Former CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman recorded saying ‘we’re not mourning for George Floyd’ and spreading coronavirus conspiracy on Zoom call
- A Zoom call records Greg Glassman saying he and his staff are not mourning George Floyd, asking for a reason why he should care
Former CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman has been recorded on a Zoom call saying “we’re not mourning for George Floyd. I don’t think me or any of my staff are”.
The recording, obtained by BuzzFeed, hears Glassman dismiss sympathy for Floyd, a black man whose death at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis has sparked outrage and protests across the US, as “the white thing to do”.
The Zoom call was first reported on June 8, via a blog post by Dr Mike Young, a sports scientist and performance coach, who was on the call.
Young wrote: “While Glassman was not outright racist (in so much as he did not use the “N” word or say that Floyd deserved to die), the most gracious description I can give is that he was tone deaf, insensitive and in denial.”
Glassman was responding to a tweet by the Institution for Health Metrics and Evaluation about racism and public health, later adding a second comment: “Your failed model quarantined us and now you’re going to model a solution to racism? George Floyd’s brutal murder sparked riots nationally. Quarantine alone is ‘accompanied in every age and under all political regimes by an undercurrent of suspicion, distrust, and riots.’ Thanks!”