It is time for Jay Z, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J Blige, and Kendrick Lamar to take a stand.
Once again there is a flurry of outrage and media attention to the failure to hire black head coaches in the National Football League. The class action suit brought by former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores brings to the foreground systemic racism of the billionaire owners of NFL teams. Why should we care? When black leadership is denied in a system dominated by 70% black players then racism is exposed.
Rep. John Lewis once said, “My philosophy is very simple: When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to stand up, you have to say something, you have to do something.” We need to get in good trouble. It is time for Jay Z, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J Blige, and Kendrick Lamar to get into good trouble.
Fan boycotts are often launched after a players strike or owners lockout in baseball or football. Some fans declared that they were never going to watch the NFL after Colin Kaepernick took a knee. Others said they wouldn’t watch because of the way Kaepernick was treated. How much these actions affect the bottom line is uncertain. We do know that they call attention to a broader audience. We believe that we all have a voice and the power of the purse string to call out injustice.
Racism in whatever form and in whatever sector needs to be challenged and resisted. The fact that almost 20 years ago a rule was adopted to supposedly level the playing field and the situation is worse today is abysmal. At its best, eight black coaches in 2017-2018 represented 25% of the head coaching positions. Today there are as many as there were when Fritz Pollard became a co-head coach in 1921. That’s 100 years, folks.
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