Dr. Karida Brown To Implement Educational Programming on Race and Racism

The Lakers announced the hiring of Dr. Karida Brown as the team’s Director of Racial Equity & Action on Thursday, and on Friday, as the franchise celebrated Juneteenth, Dr. Brown joined members of the media on a Zoom call.

Dr. Brown explained her goals in educating the Lakers further in the organization’s push towards progress on racial and social issues, and detailed how the partnership developed.

It started in recent weeks when Lakers COO & President of Business Operations Tim Harris reached out to the sociology department at UCLA, looking for direction on what professor specialized in race and racism. He was connected with Dr. Brown, who asked if the Lakers organization was a non-racist…