Lebron James further fleshed out his thoughts on Laura Ingraham's suggestion that he "shut up and dribble" on Saturday, February 17.
Only one day after tweeting the hashtag #wewillnotshutupanddribble, the Cleveland Cavs player insisted again that he does not intend to remain quiet when it comes to taking a stand on social issues. James said that doing so would be the equivalent of letting a nation of youth who look up to him down.
"We will definitely not shut up and dribble. I will definitely not do that. I mean too much to society, I mean too much to the youth, I mean too much to so many kids that feel like they don’t have a way out, and they need someone to help lead them out of the situation they’re in," said James.
He made that notion clear while discussing such matters as the Parkland, FL mass-shooting and the successful release of Black Panther, during a chat with reporters at NBA All-Star weekend's media day. James then went on to recommend that Ingraham do some better research, per her assertion that he left high school a year early to pursue his career in the NBA.
Since Ingraham's racist rant made headlines, she's received backlash from some notable figures, including Charles Barkley, who told his Inside the NBA co-hosts that he would expect nothing different from a Fox News host.
