Danny Ainge springs into action ! <| sep |> April Fool ' s Day ? <| sep |> That ' s really , really , really is not what I meant to say , but I ' m sorry if it came off that way . I know racism is real and naturally occurring and that it needs to be affirmatively dealt with i . e . it won ' t ever just take care of itself , even under ideal conditions , but it ' s also absolutely something that ' s promotedembraced to distract fromignore economic disparities . Maybe I ' m wrong , but I feel like making those economic disparities a little less brutal for everyone would make it a lot easier for people to recognize and reject racism , which they ought to be doing anyway , but clearly aren ' t . Someone who famously worked with MLK said , If you can convince the lowest white man he ' s better than the best colored man , he won ' t notice you ' re picking his pocket . Hell , give him somebody to look down on , and he ' ll empty his pockets for you . convincethelowestwhiteman , and it really seems to me like that ' s an inescapable part of what we ' re seeing going on today . That doesn ' t excuse any individual or institution ' s racism , but maybe it gives us an idea of another means to fight it .