In NASCAR, a predominantly white sport, Darrell Bubba Wallace Jr. showed insurmountable courage yesterday, by racing in a car painted in Black Lives Matter.
On the hood of the car, he had painted compassion, love, and understanding. Three things that are very important in this current climate, the protests have been going on for three weeks now, we have made some traction, big chain stores are taking action in speaking out against social injustices to African Americans and people of color.
But, that is only the beginning they need to also implement plans to better diversify their organizations in the board rooms, help underfunded African American neighborhoods and schools, speaking out against injustices is only the beginning, but far from the end.
A few weeks ago NASCAR drivers made a video speaking out against the social injustices and police brutality African Americans face in this country.
This week, they removed all the confederate flags at race tracks, this could be detrimental to their pockets considering the fan base for NASCAR is predominantly white southern males. NASCAR shows they’re willing to lose a few dollars to stand up to social injustice to do what’s right!
I don’t think this would have happened without Darrell Bubba Wallace Jr.
Darrell Bubba Wallace Jr. stated, “My next step would be to get rid of Confederate flags at race tracks.” That is exactly what he did.
