{"id":1040,"date":"2021-02-15T17:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T22:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2021-02-18T09:22:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T14:22:15","slug":"raptors-masai-ujiri-uses-vindication-to-address-harsh-reality-facing-black-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/raptors-masai-ujiri-uses-vindication-to-address-harsh-reality-facing-black-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Masai Ujiri Uses Vindication To Address Harsh Reality Facing Black People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Raptors were celebrating their win over the Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals, Toronto&#8217;s team president, Masai Ujiri walked on to the floor to join them. But he was stopped and then shoved twice by a sheriff&#8217;s deputy, temporarily staining a celebratory moment for the Raptors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alan Strickland, the Alameda County sheriff&#8217;s deputy who shoved Ujiri, claimed that Ujiri never displayed the proper credentials. He also claimed, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-nba-finals-toronto-golden-state-warriors-oakland-3c247142fcfa81df00bfd1796f960c18\">per the Associated Press<\/a>, that the Raptors&#8217; president hit him &#8220;in the face and chest with both fists&#8221;, tried to bypass him, and ignored pleas to stop. He filed a lawsuit seeking $75,000 in damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ujiri&#8217;s legal team filed a countersuit in response and used video from the deputy&#8217;s body camera to prove that he wasn&#8217;t the instigator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Masai Ujiri&#39;s legal team has released this body camera footage of his encounter with a sheriff&#39;s deputy as he tried to walk onto the court at Oracle Arena after the Raptors won the 2019 NBA Finals.<br><br>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diamond83?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@diamond83<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OJKn8R3NmU\">pic.twitter.com\/OJKn8R3NmU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1295912276243828738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per that AP report, his team claimed that Stickland attacked Ujiri and that, as stated by one of his attorneys Tamarah Prevost, &#8220;he never would have been treated with such disrespect if he had not been Black.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, Strickland dropped his lawsuit. In response, Masai Ujiri did the same and issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLUywtbhNlw\/?igshid=1n8timy0gj5e6\">a statement on Instagram<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have decided my fight isn&#8217;t a legal one,&#8221; said Ujiri in that post. &#8220;Now the challenge is this: What can we do to stop another man or woman from finding themselves in front of a judge or behind bars because they committed no crime other than being Black? That is the work that each of us must commit to, every day.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ujiri understands the reality of the situation and the power of his position. He spoke about it in a video the team posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe have to make it better. We have to fight, and we have to stand up, and we have to speak up.\u201d<br><br>&#8211; Masai Ujiri <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/na7Ba6HyUm\">pic.twitter.com\/na7Ba6HyUm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raptors\/status\/1361404739364216840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve thought about how hard it was for me. And I&#8217;m privileged. I&#8217;m blessed,&#8221; said Ujiri. &#8220;I&#8217;m lucky that I can fight, and stand, and show and have evidence that many people don&#8217;t. We have to make it better. We have to fight and we have to stand up, and we have to speak up.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"first-77370665\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team, city and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, who owns the Raptors, have his back. MLSE is happy Mijiri was vindicated but very troubled by what he experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We continue to be deeply troubled by the fact that Masai was put in this position in the first place, and believe he should never have had to defend himself,&#8221; said MLSE in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is another painful reminder of the harsh reality that Black people face on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Raptors were celebrating their win over the Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals, Toronto&#8217;s team president, Masai Ujiri walked on to the floor to join them. But he was stopped and then shoved twice by a sheriff&#8217;s deputy, temporarily staining a celebratory moment for the Raptors. 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