Earlier this year, LeBron James gave a lengthy interview to ESPN about basketball, America, family, racism and politics. As always, Bron spoke his truth and talked about what a scary time it is to be African-American these days, especially with U BUM in office. For this interview, Laura Ingraham mocked him:

‘Shut up and dribble’ — Fox News’s Laura Ingraham to LeBron and Kevin Durant after their criticism of President Trump pic.twitter.com/0BlokQDIIl

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 16, 2018

Even though it’s just a short clip, I couldn’t get through it. Whenever anyone asks about white privilege and the smug racist face of 2018, they should show that f–king clip of Laura F–king Ingraham calling LeBron ignorant and dumb and telling him to “shut up and dribble.” Well, Bron heard about it, because of course he did. And so he’s turning lemons into lemonade:

Back in February, LeBron James gave an interview to ESPN’s Cari Champion in which he discussed race, politics, being a public figure and his personal criticisms of President Trump. In response, Fox News pundit Laura Ingraham dedicated a segment to chiding James for discussing politics at all while a professional athlete. “It’s always unwise to seek political advice from someone who gets paid $100 million a year to bounce a ball,” she said. “Keep the political comments to yourselves. … Shut up and dribble.” Six months later, that sentiment has been converted into the title of the NBA star’s upcoming three-part docuseries Shut Up and Dribble, which James and his production company SpringHill Entertainment will produce for Showtime.

In case that title seems like a mean moniker to give your own show, that’s sort of the point. According to Deadline, Shut Up and Dribble is specifically about exploring “the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA.” And if the concept of telling someone to shut up and do a specific job that apparently precludes them from having a political opinion is giving you early 2000s Dixie Chicks vibes, that makes sense too. Ingraham published a book way back in 2006 entitled, you guessed it, Shut Up And Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics and the Media Are Subverting America.

[From Vulture]

I love him. I love that he turned Laura Ingraham’s nasty, racist bitchery into the name of his docu-series. I love that he’s going to truly explore what it means to be a politically active black man in the public eye. What’s amazing is how few of the Laura Ingrahams of the world remember that there has ALWAYS been a legacy of athlete-activists and athlete-advocates, and they’ve always been remembered for their political legacies as well as their athletic legacies. Anyway… GO BRON! Incidentally, he didn’t say one f–king word about Donald Trump’s hateful, racist tweet. Bron just ignored him.

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