{"id":338970,"date":"2020-01-23T05:56:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T13:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338970"},"modified":"2020-01-23T05:56:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T13:56:38","slug":"mike-perrys-manager-doesnt-condone-his-use-of-the-n-word-but-he-understands-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/mike-perrys-manager-doesnt-condone-his-use-of-the-n-word-but-he-understands-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Perry\u2019s manager doesn’t condone his use of the N-word, but he understands it"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Mike Perry’s manager Abe Kawa spoke out about his fighter’s use of the N-word during a recent interview with MMA Junkie<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Perry has faced a great deal of criticism over the course of the last few weeks and months, for his seemingly regular use of the N-word. Some have decided to stick up for the controversial UFC star, whereas others have jumped to condemn him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Kawa seems to fall somewhere in the middle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cOne thing I can\u2019t do, and I\u2019ve been blamed many times in the past for, I don\u2019t run their social media,\u201d Kawa said of Perry. \u201cI can\u2019t tell people what to do and not do; I can only give them advice. I can show them, \u2018Hey, this is where you\u2019re going to lose out on things.\u2019 In this case, Mike, if we would take the time to actually listen to Mike, you would understand where he was coming from.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s the right thing to do,\u201d Kawa continued. \u201cSo I don\u2019t want to put myself out there and say what he\u2019s doing is the right thing to do. But for him and the way he grew up and the way his beginning was, it\u2019s right. So, I get it. For the person who is not used to that and for the person who doesn\u2019t get it, for me, I don\u2019t go around doing that just the same way. I may have in the past and whatnot. But for him, for what he feels is right, it\u2019s hard for me to change that in one shot.”<\/p>\r\n

Kawa continued:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cHe would have to go to jail for that. It would have to be a law that says you\u2019re doing something wrong. That\u2019s the way he sees it. He feels that everybody else is being closed-minded, where he\u2019s the one trying to educate everybody. And it just doesn\u2019t come out that way. So I understand the hurt.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI think the stigma of what he\u2019s doing is probably way more blown up in the media than actually to the common folks,\u201d Kawa said. \u201cIf you look at the comments, once one person says something, everyone kind of goes in there. But then you have the other side of it, where everyone is like, \u2018Why are you guys messing with him? He came from where I came from. I get it, Mike.\u2019 So he\u2019s getting a 50-50 split of people saying to him don\u2019t do it, and then the other 50 percent saying, \u2018We understand you, it\u2019s OK.\u2019 So Mike is gonna be Mike; we all have to love Mike.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

What are your thoughts on Mike Perry using the N-word?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/22\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike Perry’s manager Abe Kawa spoke out about his fighter’s use of the N-word during a recent interview with MMA Junkie. Perry has faced a great deal of criticism over the course of the last few weeks and months, for his seemingly regular use of the N-word. 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