Cam Newton talks social injustice: ’What’s going on in our country at times is extremely disgusting’

He’s now the face of the New England Patriots and Wednesday, Cam Newton talked about matters that mean more than football.

At the end of his digital press conference, Newton was asked about balancing football with real life following the shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Jacob Blake was shot in the back by police officers.

"What’s going on in this country of ours at times is extremely disgusting. Until we find a fix, more than ever we have to unify one as [...]

He’s now the face of the New England Patriots and Wednesday, Cam Newton talked about matters that mean more than football.

At the end of his digital press conference, Newton was asked about balancing football with real life following the shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Jacob Blake was shot in the back by police officers.

"What’s going on in this country of ours at times is extremely disgusting. Until we find a fix, more than ever we have to unify one as much as possible," Newton said. "From the Black Lives Matter campaign to social injustice, bringing awareness with that and just everybody becoming more aware of certain things and not necessarily turning their ear or turning their face with things that are extremely blatant."

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Shaq Mason shared a similar sentiment when asked about the incident and matters surrounding social injustice and how they’re being handled by the Patriot players.

"Social injustice, it’s a thing in our country. It runs deep," Mason said. "Especially in our locker room, where we have plenty of minorities in our locker room, that’s definitely a topic we all discuss.

"We’re pushing for change and better things to come for our country before. It starts with us taking a stand, wanting change and promoting it."

"For me, I do try to bring awareness from the environment that I’m into each and every day from my children to having open discussions in the locker room," Newton said. "Not just with all black players; with Caucasians as well or whatever the race may be. That’s the start that we all can impact change in our own right."

Newton also talked about the importance of understanding the position he’s in and how he can use it to help bring awareness to social injustice amid everything else that is going on in 2020 away from the football field.

"It becomes hard being a father, it becomes hard knowing that yeah, what your day job is but we have to use our platform to raise awareness for issues like this while we’re going through so much from COVID-19," Newton said. "This is an election year with voting and making everybody aware to vote and having issues that are still pertinent in our society and in our community and still not seeing things done you just have to stay focused and impact the things that you can impact the most."

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