My thoughts on the Death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter.
First, I would like to say R.I.P Basketball legend Kobe Bryant and Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Bryant. 🙏
Let's all remember that death will come to all of us. No matter if we are young or old. I have heard many people coming up with conspiracy theory videos and also Facebook is buzzing like crazy about racial issues and how Kobe
Bryant doesn't deserve respect because he married a Latina woman and
his children are mixed race. Also, there has been talk about his past in
how he had raped a hotel worker and the worker was paid off to not tell
and brush it under the rug. Some say that the worker did it on purpose
and seduced him to get money out of him. I do not condone rape at all!
However, I would say to focus that negative energy on making it positive and send that out to the people that are hurting which is his family, friends and also the many fans that he touched while he was here on earth. Of course, spirit showed me about what happened and what I see in my eyes but this is the time it's not about who he married or had children with. If he was wrong one could say that his karma was the plane crash okay. I am not SAYING THAT PERSONALLY but what I mean is that for those of you that think what he did in the past is the reason for his death then let it be. While it's true that many of us didn't know him personally he still made an impact on the world and was certainly a part of "Black Royalty" for our people in the community and all over the world.
We have to remember as Black Americans (or whatever you want to title yourself) what we say about our people online and in public, whether it is good or bad, set the TONE for other groups and ethnicities to say what we say! No matter if you think no one is watching or not the truth is that THEY ARE so don't be mad when someone else says the EXACT same thing that we do! Let's celebrate his life and the good that he did do. If you go on his Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/kobebryant/tagged/ you will see not only was he into writing but he was a great father right up until he died. He was actually taking his daughter to her basketball game when this tragic plane crash happened. As for the people that don't like him and don't care we have to allow them to be themselves as well. Don't let this break up a friendship or relationship over a difference of opinion, if you have lived long enough just know that we all did things that we may not have been proud of. Ase' Ase' Ase'
Greg
Those without mercy have died before he and his innocent daughter did.
Tracy Corbin
Thank you for this thoughtful essay on the tragic accident that resulted in 5 people’s deaths. I do question whether KB a great father. there is no evidence that he was a great father. I wonder if based on his treatment of women, he was a domineering father who did not listen or take his daughter’s feelings or desires into consideration. I hope this was not the case.. Yes, he was taking her to a game but this in itself doesn’t make one a great father.
I’m not a sports fan so the only memories I have of KB are the horrible press conference that was held when he was still claiming consensual sex. I remember his clearly distressed wife sitting next to him at this conference. Not making excuses for her. However, I do see how she was a second victim and publicly humiliated. Sitting there next to her clearly aggressive abusive husband so obviously in emotional pain. I wondered just what her life was like with this sex offender. My heart and soul were damaged by this patriarchal system’s treatment of the courageous woman who spoke out about her sexual assault, the clear suffering on the wife’s face and the compassion that was only shown for the sports star (sex offender). I see that KB later came to admit that he understood that from his 19-year-old victim’s point of view she did not consent to sex (he sexually assaulted her) but he never said that. While lamenting the loss of this great sports star. How about honoring him for his half confession. For the somewhat admission of the atrocities of victim-blaming. I hope for his wife and daughters’ sake and other women he encountered he had come to some consciousness of his abusive behavior and modified it.