Knicks’ Isaiah Hartenstein Discusses Being Black, ‘I’m Brightskin’

NBA middle Isaiah Hartenstein is opening up on how individuals react after they discover out he is really Black … saying the expertise is like one thing straight out of a “Key and Peele” sketch.

The 25-year-old hooper’s teammates, Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, received proper to the purpose after they invited him on their “Roommates” podcast this week … when the previous requested Hartenstein straight-up, “Are you Black?”

The six-year vet broke all of it down … explaining his dad, Florian, is Black.

“You know how it’s like lightskin? I’m brightskin,” Hartenstein stated. “I’m above lightskin.”

The 7’0″ big man went on to point out there’s one big difference he notices after folks learn he’s Black … and he compared it to the famous skit from the Comedy Central show, when Jordan Peele‘s Barack Obama character bases his handshake strategy on race.

“When they find out I’m Black, it changes,” Hartenstein added. “The whole vibe changes — it goes from, ‘Hey Zay, how are you doing?’ to ‘Yo, Zay, what up, man? You good?'”