For the sports commentator and former Winnipeg Blue Bomber, it was a reminder of how little has changed since he was growing up. MLA Uzoma Asagwara says protests by professional athletes help bring more people into conversations about racism. "[It's] one of the most ludicrous things from an individual that then will turn around and say … athletes should be better role models," said Okwumabua, who co-owns local clothing company Zueike Apparel. Ogo Okwumabua says recent protests by professional sports teams fly in the face of the pervasive idea that athletes have no place in political conversations. "[They] fail to realize no matter which way our people had ever protest[ed], there was never a right way.

Source: CBC News August 30, 2020 17:06 UTC