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Inhumanity on the border forces NBA players to question if the US has changed

Sept. 27, 2021, 5 a.m.

(The Guardian) Basketball players were among those who campaigned to remove Donald Trump from office. But clear injustices in America still remain“We want fair treatment for Haitian refugees”.Those are the words NBA hall of famer Dikembe Mutombo used when I asked him about the Haitian refugees being brutalized and subject to mass deportations at the US-Mexico border. It’s a statement that shouldn’t need any more explanation in a country that once said: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. Continue reading...