Jesse Jackson says Dan Gilbert treated LeBron James like a "runaway slave."

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/07/12/2010-07-12_lebron_like_slave_to_cavs_owner_sez_jesse.html

Jesse Jackson slams Cavaliers' owner Dan Gilbert for treating LeBron James like a 'runaway slave'
By Bill Hutchinson
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Monday, July 12th 2010, 4:00 AM



The Rev. Jesse Jackson blasted the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday for treating Miami-bound LeBron James like a "runaway slave."

The civil rights leader slammed owner Dan Gilbert for calling James "disloyal" and "a coward" in an open letter to Cavaliers fans.

"He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers," Jackson told The Associated Press. "His feelings of betrayal personify a slave-master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave."

Moments after James, 25, who was born and raised in Ohio, announced in a hour-long ESPN special Thursday that he was going to South Florida, Gilbert ripped his former franchise player.

"You simply don't deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal," Gilbert told Cleveland's long-suffering fans on the Cavaliers Web site.

Gilbert called James "narcissistic" and "heartless." He even put a hex on the two-time NBA MVP, writing "the self-declared former 'King' will be taking the 'curse' with him down South."

Jackson described Gilbert's lambasting of James as "mean, arrogant and presumptuous" - and an insult to NBA players who choose to exercise their labor rights.

"LeBron is not a child, nor is he bound to play on Gilbert's plantation and be demeaned," Jackson said. "He has been a model citizen and has inspired the children of Akron, Cleveland, the state of Ohio and the United States."

Gilbert could not be reached for comment Sunday.

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To the nth degree,   Jesse Jackson remains a racist,  hypocrite,   and opportunist.   


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[TheCoon]

Gilbert basically allowed LeBron to run the franchise. Of course all slave owners allowed their slaves to run the plantation.

Jesse Jackson is just a dumb niggger.

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

Wow.  Just wow.

[christians4jews]

oh jesse....

[Zelhar]

It's ashame Jackson has to bring up race issues which took no part in this incident.

But anyway I think Gilbert revenge letter was petty and unprofessional.

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

It's ashame Jackson has to bring up race issues which took no part in this incident.

But anyway I think Gilbert revenge letter was petty and unprofessional.

The way lebron acted was petty and unprofessional.   The nba  is petty and unprofessional.  It has become a cheap entertainment business.  But I still think lebron deserved something like that for the way he acted.  The people in Cleveland almost unanimously hate his guts and they are burning his jersey.  The owner gave them a voice.

[Zelhar]

It's ashame Jackson has to bring up race issues which took no part in this incident.

But anyway I think Gilbert revenge letter was petty and unprofessional.

The way lebron acted was petty and unprofessional.   The nba  is petty and unprofessional.  It has become a cheap entertainment business.  But I still think lebron deserved something like that for the way he acted.  The people in Cleveland almost unanimously hate his guts and they are burning his jersey.  The owner gave them a voice.

I think it is fair to expect more from Gilbert, since he has at least graduated from 9th grade.

[IsraelForever]

What slave would get paid $14.4 million a year? 

(Which, by the way, comes to getting paid $39,452 EACH DAY!!)

If that's what being treated like a runaway slave means, then PLEASE TREAT ME LIKE A RUNAWAY SLAVE!