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Aron Baynes calls for global effort to correct ‘ingrained,’ systemic racism - The Athletic

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Aron Baynes needed to stop mid-sentence, his voice caught while explaining the conversations he, as a white man, shares with his wife, Rachel, a black woman.

“There’s so many circumstances that come up that just sicken me,” Baynes said, “because of how I see her and how much I put her up on a pedestal and what she means to me. And then knowing that there are other people out there that see her as less than human, and that … ”

Baynes’ pause to collect himself was so abrupt that, in a Zoom videoconference world where social cues are not as easy to read, another reporter inadvertently changed the subject before Baynes had finished expressing his thoughts. And even then, Baynes apologized for needing a minute, using a towel to wipe the tears from his face and take a deep breath.

In an open letter published Wednesday night, Baynes became the latest member of the Suns to speak out against systemic racism in a climate of...

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