The NBA Strike: Courage, cascades and what people are willing to sacrifice
I've been incredibly impressed and inspired by the NBA (and subsequently other leagues) strike over the last 2 days to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake. Partially, it's because I'm an NBA fan and because I was moved by these incredibly personal and heartfelt takes from Doc Rivers and Chris Webber , but I realized it was a few other things as well. The first was that this strike seemed to start with just a few people on a single team that cared enough and were brave enough: the Milwaukee Bucks . Their act seemed to give impetus and courage to everyone else who otherwise would have tried to carry on as usual. Protesting matters - it may not be sufficient to drive change, but it's the only way to drive forward...and it generally takes just a few, committed people. This cascade, and how fast it spread - the other teams in a few hours and other leagues and atheletes within the day - was inspiring. All driven by (probably, I don't know for sure) a few folks on a s...