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Lakers report: Kyle Kuzma not afraid to tackle social issues

Kyle Kuzma might be one of the younger players in the Lakers' locker room, but he hasn't been shy about using social media as a platform to discuss social issues others might avoid.

"To me, it's something that's kind of sad but it's like the norm now in a way because it happens so frequently," Kuzma said. "The way it happened is just kind of sickening because he was in his backyard in his [grandparents'] home when it happened."

Kuzma is biracial and was raised by a white mother and he believes that insulated him from some issues of racial injustice he saw more as he grew older.