{"553981":{"#nid":"553981","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"\u2018Enough is Enough\u2019: NBA Star Speak Out Against Gun Violence, Racial Profiling","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201c\u2018Enough is Enough\u2019: NBA Star Speak Out Against Gun Violence, Racial Profiling\u201d\u0026nbsp;quotes School of History and Sociology Assistant Professor, John M. Smith, Ph.D. for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Christian Science Monitor\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthletes now prefer to be active in less confrontational ways \u2013 like giving to charities, funding scholarships, and investing in poor communities, says Johnny Smith, a historian at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a quieter activism, it\u2019s a safer form of activism,\u201d he adds. \u201cThese athletes came of age in a different political climate, and they have been discouraged to be politically active because it has not been economically wise to do so.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/USA-Update\/2016\/0714\/Enough-is-enough-NBA-stars-speak-out-against-gun-violence-racial-profiling\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-07-19 10:54:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:16","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"recycling event","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/USA-Update\/2016\/0714\/Enough-is-enough-NBA-stars-speak-out-against-gun-violence-racial-profiling","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"416751":{"id":"416751","type":"image","title":"Johnny Smith","body":null,"created":"1449254258","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:38","changed":"1475895155","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:35","alt":"Johnny Smith","file":{"fid":"202560","name":"johnsmithweb_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6610,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg?itok=WbsAs1xI"}}},"media_ids":["416751"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"129451","name":"Johnny Smith"},{"id":"168508","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}