Reporter questions Derrick Rose over ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirt, thinks NBA player is inarticulate

[KamaAina]

http://thegrio.com/2014/12/07/derrick-rose-i-cant-breathe-dan-bernstein/#pd_a_8505847

Dan Bernstein, a prominent sports radio host, took to Twitter last night and expressed that he doesn’t think that Rose “understands what he’s doing” and even if he did, isn’t articulate enough to explain himself. Cody Westerlund, a sports editor for CBSChicago.com, noted that Rose was not available for comments after the game....

While many loved Rose’s on-the-court salute to Garner and the countless protestors of police brutality across the nation, Bernstein seemed to take a condescending tone towards Rose’s gesture. The sports news veteran started off by giving Rose credit for doing “something Michael Jordan has never had the guts to do.”

“He took a political stand — more important than any game’s outcome,” he said. However, his praise of Rose was muddled by his following tweets, which seemed to question the basketball player’s intelligence and ability to speak for himself.

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I just wish @drose could talk, or really understands what he's doing. I don't think he does, but he deserves to be treated as if so.
5:53 PM - 6 Dec 2014

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Bernstein Is A Rose Supporter

I think it was inelegantly written, but wasn't intended to insult Derrick.

[KamaAina]

3. Inelegantly written??

His latent racism is oozing out through his pores.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. He's No Racist

I listen to the show all the time. You're concluding wrongly.

[KamaAina]

5. All white people are a little bit racist

including you and me. Hopefully Bernstein will use this as a "teachable moment".

[JonLP24]

2. Doesn't understand what he is doing?

How can he make that judgment?

Rose did open up on his decision to wear the shirt, I still don't understand where the reporter based his unwarranted assumption on.

"I grew up and I saw it every day," Rose said. "Not killing or anything like that, but I saw the violence every day. Just seeing what can happen. If anything, I'm just trying to change the kids' minds across the nation and it starts here."

"I'm a parent now," Rose said. "I had a kid two years ago. It probably would have been different [before his son was born]. I probably wouldn't have worn the shirt. But now that I'm a dad, it's just changed my outlook on life, period.

"I don't want my son growing up being scared of the police or having the thought that something like that could happen. I have a cousin, that easily could have been him (that was killed), or that easily could have been one of our relatives. It's sad that people lost their lives over that."

"Usually I'll stay out of politics and stay out of police brutality," Rose said. "I'm not saying all cops are bad or anything, I'm just saying what happened those days [in New York and Ferguson], it was uncalled for and I think that it hurt a lot of people. It hurt the nation.

"But my biggest concern is the kids. I know what they're thinking right now. I was one of those kids. When you live in an area like that and you've got no hope, and police aren't treating you any way, I'm not saying all police are treating kids bad, but when you live in an area like that, it gives you another reason to be bad. So my biggest concern is the kids and and making sure that my son grows up in a safe environment."

"I'm just happy that the league hasn't said anything," he said. "The franchise hasn't said anything. I'm happy that everything has been positive."

"I'm just happy that people paid attention to it," he said. "I think it touched a lot of people because I grew up in an impoverished area like that, and that stuff happens a lot of times. It touched a lot of people and I wanted to make sure I got my point across."

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24874915/derrick-rose-discusses-decision-to-wear-i-cant-breathe-shirt

[Iggo]

6. "...never had the guts to do..."

You know why it takes guts, Bernstein?

Because of fuckheads like you.