Athletes Aren't Dumb Jocks—We're the Face of Change

As someone involved with professional sports for most of my life, I’m gratified to see that pro athletes and sports organizations are finally being embraced as leaders against social injustice. Wednesday night, NBA players Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James opened the ESPY Awards with a call for athletes—and everyone—to work toward change. As Wade said, “The racial profiling has to stop. The shoot-to-kill mentality has to stop.