Golden State Warriors distance themselves from team investor who said: 'Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs'

By Ben Morse, CNN

Updated 0430 GMT (1230 HKT) January 19, 2022

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(CNN)The Golden State Warriors have distanced themselves from comments made by Chamath Palihapitiya, a part owner who said that «nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs.»

Palihapitiya made the comment on the «All-in Podcast» on Saturday, after co-host Jason Calacanis brought up US President Joe Biden's «very strong» stance on the alleged human rights abuses faced by the Uyghur minority in China. «Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, okay? You bring it up because you really care, and I think it's nice that you care, the rest of us don't care,» Palihapitiya said, while Calacanis reacted in surprise.«I'm just telling you...a very hard, ugly truth. Of all the things I care about, yes, it is below my line.» Chamath Palihapitiya speaks during an interview following Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.'s initial public offering on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Monday, October 28, 2019. Co-host David Sacks said the average person would care when the topic is presented to them, but Palihapitiya continued: «I care about the fact that our economy could turn on a dime if China invades Taiwan… I care about climate change… I care about America's crippling and decrepit health care infrastructure.Read More»But if you're asking me: 'Do I care about a segment of a class of people in another country?' Not until we can take care of ourselves, will I prioritize them over us." The 45-year-old billionaire investor also said that the concept of sustaining human rights globally is a «luxury belief.» «We don't do enough domestically to