Joy Reid calls Knicks boss James Dolan a plantation owner for accepting Trumps WH invite: Hurts my heart

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid outrageously compared New York Knicks owner James Dolan to a “plantation owner” for accepting President Trump’s invitation – saying it “hurts my heart” to think of the players being forced to visit the White House.Dolan “definitely comes across as a plantation owner character, and the fact that he would want to see these proud black men ‘Yes, sir’-ing a racist president — it hurts my heart so much to even think about it,” Reid said during her “The Joy Reid Show” podcast on Tuesday. “It wouldn’t be their fault, but it would be so, to me, demeaning,” the far-left talking head ranted.Atlantic writer Jemele Hill, a guest on the show, agreed with Reid, who famously got the boot from MSNBC last year.Dolan is “purposely putting them in the line of fire of an administration that has been openly hostile towards black folks and it’s messed up because the players will get the brunt of it because they’re the easy target,” she said.Hill said Dolan’s acceptance of the invite seemed “very slave-y,” adding: “There’s a perverse thrill that comes with making black athletes, especially black men, look subservient, and that’s what this is at the root of it.”Immediately after the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, clinching their first NBA Championship title since 1973, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post: “Congratulations to Jim Dolan and the New York Knicks!!!”The president, who attended Game 3 of the Finals at Madison Square Garden, called the playoffs “Maybe the greatest in the history of basketball.” He specifically praised “superstar” Jalen Brunson, as well as Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson.A few days later, Dolan announced he had accepted an invite from Trump for the players to visit the White House, which would make the Knicks the first NBA team to do so under Trump.“We still have to figure out the details, et cetera, but, you know,...