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Celtics’ Brown pens message of unity in trying times

Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown against the Phoenix Suns. [AFP]

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown urged people to “come together” amid the coronavirus pandemic, even as he used an essay in The Guardian to point out that the virus has highlighted inequality in America.

Noting that more than 30,000 have died from COVID-19 in the United States -- it was 40,000 by Sunday afternoon --the Georgia native added that of “those heart-wrenching numbers, the percentage of African Americans and people of colour is both alarming and disproportionate.

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