Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand Award $2.3M in New Black Community Commitment Grants

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MJ always gave back. I went to his Celebrity Golf Classic in Greenville, NC every year in the 90s where all the money went to charity. $8-14 to see MJ and pretty much every big sports and tv star at the time showed up every year to play golf.

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MJ always gave back. I went to his Celebrity Golf Classic in Greenville, NC every year in the 90s where all the money went to charity. $8-14 to see MJ and pretty much every big sports and tv star at the time showed up every year to play golf.

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Yes, even the rare Jordan critics have conceded that he has always quietly contributed to community organizations.
TLR, the truth often takes a backseat to what people want to believe.
 
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I still say to this day donald sterling would have prob still been a owner if jordan didn't do anything
 

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Not a zero sum game but lebron has done more and jordan has more resources available.

Any donation is a good donation, but but i can help but think this is a reponse after tpeople said he doesn’t go shyt for the community.


Lebron built that school in Akron and it’s changed lives.
Dumb take, MJ been giving back.
 

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No matter what a celebrity does when they give back, you'll always have people saying they should do more. It's never enough. I understand why some celebrities don't advertise when they do something positive.
Eh, celebrities get oversized credit for their good deeds. The people who detract are few and far in-between. You donate 3 times and you’re labeled a humanitarian. Some people just don’t like to be all up in the videos with their charity.

That said, this is a good gesture. But just looking at those orgs, I wonder if they wrote with a specific needs for those grants because otherwise, I feel like MJ would go further with donating more to less orgs. But that’s moreso my approach to donating and I’m not mad at him.
 
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