He writes about his, and my, hometown. http://www.theplayerstribune.com/jabari-parker-chicago-gun-violence/
He wants to teach after basketball....that means a lot to me. Professionals who want to teach are like players who want to spend their whole career in Portland.
I grew up in Obama's neighborhood. I don't think he's going back to Illinois. That's just a guess tho.
Fascinating information. This raises a(n admittedly tangential) question for me though: how is it that Chicago banning gun shops is OK and not viewed as an unconstitutional infrigement on gun ownership, but Texas mandating (unreasonably?) high standards in abortion clinics is seen as an unconstitutional restriction of abortion rights? Not saying either position is right or wrong; just curious about the logic and the perception of the differences between the two.
I don't really understand the federal trump that the government has over the individual states. For example marijuana. Still illegal federally but legal in certain states. So which jurisdiction trumps which? I hate to say it but it really feels like this country is becoming more and more segregated based on laws, not race. Will a civil war be in our future? I know, extreme, but really. If the federal government were to actively pass a gun control law pulling the guns from law abiding citizens, I am in full belief it will turn into a full scale civil war. And it will end in our third world war because other countries will swoop in and take advantage of it and use it as an opportunity to pounce.
I had never considered this. It's a very interesting point. I'm a staunch stereotypical liberal, and I have to admit. I think second amendment trumps supreme Court decision. But the issue raised by supreme Court interpretation was abortions were unreasonable to get. But if it's just the city, then I don't that's unreasonable burden. The whole state only had 7 locations to get abortions. That's a big state.
Good point on the difference between city and state. However, I doubt that if the Texas law were only effective in Houston that it would have been challenged any less strenuously. Would never know unless some city tried it, I guess...
what a cool article! at first i was thinking - huh Jabari? weird. but he writes very well and i enjoyed reading all of it and its awesome to see him focused on making some kind of change there. his family and friends have someone to be proud of with him. nice find
