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Camera Phones as Equalizer
American people use phones as weapons to defend themselves and document things in the BLM movement. Camera phones can be weapons like guns but in different ways. Philosopher Hanna Arendt once discussed that power is generated and maintained by communicative practices, on the other hand, violence is instrumental as a physical force. A camera phone, a phone that is equipped with came, as weapons are more related to Arendt’s definition of “power” even though it is an instrument.
Making visible evidence
This article will be broadcast in my podcast very soon.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said this to Rachel Nichols, host of ESPN's The Jump, on March 18, a week after announcing the suspension of league play because of safety concerns over the emerging coronavirus pandemic. This same sentiment can be applied to the current state of social unrest sweeping the nation in the past few months after the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. The NBA again is playing a leading role as the league prepares to resume play during both a global pandemic and a racial reckoning going on around the country and across the globe.
Through all this stress and uncertainty, Silver has made decisions that take into consideration the well-being of players and the status of the NBA. In addition, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, has gone so far as to give his own sign of approval for the "bubble" campus concept in Orlando, Florida, where NBA games are scheduled to restart next week.
This is exactly a role model for professional sports in this world. I know it cots a lot.