Former Jazz star and current team broadcaster bigTbailey offers great perspective on the current state of race relations in Utah.
Ahead of a day of service Monday at Vivint Arena, former Jazz star and current team broadcaster Thurl Bailey shared his experiences as a Black man in Utah and where the state stands regarding progress.
Before facing his former team last month, ex-Jazz star Donovan Mitchell said that racial issues in Utah were"exhausting," and that it's much easier for him in Cleveland where he currently plays for the Cavaliers. Bailey said that while Utah is behind other places with more diverse populations and an understanding of what other cultures can bring, there has been been progress.
"I think that we’ve come a long way in the sense of understanding the true meaning of diversity ... over the years there’ve been things that have happened that maybe in the past the response to those things wouldn’t have been satisfactory," he added.
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