Jaylen Brown: "Angela Davis once said that racism is so dangerous, not because of individual actors, because it's deeply embedded in the apparatus."

Brown continued: "I think about that quote a lot when I think about the national anthem, which was written by Francis Scott Key, who was a slave owner.

Brown: "When we talk about the national anthem, we don't talk a lot about the third verse that was written, which addresses slavery, mentions there's no hope for a hireling or a slave, but the gloom of the grave."

Brown: "It's not the protests, it's not the police officers, the police brutality, it is, all of that is important, but it's also the framework of systemic oppression, and that started with the national anthem, so I think being able to take a knee is appropriate...

and it may not even really be enough, but I'm proud of the NBA for being a part of the right side of how people feel."