The strike of the NBA and WNBA players in the middle of playoffs has no earlier precedent in sports. It seemed that the buy in of the players was universal. And it was a labor action, in which racial justice and equality was the singular demand. After two days, the players extracted concessions from their governors! One of which is the basketball arenas around the country will be voting sites. Many of these arenas are in battleground states.

Even if you aren’t a basketball nut like me, you still gotta love the WNBA and the NBA and their stand on racial justice!!!! When I was a young boy basketball was my safe space as I processed a lot of turmoil in my family life. Still is a go to place for me, and probably isn’t only because of the beauty of the game.

At the core of Trump-Republican politics in this election season is the ratcheting up of racism, including the incitement of armed vigilantes against anti-racist protesters. For Trump and Trumpers, racism, raw and unapologetic, is the main  weapon in their quiver if Trump has any hope of winning a second term. How Biden-Harris, other Democratic candidates, and the larger democratic coalition respond is of critical importance.