JimLes
Well-Known Member
Donovan fought for equality but was shut down... But that's on Utah, his efforts were observed by many around the league thus the perception remains ...
I don't get what he thought was going to happen.
Utah is a pretty conservative, patriarchal, racist place. I don't think anyone is going to argue that. There's a long way to go.
It's just that Mitchell comes off as thinking that because he made an All-Star game and bought some kid a new smart phone, he was going to end racism in Utah. There are activists and organizations in Utah who have all been working for decades to make it a less racist place, and while there has been progress, it's been slow and hard-won. The problem apparently, is that they all just needed some rich kid from Connecticut to come and end racism in Utah like Fonzie.