“Because of our platform, we felt like this was the perfect thing to do.”
When Isaiah Wilkins and London Perrantes were asked at ACC’s Operation Basketball about a team picture that they tweeted in late September, they spoke with a sense of pride.
“Obviously we got some backlash, but we knew that coming in,” Perrantes said. “But we wanted to voice our opinion either way.”
“Overall, it was good to start a conversation,” Wilkins agreed. “Even negativity starts a conversation to where you can be taught things, where you can learn things. And that’s fine too.