Inmates: How To Effectively Boycott The NFL
The NFL has thus hypocritically taken a strong, public political stance that no player can take a political stance during a game.
The NFL has thus hypocritically taken a strong, public political stance that no player can take a political stance during a game.
Your jubilance is irrepressible, and you rightfully embrace every success in a game you know has the chance to unalterably change your life on any given play.
There is a lot of controversy around “the N-word.” Especially, given a recent NFL proposal to ban use of “racial slurs” including the word “nigga,” I find it important to enlighten America on my perspective and the sentiment of the vast majority of young Black males I interact with on a deeply personal level.
These false beliefs equating blackness with danger now permeate the American psyche, influencing every aspect of our culture, from the legal system to entertainment. Minstrel shows notoriously mocked black stereotypes for profit, and modern entertainment—most notably mainstream rap music—has become a vehicle to promote the black thug stereotype ad nauseum.