JESSE WILLIAMS, AKA Dr. Jackson Avery from Grey’s Anatomy, has never been one to shy away from controversy – particularly when it comes to the topic of racism
His inspirational – and somewhat confrontational – acceptance speech for the Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards in 2016 went insanely viral, after he declared his award to be for his fellow black activists.
This is for the real organizers all over the country, the activist, the civil rights attorneys, the struggling parents, the families, the teachers, the students that are realizing that a system built to divide and impoverish and destroy us cannot stand if we do. It’s kinda basic mathematics: the more we learn about who we are and how we got here the more we will mobilize.”
Prior to that, he addressed race relations on CNN in 2014, following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
There’s a complete double standard and a complete different experience that a certain element of this country has the privilege of being treated like human beings, and the rest of us are not treated like human beings, period.”
Now, he’s spoken out on the issue of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, to protest race inequality in the United States.
He’s gone after NFL owners for supporting Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, after the President called for the firing of players that did not stand.
In response, Williams said on MSNBC: ”There’s an incredible level of cowardice and selfishness in the ownership class in this particular league on this particular topic,”
Seven or eight of these owners gave Donald Trump a million dollars each and are friends with a very horrible guy who thinks he’s a dictator and treats America like it’s a game show.”
ATE HIM JESSE.
