Miami Heat player Meyers Leonard has reportedly been fined for using an anti-Semitic racial slur.
Leonard has been all over the news lately after he called somebody a “k*ke b*tch” while playing a video game. He’s now learned his punishment. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
Meyers Leonard says racial slurs while playing CoD pic.twitter.com/WHwUnbV0pR
— Main Team (@MainTeamSports) March 9, 2021
According to Bleacher Reporter, Leonard has been fined $50,000, suspended for a week from the team and will have “to participate in a cultural diversity program.”
Meyers Leonard has been fined $50K and suspended one week from Heat team activities after he used an anti-Semitic slur.
He’ll also be required to participate in a cultural diversity program pic.twitter.com/KZYGMqMn9t
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 11, 2021
Overall, this is a reasonable way to handle the situation. Leonard embarrassed the Heat, he embarrassed his teammates and he embarrassed himself.
Now, he’ll pay a big fine, has been hit with a suspension and will do some diversity training.
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I know a lot of people on Twitter acted like he should be totally canceled, but that would have been very stupid.
He made a very dumb decision, said something incredibly stupid and offensive but there’s an opportunity to learn here.
We don’t learn anything when we destroy careers. We learn when people extend their hands to help educate.
After Meyer Leonard used an anti-Semitic slur, NFL player Julian Edelman offered to take him to a Shabbat dinner in Miami.
This is the proper way to handle this situation. Instead of promoting cancel culture, get to know people. You’ll get better results. https://t.co/qZY2CV2Xws
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) March 10, 2021
Now, let’s all move forward and put the situation behind us. There’s no need to hold a mistake over Leondard’s head forever.