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Must C’s: “racism is taught” - Marcus Smart

In a video for The Players’ Tribune, Marcus Smart recounts a night in Boston when he was pulled over by a police officer on a gameday and was yelled at and called a racial slur by a mother with her young son in tow on their way out of TD Garden.

No one is born racist. Racism is taught. In order to break the cycle, we have to start by teaching the younger generations. u270a u270a u270a u270a @PlayersTribune
pic.twitter.com/IxpVt5PUCp— marcus smart (@smart_MS3) March 27, 2021

Smart penned other thoughts at TPT, detailing life in the Orlando bubble and his early bout with COVID-19 that included his father testing positive, too.