This was true even before the tragic and senseless death of George Floyd, who died at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on May 25, sparking nationwide outrage, protests and riots. "I'm not as educated on BLM as I thought I was," Napear told The Sacramento Bee. Napear had responded to long-time Kings center DeMarcus Cousins, who had asked for Napear's take on Black Lives Matter (BLM), by saying that "all lives matter."Īfter resigning, Napear, like Brees, issued an apology. On Tuesday, Grant Napear, who has called NBA games for the Sacramento Kings since 1988, resigned as play-by-play announcer for the team after being placed on administrative leave following a controversial remark on Twitter. Nevertheless, Brees soon received enough backlash on social media and from talking heads-"Down with Drew Brees!"-that he issued an apology on Instagram. On Wednesday, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees stated he would " never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America," citing the military service of his grandfathers.īrees didn't say people couldn't disrespect the flag, which is a constitutional right. Shades of Maoist-style struggle sessions have been evident in America in recent years. Struggle sessions were a form of physiological warfare designed to shape public opinion, and they were quite effective at enforcing class strictures and Chinese Communist Party dogmas.
The scene was one of the infamous " struggle sessions" that took place in communist China during the reign of Chairman Mao.
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"Down with You Xiaoli!" the audience chanted at the full professor, who wore a chain around her neck that held a blackboard procured from one of the nearby classrooms. Students, colleagues and even peasants who had been bused in gathered to witness the humiliating scene. In her 1987 book Enemies of the People, the historian Anne Thurston recounts a professor, named You Xiaoli, who was forced to stand on a stool at a right angle in front of a crowd that had gathered on a sports field at one of China's most venerated universities.
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