Days After Slamming Ex-NBA Champion, Charles Barkley Calls Out “Double-Standard” Racial Issues: “One Thing That Frustrates Me…”

When it comes to societal issues, Charles Barkley has never been one to take a backseat. The Phoenix Suns veteran has time and again shared his views on controversial matters irrespective of the response he received. While his opinions have often landed him in hot waters with a certain group of people, it has never deterred him from speaking his mind. It has only been a few days since Barkley clashed head-on with a former NBA star and he is back with yet another bold claim that might just not sit well with everyone.

Despite having found himself on the receiving end of the NBA world’s wrath a few times, Barkley has managed to become one of the most loved basketball analysts. Based on the comments that are often dropped by fans, the Hall of Famer’s wit and sarcasm has gained him a huge favor among Inside the NBA viewers.

Charles Barkley has a major issue with the ‘unfair’ approach

The ’92 Dream Teamer recently dropped another bomb when he gave his take on a particular ‘race issue’. During an interview with 60 Minutes, correspondent Jon Wertheim asked Charles Barkley if he really believed that black athletes are the go-to people when opinions on racial topics are sought after. The ‘Round Mound of Rebound’ did not hesitate to say that it was indeed the case.

He said, “I think that one thing that frustrates me, and we’re all the black athletes just for the record. Because anytime something happen racially, they come to us. I’m pretty sure, white reporters can’t run up on Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers just, ‘What do you think?’. It’s really unfair, double standard.”

Furthermore, he continued, “We can’t solve all the issues, No. 1 of the black community, or in black America in general. Should we help? 100%. But every time something happen, they come to us like, No. 1 we got all the answers and we do not have all the answers. But it’s really unfair, they never ask white athletes the same questions.”

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Interestingly, this was the second time Barkley commented on racism in a span of one month.

Barkley fires back at former Celtics star

2008 NBA Champion Kendrick Perkins was recently subjected to harsh criticism when he gave his take on MVP selection criteria. Perkins offended a lot of people when he claimed that Nikola Jokic was able to become the 2x MVP because 80% of the voters were white Americans.

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Barkley refused to keep mum on Perkins’ statement and accused him of having the ‘ESPN disease’.

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