NBA Player Jrue Holiday Wears Black Lives Matter-Inspired 'Say Their Names' Mask to Game
with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to Black-owned businesses “so we can continue to fight racial injustices,” he says in a statement.
Earlier this month, Holiday pledged the remainder of his 2020 NBA salary – totaling more than $5 million – to create the Jrue and Lauren Holiday fund alongside his wife, former U.S. women's national soccer team playerThe fund supports Black-led non-profit organizations and programs, working to balance out socioeconomic inequalities in Los Angeles, New Orleans and Indianapolis,. Proceeds from the masks will be donated to businesses through the couple’s fund.
On the new mask line, he notes, “I wanted to continue to raise awareness of our new social justice fund … I thought masks would be cool because that’s the first thing you see when you look at someone now.”, who earlier this week pledged $1.5 million to support WNBA players who are choosing to sit out the 2020 season due to coronavirus and racial injustice concerns.
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