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04-07-2016, 03:15 AM
Charles Barkley to NBA: Move All-Star game after N.C.'s anti-LGBT bill
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Barkley, an NBA Hall of Famer and current analyst for the NBA on TNT, made his comments in a recent CNN interview.*
SEE ALSO: The NBA has a chance to take a powerful stand for LGBT rights. Will it? (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/nba-all-star-**rth-carolina-lgbt/)
“I think the NBA should move the All-Star Game from there next year,"*Barkley told Fredricka Whitfield (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/03/charles-barkley--politics.cnn).*"As a black person, I’m against any form of discrimination – against whites, Hispanics, gays, lesbians, however you want to phrase it. It’s my job, with the position of power that I’m in and being able to be on television, I’m supposed to stand up for the people who can’t stand up for themselves.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/charles-barkley-all-star-game-charlotte/)
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Barkley, an NBA Hall of Famer and current analyst for the NBA on TNT, made his comments in a recent CNN interview.*
SEE ALSO: The NBA has a chance to take a powerful stand for LGBT rights. Will it? (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/nba-all-star-**rth-carolina-lgbt/)
“I think the NBA should move the All-Star Game from there next year,"*Barkley told Fredricka Whitfield (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/03/charles-barkley--politics.cnn).*"As a black person, I’m against any form of discrimination – against whites, Hispanics, gays, lesbians, however you want to phrase it. It’s my job, with the position of power that I’m in and being able to be on television, I’m supposed to stand up for the people who can’t stand up for themselves.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/charles-barkley-all-star-game-charlotte/)
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