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Kyrie Irving is Making a Mistake By Not Talking Basketball to the Media

May 18, 2021 by Javis Ogden Leave a Comment

Photo: Michael Conroy, Associated Press

When keeping it smart goes wrong.

During a Brooklyn Nets postgame press conference, NBA star Kyrie Irving declared to the media that he would no longer be answering questions about basketball – something he is contractually obligated to do – because basketball isn’t the most important thing to him and he only wants to talk about societal issues that he is impassioned about. This is a mistake. Kyrie is painting himself as a social elitist who is smarter than everyone else, all the while undermining awareness of his causes and alienating potential allies. People should not replicate this strategy. This is what happens when keeping it smart goes wrong.

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Filed Under: Society Tagged With: ally, awareness, Basketball, Black Lives Matter, brooklyn nets, ESPN, Humanity, Instagram, kyrie irving, media, NBA, nets, podcast, professional, Responsibility, Social Media, solution, Sports, Sportscenter, strategy, support, think, thoughtful, twitter, youtube

Nick Cannon and Why Cancel Culture Has to Go

July 24, 2020 by Javis Ogden Leave a Comment

Photo: Bryan Bedder, Getty Images for MTV

Why can’t we be mindful of one’s body of work and use mistakes as a teachable moment, rather than resorting to ‘Cancel Culture’?

We discuss the fallout from Nick Cannon’s antisemitic remarks during his podcast and his subsequent firing by CBS/Viacom. We also get into the value of teachable moments, why “cancel culture” is a problem that needs to go away, and why we should be reasonable enough to consider a person’s body of work before becoming cyber bullies who want to cancel someone who has done positive things throughout their career.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Art, Black Lives Matter, cancel, cancel culture, canceled, cbs, creativity, Culture, education, forgiveness, Growth, hard work, leadership, Logic, MTV, Nick Cannon, ownership, philanthropic, philanthropy, reasonable, Social Media, society, support, twitter, Understanding, viacom, wildnout, work ethic

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