ɪs ᴊasᴏn ᴋɪdd whɪᴛᴇ?
ᴊasᴏn ᴋɪdd ɪs a ʀᴇᴛɪʀᴇd aᴍᴇʀɪcan pʀᴏfᴇssɪᴏnal ʙasᴋᴇᴛʙall plaʏᴇʀ and cᴏach. hᴇ ɪs ᴛhᴇ hᴇad cᴏach ᴏf ᴛhᴇ dallas ᴍaᴠᴇʀɪcᴋs ᴏf ᴛhᴇ naᴛɪᴏnal ʙasᴋᴇᴛʙall assᴏcɪaᴛɪᴏn (nʙa). ᴋɪdd ɪs a ᴛᴇn-ᴛɪᴍᴇ nʙa all-sᴛaʀ, fɪᴠᴇ-ᴛɪᴍᴇ all-nʙa ᴛᴇaᴍ sᴇlᴇcᴛɪᴏn, and ᴛhᴇ 2011 nʙa chaᴍpɪᴏn as hᴇad cᴏach ᴏf ᴛhᴇ ᴍaᴠᴇʀɪcᴋs. hᴇ ɪs wɪdᴇlʏ cᴏnsɪdᴇʀᴇd ᴏnᴇ ᴏf ᴛhᴇ gʀᴇaᴛᴇsᴛ pᴏɪnᴛ gᴜaʀds ɪn nʙa hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ.
ᴋɪdd was ʙᴏʀn ɪn san fʀancɪscᴏ, calɪfᴏʀnɪa, ᴛᴏ sᴛᴇᴠᴇ ᴋɪdd, an afʀɪcan-aᴍᴇʀɪcan ᴍan, and annᴇ ᴋɪdd, a whɪᴛᴇ wᴏᴍan. hᴇ ɪdᴇnᴛɪfɪᴇs as ʙɪʀacɪal. ᴋɪdd has saɪd ᴛhaᴛ hᴇ ɪs pʀᴏᴜd ᴏf hɪs hᴇʀɪᴛagᴇ and ᴛhaᴛ hᴇ dᴏᴇs nᴏᴛ fᴇᴇl ᴛhaᴛ hᴇ ʙᴇlᴏngs ᴛᴏ ᴏnᴇ ʀacᴇ ᴏʀ ᴛhᴇ ᴏᴛhᴇʀ. hᴇ has alsᴏ saɪd ᴛhaᴛ hᴇ ʙᴇlɪᴇᴠᴇs ᴛhaᴛ ʀacᴇ ɪs a sᴏcɪal cᴏnsᴛʀᴜcᴛ and ᴛhaᴛ ɪᴛ shᴏᴜld nᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴜsᴇd ᴛᴏ dɪᴠɪdᴇ pᴇᴏplᴇ.
ᴋɪdd’s ʀacɪal ɪdᴇnᴛɪᴛʏ has ʙᴇᴇn ᴛhᴇ sᴜʙᴊᴇcᴛ ᴏf sᴏᴍᴇ dɪscᴜssɪᴏn and dᴇʙaᴛᴇ. sᴏᴍᴇ pᴇᴏplᴇ haᴠᴇ aʀgᴜᴇd ᴛhaᴛ hᴇ ɪs whɪᴛᴇ, whɪlᴇ ᴏᴛhᴇʀs haᴠᴇ aʀgᴜᴇd ᴛhaᴛ hᴇ ɪs ʙlacᴋ. hᴏwᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴋɪdd has saɪd ᴛhaᴛ hᴇ dᴏᴇs nᴏᴛ ɪdᴇnᴛɪfʏ wɪᴛh ᴇɪᴛhᴇʀ laʙᴇl and ᴛhaᴛ hᴇ pʀᴇfᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sᴇᴇn as ʙɪʀacɪal.
