Understanding for Kyrie Irving

Blame systemic racism for Kyrie Irving’s ignorance of historic self-identity

Johnny Silvercloud
AfroSapiophile

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Artistic modified image of Kyrie Irving | Image Credit: Johnny Silvercloud

Thoughts on Kyrie Irving

For those who follow my intellectual activism, you know I’m not a big fan of conspiracy theories, disinformation, and other stupid things a small amount of critical thinking would solve. Kyrie Irving was, or is, an anti-vaccination guy, which placed him on my stupidity radar a long time ago.

I’m not a fan of Kyrie Irving, not even by the slightest. I’m not a fan of people who are highly susceptible to misinformation and disinformation, especially if they have reckless large platforms.

I’m not here to defend Kyrie, so don’t make that mistake. I just stumbled across some thoughts on the matter that should be considered. Let me explain. But before we begin, let’s go over a brief grip of what happened:

  • Kyrie Irving, NBA star player, shared some antisemitic false-information shit.
  • The material he shared pertained to Black Hebrew Israelite shit.

As I highlighted before, Kyrie Irving is one of those guys who are highly susceptible to disinformation, as most paranoid conspiracy theorists are. On top of the anti-vax nonsense he was on during a deadly pandemic, he also was just up in…

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Johnny Silvercloud
AfroSapiophile

20 yr U.S. Army vet turned analytical street photographer who talks about power, protest, and politics. Do not defend racism or sexism when I’m in the room.