Academy Award-winning writer/director Spike Lee served as a guest speaker on the New Orleans Saints' virtual team meeting Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
Academy Award-winning writer/director Spike Lee served as a guest speaker on the New Orleans Saints’ virtual team meeting Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
Lee, 63, has directed some of the most well-known and best-reviewed movies on civil rights and race relations in the past 30-plus years, including “Do the Right Thing,” “Malcolm X” and “ BlacKkKlansman” — the last of which earned Lee the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay last year. Numerous athletes, including Saints teammates Malcolm Jenkins, Michael Thomas and Cameron Jordan, took issue with Brees’ position by quickly weighing in on social media.
Floyd’s killing — and the large showing of support and activism by athletes — also put increased attention on Colin Kaepernick’s protests against police brutality in 2016. At the time, the then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback would take a knee during the national anthem as a sign of protest.Following a wave of backlash for his comments last week, Brees apologized to teammates on a Zoom call the following day.
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