Jay-Z intends to sponsor part of the Super Bowl Half-Time Show to show support for ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Is this all just a dash for cash by Jay-Z despite all his proclamations about his support for kneeling and for Kaepernick?
Other questions also arise. Why is the NFL jumping back into social justice warrior movement just when fans were starting to come back to the game because of the bad-rap of racism? Reminder: over 70% of the players in the NFL are non-white so people who want to social justice the NFL would be forced to demand fewer black players. Don’t lose sight of that.
Jay-Z sho of course is black has been an outspoken supporter of anthem protester Colin Kaepernick who is thae same race as Jay-Z. The rapper once called Kaepernick “an iconic figure,” during an interview on CNN. He also dedicated a song to the former 49er quarterback at a concert in New York, and wore a Kaepernick jersey during an appearance on Saturday Night Live.
Reports surfaced in September, that the NFL had approached the Brooklyn-born rapper about performing at the 2019 halftime show, and that he had declined. However, Jay-Z did not confirm that he had rejected the offer at the time. Nor did the NFL say whether there was any truth to the story.
Now it appears we have the answer.
Black fans also expressed that, in a league in which almost 70 percent of the players are African-American, there should be a tool in place to increase diversity within the management ranks of teams. And when it comes to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who forbade the team’s players from demonstrating during “The Star-Spangled Banner,” black fans believe he got it all wrong.
Marc Lamont Hill, professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University. Hill said there’s often a deep divide on major issues involving race. The NFL isn’t immune from that fact.
“Throughout history, whenever we’ve had these major controversies around race, black and white Americans have viewed them very differently, according to polls,” Hill said. The basis of the problem is the race-based divide among coaches, managers and owners and the basis of that divide like other human divides is the capability of the individual. Race arguments are seldom objective.
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