Nascar Drivers Voice Support for George Floyd Protests and Black Lives Matter

CNN:

Nascar drivers have joined the growing list of athletes and sports leagues throwing their support behind the nationwide protests against police brutality.

Bubba Wallace wore a black T-shirt that said “Black Lives Matter” and “I can’t breathe” during Sunday’s Nascar Cup Series Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500.

Wallace also tweeted a Nascar-sponsored video of him and fellow drivers discussing how they will advocate for change to fight racism and inspire change.

“We will listen and learn! #BlackLivesMatters”, Wallace tweeted.

There’s a much-cited passage in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises:

“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.

“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”

That gradually-then-suddenly pattern is true for so many things. Cracks form slowly, then, the dam bursts. We’re at the suddenly part for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.

★ Tuesday, 9 June 2020