Malcolm Brogdon on Milwaukee: 'I've Never Lived in a City This Segregated'

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Playing three seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks has taught Malcolm Brogdonmany things about life on and off the court.

In an interview with The Guardian's Donald McRae, Brogdon highlighted the level of segregation and lack of progressiveness he's seen in the city of Milwaukee.

"Before I came to Milwaukee I'd heard the city was the most segregated in the country," Brogdon said. "I'd heard it was racist. When I got here it was extremely segregated. I've never lived in a city this segregated. Milwaukee's very behind in terms of being progressive. There are things that need to change rapidly.”

Milwaukee's lack of diversity has been talked about before by people within the Bucks organization.


During a September 2016 appearance at the Rotary Club of Madison, team president Peter Feigin made the following comments about the city, via Dennis Punzel of the Wisconsin State Journal:

"We know we can't cure the world. But we are very determined to get ourselves involved in programs that we can measure a difference in and put our claws into for a long period of time and show a difference.

"Very bluntly, Milwaukee is the most segregated, racist place I've ever experienced in my life. It just is a place that is antiquated. It is in desperate need of repair and has happened for a long, long time. One of our messages and one of our goals is to lead by example."

Feigin later backed down from those comments in a statement: "I was addressing a question about the social, economic and geographic divides that exist and how we can help address them. It wasn't my intention to characterize the general community as overtly racist."

Brogdon's comments about Milwaukee's lack of integration have proven to be accurate. A study released by the Brookings Institution in January found the city had the highest black-white segregation rate from 2013-17 at 79.8 percent.

The third-year guard noted the Bucks' owners have encouraged players to be "forward thinking" and "speak out for what is good and right.”

Brogdon is currently in his third season with the Bucks. He was born in Atlanta and attended college at the University of Virginia before being a second-round draft pick by Milwaukee in 2016.

Malcolm Brogdon on Milwaukee: 'I've Never Lived in a City This Segregated'



LINK TO GUARDIAN ARTICLE. GUARDIAN DONT PLAY WITH CUT N PASTE.

 

[DEAD7]

...and?

 

[Serious]

...and?

Did you even read the full article?

 

[DEAD7]

Did you even read the full article?

edit:
Just pointing at the town and saying it lacks diversity or is segregated doesn't mean anything to me
He should give examples of racism/discrimination... or other wrong doing.

 

[ORDER_66]

Milwaukee... even the name sounds white ASF...

 

[Serious]

edit:
Just pointing at the town and saying it lacks diversity or is segregated doesn't mean anything to me
He should give examples of racism/discrimination... or other wrong doing.

He did in the guardian article. It's a solid article breh.

He went on a whole diatribe about what he sees in the city, how he intends to combat it, as well as his upbringing in ATL while dealing with racist situations.


Let me preface the significance of this article:
He's a talented Basketball player(starter on the bucks, who are #2 in the eastern conference), with a masters degree(in public policy), living the most segregated city in America.

This will be an interesting situation to keep on eye on, because he believes in combating and engaging the cognitive dissonance that exist in white communities, with a winning team.

He even went all out to mention how he was inspired by Malcolm X.

This guy is very intelligent and self aware of how white people move. If you can't find the significance in that then idk what to say.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

"Very bluntly, Milwaukee is the most segregated, racist place I've ever experienced in my life. It just is a place that is antiquated. It is in desperate need of repair and has happened for a long, long time.

Holy shyt the white boy came out and straight told it like it is.

I was not expecting that

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Malcolm Brogdon: 'People think if you’re black you can’t be both educated and a sportsman'

His father, Mitchell, is a lawyer, while Brogdon’s mother, Jann Adams, is the former chair of the psychology department at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, among the most famous of America’s historically black colleges and universities. She is now the associate dean of the science and maths department. “I was lucky I had a mom who had seen it all. From seeing my grandfather march in the Civil Rights era, she understood the depth, character and stability you need to go through racism. She taught me not to accept it to but deal with it, and be better than it. My mom grew up in Waco, Texas, when the KKK was still prominent. She remembers them burning crosses in the front yard. The racism was palpable every day.”

