In 2018 Bennett wrote a book called Things That Make White People Uncomfortable.
Bennett sat down with GQ to discuss everything going on now, and rather some of his optimism from his book reigns true now.
When Bennett was asked about his opinion on what’s been happening over the last three weeks, he expresses a feeling of joy that people are finally waking up, but he says he can’t help but wonder how many lives would have been saved if people would have listened when Kaepernick was trying to tell them back in 2016 what was happening.
Because if they have to connect to that, that’s them acknowledging their privilege, that their kid lives a privileged life, that their kid lives a different way and they live in a different America; their schools are better”
Having Black people be a part of the system is integral in making sure those very systems are not oppressing Black people, but there’s also a systemic side to it that fans of the sports must understand needs to be addressed as well.
“I think it’s important to have players in the system who are understanding the complexities of society, who can constantly push organizations and the league into the direction of positivity, and the direction of really making a true change and having impact,” said Bennett to GQ.
