called out both Jacksons, Nick Cannon, and Ice Cube for their anti-Semitic views, though he seemed to have forgotten his own coworker Dwyane Wade:
āMan, what the hell are y'all doing?ā asked Barkley after citing the aforementioned names. āY'all want racial equality. We all do. I don't understand how insulting another group helps our cause. And the only person to call y'all out on it was Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar].ā
āI donāt understand how you beat hatred with more hatred.ā
Charles on the recent anti-Semitic comments by athletes & entertainers. https://t.co/g2EfvXAxOv pic.twitter.com/DtF2aO6N5m
ā NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) July 17, 2020
Stephen Jackson wouldn't stay quiet for long, however, barking back at Barkley for making him the headliner of his rant, with one of his own.
Transcript via Dan Feldman of NBC Sports:
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āCharles Barkley, speak on what you know,ā said Jackson. āDonāt stop letting people put a battery in your back to say certain s**t that you donāt even know what youāre talking about. I know what I said. So, keep my name out your mouth. However you feel, I honestly donāt give a f***.
āBut that donāt stop nothing I got going on. Iām out here with the real people, the people thatās really suffering, caring about my people. You dig what Iām saying? Thatās what Iām doing. So, to Charles Barkley, I could give a f*** how you feel. And thatās on me to you, since you upset with motherf***ers. We donāt give a f*** what youāre upset with. I know I donāt. Iām going to keep doing what Iām doing. The people supporting me. The people standing with me while yāall been sitting on TV rubbing yāall fat-ass bellies. Yāall got me f***ed up. Yeah, Iām going to reply. Aināt nobody else going to say nothing. But yāall keep that same energy when yāall see me, too.ā
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Jackson surely gave a lot of f***s for someone who doesn't give a f*** about others' opinions. So much that he took to Instagram to tell his followers all about it.
Jackson kept āthat same energyā in a recent interview with CNN's Don Lemon, but the former NBA player was picked apart by someone much more read on anti-Semitism than he is.
Barkley might not always have the best predictions, but his pulse on issues concerning race has been strong throughout the years, and his recent effort to spread awareness hasn't gone unnoticed.
