Speaking at a media event for the NBA finals later, James said: "My family is safe. At the end of the day, they're safe and that's what's most important. But it just goes to show that racism will always be a part of the world, a part of America. Hate in America, especially for African-Americans is living every day. Even though that it's concealed most of the time, even though people hide their faces and will say things about you, and then when they see you they smile in your face. It's alive every single day."