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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 False equivalency Rez. A Billionaire gaining ownership, I don't care what color they are, isn't "helping us out"... I don't see how you can trivialize the multi-million dollar contracts and endorsements that follow as simply labor ...

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Old 02-05-2022, 12:00 PM   #11
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Re: Head Coach Search

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 View Post
False equivalency Rez.

A Billionaire gaining ownership, I don't care what color they are, isn't "helping us out"...

I don't see how you can trivialize the multi-million dollar contracts and endorsements that follow as simply labor on the field.

The response in recent years has in fact done more to elevate people of color into the positions they're qualified for than ever before. The path is there. The makeup is changing. But I get the feeling it's not enough or not happening quickly enough. So what IS the desired outcome?

It's not delegitimizing the argument it's trying to remove the surface level argument of race permeating every facet of our views.
It is “helping us out” because they aren’t asking the fans for the help. They’re asking the billionaire owners and the millionaire executives and coaches. Millionaire money is definitely trivial to a multi billionaire, hence the fact the billionaires can afford to pay them these salaries.

There’s one Black head coach in the NFL fam. To say that the make up is changing is to assume progress is linear and regression doesn’t exist. We’ve already seen the regression because Tomlin stands alone. If not for him being on the team that created the Rooney Rule he probably would have been fired years ago too.

And let’s just be honest, Black people didn’t create the socioeconomic construct of race. The fact that it does permeate every facet of society isn’t a decision that we made. We were born into this situation and we see this in all facets. I’m writing my dissertation on the lack of African American representation in the c-suite of healthcare facilities. 91% of all hospital CEO’s are White men. We can find this pattern almost everywhere my brotha. When is it okay to call a spade a spade? All these brothas are doing is reporting their lived experiences and the data and historical context of our relationship in America supports it all.

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