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The NFL is suddenly worried about Black lives

Posted by culturedleftfoot
Tags: colin kaepernick, george floyd, nfl, usa, race, black lives matter, african americans, athletes, author.jemele hill, source.the atlantic, paywall.soft
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/nfls-amnesia-just-like-americas/612505/

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Authors
Jemele Hill
Published
Jun 3 2020
Word count
486 words

2 comments

  1. rosco
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    To me, this can all be poetically summed up by the owner of the Washington Redskins tweeting a black square in support of BLM on Blackout Tuesday. Nothing but lip service. As AOC said "Want to...

    To me, this can all be poetically summed up by the owner of the Washington Redskins tweeting a black square in support of BLM on Blackout Tuesday. Nothing but lip service. As AOC said "Want to really stand for racial justice? Change your name.

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  2. culturedleftfoot
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    Apologies if I'm late here. I'd wondered what the NFL's response would be when the George Floyd protests had first started, but had never looked anything up; I just found this after reading a...

    Apologies if I'm late here. I'd wondered what the NFL's response would be when the George Floyd protests had first started, but had never looked anything up; I just found this after reading a different article.

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