On NFL Sundays,
we're united by the colors of our team.
But on Mondays,
we're divided by the color of our skin.
There are problems in our
criminal justice system.
America still has a problem
with race,
and it's time for us
to make that right.
And as athletes,
we're trying to bring these,
this country together
to have that conversation.
And when you look at the effects of
the war on drugs
and these tough on crime legislations,
they always have
a disproportionate
effect on communities of color
and communities that are low income,
which oftentimes are communities of color.
And I've been to see that
with my own brother, who made a mistake
as a young kid
and was charged
with a felony for
marijuana possession,
and years later still
cannot get a job.
As a black man in America,
it is hard
to continuously watch video
after video of young black
men and women being
shot and killed at the hands
of police and even more frequently
being dealt
with harshly
and roughly without care
for our well-being
or our lives.
My colleague Anquan Boldin,
this hit directly home for him.
His cousin was killed by an off-duty
officer after his car broke
down on the side of the road
and he was on the phone
with AAA.
So when we speak about this,
it's not out of ignorance.
It's because it's personal.
Like most people I know,
the extent of my activism
a year ago was simply
reading an article,
watching a video,
and retweeting a hashtag that had
gone viral.
But since then I've really tried to
become part of the solution.
And the way I've
gone about that was to meet directly
with police officers
and figure out what are some of the resources that
they need.
I met directly with legislators
on Capitol Hill to make
sure that if there is
any piece of legislation that was for reform,
that I can use my platform to support it.
I then took my teammates to
Grateford Prison here in Pennsylvania
to meet
with men
that have been incarcerated.
We've all got to take ownership
in our own communities,
in our own states,
in our own country.
And so that might look different depending on
where you are. Here in Pennsylvania,
we lead the world
in incarcerating
juveniles and giving them life
sentences without parole.
And so those are things that we can all get involved
in to speak up,
tell our elected officials that we do not want
to lead the world in locking
up our own citizens.
And if it's one thing that I've learned from being
on a team
with players that are from different
races, different backgrounds,
different religions,
is that when we listen to each other
and we respect one another,
we can always work together toward a
common goal to winning.
And that's what we want to do as Americans is win.
The first part I challenge
you to do is to really listen
and give others an opportunity
to speak.
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