Racial injustices affect people from all walks of life. Just ask Stephen Curry, who spoke to ESPN’s Chris Haynes about how his stature as a famous and rich athlete isn’t enough to shield him from being subjected to the vileness of racism in the country.

“I've heard a lot of backlash from this whole thing last weekend about how much money we make and ‘what are we complaining about?' and ‘we're in a bubble, we don't have the same struggles and stresses of life [compared] to other people,'” Curry said.

The recent attacks on Curry stem from his reaction to Donald Trump's withdrawal of his White House invitation to the Golden State Warriors,  resulting to hordes of trolls and hate-fueled people calling for Curry to stick to sports and stop dipping his hands on sociopolitical issues. This is relative to what Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker and his family is going through after his team knelt during the national anthem last week.

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Curry has been a favorite target of people wanting well-paid athletes to shut up. For them, millionaires who make money out of playing sports are oblivious to the struggle of ordinary people and therefore are disqualified to speak their minds about the subject. This is a silly idea of course but it is a distorted concept shared by many nonetheless. It's concerning especially now that the issues of race and inequality are once again at the forefront in the public sphere.

Stephen Curry isn’t going to let haters silence him, however, just as he hasn’t allowed anyone on the basketball court keep him away from draining shots from deep.

“I have a platform, and I'm going to use it for the betterment of society,” he told ESPN. “That's what we all should be trying to do.”