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Some people may wonder and question why a primarily "sports" organization has such a deep concern and interest in "Human Rights" issues. To this we briefly answer, "Aren't all athletes human beings?" If and when we go into more detail, we can either point to world history where from antiquity to the present there are a multitude of examples of athletic, artistic and culturally involved people advancing the causes of Human Rights, world peace and international understanding. (Remember, in antiquity, they used to stop wars in order to hold the Olympic Games. In the Twentieth Century it was just the opposite! It remains to be seen how events develop in the new millennium.)
Or, if folks wish to get "personal," we can have some of our many past or present athletes and/or staff members give their own answers. We are readily accessible by E-mail.
Or you could ask Jermaine Grant, Danny Reyes, Keshon Moore and Rayshawn Brown. On April 23, 1998, those four student athletes were on their way to seek fulfilment of their dreams of excellence on the collegiate basketball courts.
Suddenly, however, their dreams were turned into nightmares the repercussions of which shall probably be played out in the courts of civil and criminal law for several years. In a blaze of gunfire, the unarmed and innocent student athletes were gunned down by state troopers on the New Jersey Turnpike in an unprovoked traffic stop which has made the term "racial profiling" a household phrase around the world and a campaign hot potato for certain American politicians.
The only "dangerous" item in that minivan transporting those student athletes was a copy of the Holy Bible - "God's two-edged sword"! That book informs us that "You shall know the TRUTH and the truth shall set you FREE"! I have also taken a peek into the "back of the book" - so I know who wins in the end!
"Enough said?"
The Editor
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