A number of Boston Celtics players have spoken about racism in the city. But to say it’s an isolated case is to misunderstand America
Celtics wing Jaylen Brown shocked many when he recently spoke about Boston fans’ treatment of Black players. Asked by the New York Times if he had received any negative treatment from the Boston fanbase, he said: “I definitely think there’s a group or an amount within the Celtic nation that is extremely toxic and does not want to see athletes use their platform, or they just want you to play basketball and entertain and go home. And that’s a problem to me.”
We know the Maga-influenced cities across America are trying to turn back the clock on social and racial issues. But an equally dangerous form of racism exists in gentrified, majority-white, and left-leaning US cities. And that prejudice often emerges among sections of those cities’ sports fans.
