Column: If the resources of the NFL are utilized to improve the lives of minorities, does it really matter if Jay-Z and league are making money on top of it? More from LZGranderson:
Jay-Z, who turned down the Super Bowl gig last season, and his sports and entertainment company, Roc Nation, have signed a deal with the NFL to consult on live music and activism.
History is often retold with linear precision, but the way it actually unfolds is closer to a murky labyrinth. Call it human nature, call it greed, I really don’t care as long as it’s also recognized as pragmatism. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. not only worked with President Johnson, he praised him, writing, “His approach to the problem of civil rights was not identical with mine — nor had I expected it to be. Yet his careful practicality was, nonetheless, clearly no mask to conceal indifference. His emotional and intellectual involvement was genuine and devoid of adornment.”
No, we tend to only reflect on the lasting impact. For historians, it’s an affront to their trade but for the common person, it’s just how it is. Conversely, if nothing comes of this marriage, it will be remembered as an exercise in self-serving. The rich helping the rich. A community’s icon turning his back on said community.
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