If you do not understand racism (white supremacy) and how it works, everything else you understand will only confuse you. - Neely Fuller

We need something to clarify everything for us, because we get confused...but if we use the concept of Asili, we will understand that whatever it is they are doing, whatever terms they use, however they come at you, you need to be thinking about what? How is this going to facilitate their power and help them to dominate me? -Marimba Ani

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Racism Notes: NFL Hiring Black Woman As Position Coach
Unity Consciousness #2673

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This is clearly a move by the NFL to try to claim not being racist or sexist in hiring coaches and head coaches, despite firing Black NFL coaches much quicker than their white counterparts.
Just as they couldn't stand Colin Kaepernick kneeling for racial justice, the white male dominated NFL owners and commissioner also can't stand the fact of being called out by black male Brian Flores, so the white males, trying to be slick, all of a sudden hire a black woman as a position coach. They are using Jennifer King, even though she might be deserving of the position. We'll see if she's a “real one” by acknowledging what is taking place. In her initial interview she spoke of “women” but did not speak of “blackness” or that her hire does not absolve the NFL from being racist against black male coaches and players. The NFL has been racist from the get-go because we all know Sports is one of the main institutions of people activity used to carry out racism.
Even the first black person to play baseball in the white league was a racist move to take money away from the black leagues by taking players.
Why would black people want to be in white leagues when white people are not in the same league as black people? White schools have done us more harm than good.

Here's what Jennifer King had to say on August 26, 2020
https://www.nfl.com/news/op-ed-a-coach-s-standard-why-i-exercise-my-civic-duty-to-vote

Here's what Eric Dickerson had to say on January 24, 2022
https://theshadowleague.com/racism-plays-a-huge-role-former-nfl-player-eric-dickerson-unloads-on-the-nfl-in-memoir/

Here's what Jason Wright said on January 21, 2021 as a former NFL player and now president of the Washington Football Team
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/31/jason-wright-racism-in-nfl/

Here's what Richard Lapchick said on December 9, 2020
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30486322/nfl-improves-racial-diversity-lags-racial-gender-equity-some-team-roles