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A recently surfaced photo showing  owner Jerry Jones as a 14-year-old during a civil rights clash at his Little Rock high school in 1957 has led  Lakers star  to accuse media of a racist double standard.<br>Speaking after the Lakers' 128-109 win over the  Trail Blazers on Wednesday night, James inquired why he hasn't been asked about Jones, despite fielding questions for much of November about an African-American former teammate, Kyrie Irving, .<br>'I got one question for you guys before you guys leave,' James said to reporters.<br><br>'I was thinking when I was on my way over here, I was wondering why I haven't gotten a question from you guys about the .<br>But when the Kyrie [Irving] thing was going on, you gu          A recently surfaced photo showing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones as a 14-year-old during a civil rights clash at his Little Rock high school in 1957 has led Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James to accuse media of a racist double standard<br>        Defiant white students at Arkansas' North Little Rock High School block the doors of the school, denying access to six African-American students enrolled in the school September 9, 1957.<br><br>Moments later the African American students were shoved down a flight of stairs and onto the sidewalk, where city police broke up the altercation. CIRCLED: 14-year-old Jerry Jones<br>        The 80-year-old billionaire said he looked 'like a little burrhead' in the photo, which was taken amid a wave of civil rights clashes in the Little Rock area. As Jones explained to the Post, his football coach, Jim Albright, had warned players to avoid the widely anticipated scene on the first day of classes at North Little Rock High<br>              James, who won a title with Irving in Cleveland in 2016, fielded several questions about Irving (right) during the controversy, [https://pinfaves.com/kyrie-irving-weight-loss/ https://pinfaves.com/kyrie-irving-weight-loss/] but was confused why he hasn't been asked about Jones (left)<br>        The Brooklyn Nets star caught the attention for publicizing the 2018 film 'Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America' on social media with a link to its Amazon page<br>  RELATED ARTICLES              <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>In the 65-year-old photo, Jones is seen among white students at Arkansas' North Little Rock High as they blocked six African-American teenagers from entering and integrating the school. Jones has acknowledged to the Washington Post.<br><br>that that it is, indeed, him in the photograph, although he claims he was there out of curiosity and not any racist intent.<br>Irving sparked controversy last month by sharing an Amazon link to the 2018 film 'Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America.' The movie is based on a 2015 book by the same name, which Rolling Stone described as 'venomously anti-Semitic.' Specifically, it quotes Hitler to convince the audience about the existence of a Jewish plan for world domination.<br>The Nets star has recently returned following an eight-game suspension after apologizing and meeting several other requirements put forth by the team, including a request to meet with Jewish leaders.<br>James, who won a title with Irving in Cleveland in 2016, fielded several questions about Irving during the controversy.<br>'Me personally, I don't condone any hate to any kind to any race,' James said when asked about Irving on November 5.<br><br>'To Jewish communities, to black communities, to Asian communities. You guys know where I stand. I believe what Kyrie did caused some harm to a lot of people. And he has since, over the last -- I think it was today, or yesterday -- he apologized. But he caused some harm, and I think it's unfortunate.'<br>        A policeman points to a youth as he stops a group of North Little Rock High School students singing Dixie songs at the school this morning.<br><br>African American students who tried to enter the school yesterday stayed away on September 10, 1957 in North Little Rock<br>On Wednesday, James suggested that the media was more critical of Irving than Jones.<br>'I feel like as a black man, as a black athlete, as someone with power and a platform, when we do something wrong, or something that people don't agree with, it's on every single tabloid, every single news coverage, it's on the bottom ticker,' James said Wednesday.<br><br>'It's asked about every single day.<br>'But it seems like to me that the whole Jerry Jones situation, photo -- and I know it was years and years ago and we all make mistakes, I get it -- but it seems like it's just been buried under, like, ''Oh, it happened.<br>OK, we just move on.'' And I was just kind of disappointed that I haven't received that question from you guys.'<br>Jones has been asked about the photo, describing himself to reporters as a curious onlooker who was not trying to prevent black students from entering his school.<br>'I didn't know at the time the monumental event really that was going on,' Jones said.<br><br>'I'm sure glad that we're a long way from that. I am. That would remind me [to] just continue to do everything we can to not have those kinds of things happen.