Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Originally posted by blizzuntz:
Bill Walsh pushes for more minority opportunities.
He would probably be disappointed in how little it has improved .
That's a really good point and it shows that making rules or trying to force changes are really hard and don't often work. If it's truly a racial bias thing you aren't going to change someone's mind with a rule. I still come back to the money. A lot of the best and smartest players are black and they often get paid the most. They don't need the jobs after they're done playing.
Bill Walsh was a forward thinker and knew that institutionalized racism was present and he couldn't sit back and make excuses for the behavior so he created the first minority coaching program and tried to help a lot of people overcome racism. Rooney also tried to address this, but front offices made a mockery of his rule so now comes the unthinkable hard push.
Kap saw this too, and we all saw his response to racism.
This may not be the best way to move forward but hey, you have to keep pushing until racist behaviors are frowned upon in all sectors of life. Those that want to perpetuate racism can kindly leave my country. Think about how much African Americans have done for this country in free labor alone? Built this country from the ground up! And today African Americans are still treated as second class citizens.
When you hear about African Americans you never hear about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT5Ks1TWF68
or this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJbF9SGB3Yk
We just hear the propaganda about African Americans and crime, this data is created by the same people that promote institutional racism and it is fake news. Most African American people would be just fine if you took away the racism that limits opportunities. But until then...
