In the video below, Jan Jekielek interviews former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, who was expelled from the league in February 2022 for expressing outspoken views on the treatment of Uyghur Muslims by communist China.
Freedom expressed frustration with athletes, singers, rappers, actors, and other public figures who remain silent about issues in the United States. They frequently address problems in countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and North Korea, but avoid discussing China.
Freedom decided to take on the responsibility of speaking out about China, stating, “Okay. I guess that’s my job now.”
“Let’s find these artists around the world who have been oppressed by their government and let’s reach out to them and ask them to create these shoes for us. Not slave labor shoes.
“We are going to put all the struggles, all the violations and everything on the shoes – what’s happening in Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and with the Uyghurs, organ harvesting, surveillance cameras, and concentration camps.
“The biggest dictatorship in the world can 100% control an American organization and put pressure on them to fire an American citizen. The NBA is not the only one.
“You see Hollywood, you see Big Tech, you see academia, you see Wall Street, you see Congress … They’re pretty much trying to invade America from the inside because they know they’re not strong enough to invade America from the outside….
“By buying these people, organizations, companies, they’re pretty much trying to destroy America from the inside. People are letting them because they are bowing down to money. They are bowing down to power. And the more I researched, America is not the only one.”
