Coach K says it's time to say 'Black Lives Matter' in passionate video plea asking Americans to acknowledge systemic racism and social injustice
Jun 27, 2020, 04:21 IST
- Legendary Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski — better known as Coach K — said it's time to say "Black Lives Matter" in an impassioned video published by the school.
- The former Team USA head coach described systemic racism and social injustice as "the problem, the disease, the plague that has been with our country for four centuries."
- Coach K also said that "we as a country have the duty to solve this problem."
- A United States Military Academy alumnus and a coach at West Point at the start of his Hall of Fame career, Krzyzewski called back to his time as a cadet in pleading for Americans "to choose the harder right."
- Check out the full video below:
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