<br>        Two black students - Richard Richardson, 17, and Harold Smith, 17 - are harassed in Little Rock in 1957 as they attempted to integrate Arkansas' North Little Rock High<br>Despite growing up in Cleveland Browns country, Akron, Ohio, James was a Cowboys fan until recently, when Jones discouraged his players from kneeling during the national anthem in protest to racist police brutality.<br><br>Jones told<br><br>'I had to sit out on the Cowboys, man,' James said recently when asked about his history with the team.<br><br>'There's just a lot of things that were going on when guys were kneeling. Guys were having freedom of speech and wanting to do it in a very peaceful manner. ... The organization was like, 'If you do that around here, then you will never play for this franchise again.' I just didn't think that was appropriate.'<br>Jones did object to protests during the 2017 NFL season, when many African-American players took a knee to raise awareness of racist policing practices.<br><br>He ultimately took a knee with his entire team in September of 2017 in a choreographed demonstration that took place while the national anthem wasn't playing.<br>'Our players wanted to make a statement about unity and we wanted to make a statement about equality,' Jones said at a postgame press conference in 2017.<br><br>'They were very much aware that statement, when made or when attempted to be made in and a part of the recognition of our flag, can not only lead to criticism but also controversy.<br>'It was real easy for everybody in our organization to see that the message of unity, the message of equality was getting, if you will, pushed aside or diminished by the controversy.'<br>        Jones did object to protests during the 2017 NFL season, when many African-American players took a knee to raise awareness of racist policing practices.<br><br>He ultimately took a knee with his entire team in September of 2017 (pictured) in a choreographed demonstration that took place while the national anthem wasn't playing<br>Jones has not disputed that it was him in the 1957 photo.<br>The 80-year-old billionaire said he looked 'like a little burrhead' in the pic, which was taken amid a wave of civil rights clashes in the Little Rock area.<br><br>More famously, President Dwight D. Eisenhower dispatched federal troops to Little Rock's Central High in September of 1957 to escort black students to class as they were harassed and spit at by racist, vitriolic protestors.<br>As Jones explained to the Washington Post, his football coach, Jim Albright, had warned players to avoid the widely anticipated scene on the first day of classes at North Little Rock High.<br>Jones disobeyed, but says he did so out of curiosity and not any racist animosity.<br>'I don't know that I or anybody anticipated or had a background of knowing … what was involved,' he said.<br><br>'It was more a curious thing.'<br>But not everyone was standing at the North Little Rock High entrance out of curiosity.<br>As one black student, Richard Lindsey, explained, a white student put his hand on the back of his neck while announcing to the crowd: 'I want to see how a n***** feels.'<br>Jones is not pictured at the front of the pack, but rather behind a group of older-looking students.<br>        This view taken from the doors of North Little Rock High School, shows students rushing to stop six African-American boys from attempting to attend the first day of classes, September 9, 1957.<br><br>The children had enrolled at the school earlier. At the door, white students blocked the entrance and were successful in turning back the black students.<br>The flat-topped teenager was raised in the south in the heyday of the civil rights movement.<br>But while his father was happy to serve black customers at the family's desegregated grocery store, Pat Jones ran for public office on a pro-segregationist platform.<br>'I stand for states' rights,' Pat said during his campaign for the Arkansas legislature, using a phrase that is a common euphemism for segregation.<br>Jones' grandfather, a cotton farmer named Joe, was a member of the Arkansas branch of the White Citizens' Council.<br>The future owner of the Cowboys would go on to play for an all-white football team at Arkansas, winning a national title in 1964 alongside Dallas' future head coach, Jimmy Johnson, who was also Jones' roommate.<br><br>He would later hire another former Razorback, Oklahoma head coach Barry Switzer, to replace Johnson.<br>Jones has not been very vocal about racial issues since buying the Cowboys in 1989 for $140 million - money he earned through oil and gas exploration.<br>He has voiced objections to the NFL's Rooney rule, requiring teams to interview at least one outside minority candidate for top jobs, and he has never hired a black head coach or lead executive.<br><br>(Jones keeps the GM title for himself, and his son, Steven, serves as the Cowboys' chief operating officer/executive vice president/director of player personnel)<br>'He has a history of being quite dismissive and arrogant towards players in bargaining, but I can't honestly say it's completely race-driven because I've seen it with the black players and white players,' one black player told the Post.<br><br>'He's sort of an equal opportunity condescender.'<br>        Fans sat courtside at Monday's Nets game wearing T-shirts reading 'Fight anti-Semitism'<br><br><br>adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement