[ilovesarah2012]

Black women’s coalition criticizes NFL’s domestic violence advisory panel

WASHINGTON (AP) – A leading Black women’s group is calling the NFL’s decision not to include any African-American women as consultants on domestic violence “unacceptable.”
The Black Women’s Roundtable, made up of female leaders who represent Black women and girls, said it appreciated the league’s Monday decision to bring in three domestic violence experts as consultants.

“However, your lack of inclusion of women of color, especially Black women who are disproportionately impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault; and the fact that over 66% of the NFL players are made up of African-Americans, is unacceptable,” the group said in a Tuesday letter.

Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson has also criticized the NFL’s decision to hire three White female domestic violence experts.

http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2014/09/17/black-womens-coalition-criticizes-nfls-all-white-domestic-violence-advisory-panel/

[Cry if I Wanna]

I thought black athletes preferred to go with white women.

[ilgipper]

Normally, I scoff at all these groups and their whining, but that’s actually a fair point in this case. How could the NFL leave out the race of people who are by and large responsible for the situation in the first place. Not smart, and frankly shows they really are just not all together right now.

[Enterprise]

"The Black Women’s Roundtable said Black women are the most likely group of women to experience domestic violence, and are nearly three times as likely to die as a result of domestic violence than White women."

Oh my!