And he's NBA Rookie of the Year with a path towards stardom?

Family is some sick Black excellence.

Brogdon tells me the remarkable story of how his parents made the decision, when he and his two brothers were still young, to move the family out of a middle-class neighbourhood. “We moved into inner-city Atlanta. It was a developing neighbourhood but it was lower income. It was one of the best moves my parents ever made. It was a conscious decision on their part to make sure we grew up with an understanding of what other people had to go through.”

His parents also took their boys to Africa, on a three-week trip to Ghana where, instead of a vacation, they worked in day-care and maternity centres. While playing soccer with barefoot local kids, Brogdon realised how fortunate his family were in comparison to most people. “I have great memories from childhood. Of course the divorce, when I was 11, was tough. But my mom, especially, did a great job in raising us. She rooted us in black environments while situating us in private school. We tasted both sides.”

There was a basketball court just behind Brogdon’s backyard in Atlanta and his face lights up at a surreal memory. “We had crackheads, all types of users, coming by the court. We befriended all of them. They would come play with us. My mom saw no danger. She thought it was a great environment for us to learn how to be with different people. They knew our names, we knew their names. We had fun every day.

“I learnt that drug users could be good people too. They had just gone down a wrong path. It’s easy to dismiss people but my grandfather taught us to think differently. He marched with Dr Martin Luther King and to this day my grandmother is great friends with Andrew Young [a King confidant who became the US Ambassador to the United Nations]. It was a blessing and a privilege to have my grandfather – a giant among men.”

As a kid did Brogdon believe a career in the NBA was impossible? “My parents never planted the seed that anything was impossible. They planted the seed that things were doubly hard for a black man. My brothers and I made sure we outworked people and were better than everyone we were around.”

Holy shyt they're fukking legends.

We discuss my interview last year with Jaylen Brown, of the Boston Celtics, another impressive young NBA player. It was rumoured that an unnamed executive said Brown was “too smart” – a euphemism for being too educated and political. “Absolutely. Me and Jaylen went through the same [2016] draft. I went into draft interviews and they would say: ‘You went to college for four years, and got your master’s in your fifth year. Are you sure you want to be an NBA player? Don’t you want to go into politics?’ It seems as if you’re black you can’t be both educated and a sportsman. I’d rather they said: ‘You showed so much dedication and perseverance in your studies we know you will show it on the court.’”

It does not sound like an isolated incident. “There were multiple teams. But it’s not disheartening. It’s empowering and a chance for me to break the mould for younger black athletes get their degree, their master’s, and come into the NBA and shock the world.”

What will Brodgon be doing in 10 years? “I’ll be finding something that will impact people’s lives. I’d like to stay in the non-profit sector whether it’s clean water or fighting poverty. I have a passion for Africa and I would love to continue to use my resources to help others.”

New favorite player in the NBA.

 

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Malcolm Brogdon: 'People think if you’re black you can’t be both educated and a sportsman'



And he's NBA Rookie of the Year with a path towards stardom?

Family is some sick Black excellence.





Holy shyt they're fukking legends.











New favorite player in the NBA.

...and?

 

[Jhoon]

Milwaukee... even the name sounds white ASF...

Wisconsin is the worst state for African Americans. Worse than Alabama. Worse than Mississippi. That is a fact.

 

[Blackout]

Good to see him call it out. I’m seeing a lot of our people not be afraid to confront racism and doing that is very beneficial for us all.

 

[JBoy]

I know the Deep South gets the bulk of attention for ass backwards race relations involving black folk but from what I have observed, the Midwest is worst in pretty much all aspects in relationships with her black populations.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

I know the Deep South gets the bulk of attention for ass backwards race relations involving black folk but from what I have observed, the Midwest is worst in pretty much all aspects in relationships with her black populations.

Always was worse, but it was disguised under false pretenses. Only reason why most of those midwestern states voted democrat was because of unions. Wasn’t like they was trying to let blacks folks in them though.

 

[Serious]

Duke just pitched his charity on TNT, and Charles Barkley just verbally committed 45K to it.

 

[Strapped]

This is a solid philosophical brotha who cares about his people , wish him all the best & success