Stephen A Smith LOSES HIS MIND Over Lebron James Trashing Liberal Black City In Front Of White Guys!

LeBron James expressed strong negative feelings about playing in Memphis, describing it as a "rundown city" and suggesting the Memphis Grizzlies should relocate to Nashville, citing Nashville's better infrastructure and appeal. He even joked about pulling an "Eli Manning" if he had been drafted by Memphis.

LeBron James expressed his true feelings about playing in Memphis... Memphis is a rundown city. Is not very pleasant... and that the Grizzlies should move to Nashville.

Stephen A. Smith criticized LeBron James not for the content of his remarks about Memphis, but for the context: making them "flippantly" on a golf course "with a bunch of white dudes," arguing it showed a lack of "sensitivity" towards the black populace of Memphis and undermined LeBron's past advocacy for black history.

It's a bunch of white dudes on a golf course knowing the cameras are rolling and videoing you without any regard for what kind of effect that would have on a black populace is problematic... I wasn't dressed in shorts lollygagging on a golf course with a bunch of peeps that don't look anything like the folks that reside in Memphis.

The host highlights Stephen A. Smith's prior statements where he himself detailed Memphis's severe problems, including its status as the "murder capital" per capita, a 24.5% poverty rate, and 40% of children living in poverty. The host uses this to accuse Smith of hypocrisy, suggesting his current criticism of LeBron is performative.

Stephen A not too long ago shared the same sentiments about Memphis... the head of the FBI has called it the murder capital of this country per capita... The poverty rate is at 24 and a half percent... 40% of the children in Memphis live in poverty.

The host, a black conservative, explains that he frequently faces criticism for speaking truths in front of white audiences, implying a racial double standard where black people are expected to censor themselves on certain topics when white people are present. He frames Stephen A. Smith's reaction to LeBron as an example of this phenomenon.

Why is it so bad for him to say that in front of white people... I know where this comes from because being a black person, being a black conservative, I get criticism for this all the time... You're not supposed to say certain things as a black person in front of the whites.